Response 48482134

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Qualifications

1a. How many qualified operatives should be required per site?

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One (status quo)
Other Number
Please provide context or further detail for your answer
One suitably qualified operative is generally sufficient for carrying out work on site. However it needs to be reinforced that the qualified operative must be on site at all times whilst work is being carried out, as there is a tendency for the qualified operative to leave site at times to pick up materials leaving unqualified staff on site to continue working.

1b. How many qualified supervisors should be required per site?

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One (status quo)
Other Number
Please provide context or further detail for your answer
While one supervisor may be acceptable in the majority of instances this has to be balanced with the size of the site being work on and or the distance between multiple work sites.

2. Should there be any other class of card holder for roadworks generally or are the current categories of supervisor and operative sufficient?

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Yes (more classes of card holder required)
No (operator and supervisor are sufficient)
Please explain your answer

3a. For a maximum of how many sites should a supervisor be concurrently responsible?

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Unlimited (status quo)
Other upper limit
Please explain your answer
This is not an easy question to answer as the number of sites that could be looked after concurrently is dependent on a number of factors, the size of the site, the complexity of the work being carried out, the distance between sites and the geographic area being worked in. While it may be possible to look after five relatively small sites in Clackmannanshire, it may be a bit more challenging in Dumfries and Galloway, nearly impossible in Highland and impossible in any authority area where travel between various islands may be needed to visit all of the sites.

3b. How often should a site supervisor attend site to undertake direct supervision?

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As the site requires (no prescribed amount, status quo)
Other amount (hourly, daily, etc)
Please explain your answer
At least daily to check on ongoing works and to ensure that works of less than one day duration to firstly check the site condition, then the work in progress (if possible) and then to check the site condition once works are completed or cleared.

Reinstatement Quality Plans

4a. Would you say these timescales are reasonable for this task, submitting a Reinstatement Quality Plan?

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Yes
No

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