Interac

	Availability	Code of Practice Training Programme, Interac Signworks, and Welsh Signs Availability Minimum system requirements Who is using the programmes The CABWI Rules and Conditions The Street Works Code of Practice Training Programme and Interac Signworks are shipped on CD and are available with a site licence for use on any number of computers on one site. One single-user licence for the answer analysis software is included with the Training Programme. The initial purchase price for each programme includes annual maintenance for the first 12 months which is renewable. The Interac Welsh Signs programme is shipped on CD and is only available, on request and free of charge, to licensed users of the Code of Practice Training Programme and Interac Signworks with current maintenance contracts.
	Minimum system requirements	For the Code of Practice Training Programme: 20MB disk space, Pentium or equivalent, 256 colour 800X600 SVGA screen, 32MB RAM, Windows 95, 98, XP, 2000 or most versions of NT. For Interac Signworks Version 5.2: 20MB disk space, Pentium II or equivalent, 16-bit 1024X768 SVGA screen, 64MB RAM, most versions of Windows from 9x and later; a Pentium III processor with 256 MB RAM is preferred. To print the site layouts with Signworks, an inkjet colour printer, set to Inkjet Paper 360 d.p.i., is preferred. Non-Pentium systems must have processing power equivalent to the configurations indicated here. For the Welsh Signs programme: 2MB disk space, Pentium or equivalent, 256 colour 800X600 SVGA screen, 32MB RAM, Windows 95, 98, XP, 2000 or most versions of NT.
	Some early users of the programmes	Advantica Technologoes Ltd, Carlisle City Council Carlisle Works, Carmarthenshire County Council, Ceredigion County Council, Colburn Traffic Management Services, Dorset Works Organisation, East Lothian Council, Edinburgh City Council, Fife Council, Glasgow City Council, Highways Surfacing Ltd, Jarvis Highway Maintenance Ltd, JDM Midlands Ltd, Kiely Bros Tar Drives Ltd, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames, London Borough of Southwark, May Gurney Ltd, Mid Kent Water PLC, Midlothian Council, Milton Keynes Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, North Yorkshire County Council, Prismo Highway Services, Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council, Rochester Upon Medway City Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Scottish Water, South Ayrshire Council, Tayside Contracts, Thames Water Utilities Ltd, Transco, Vale of Glamorgan Council, West Lancashire District Council, West Lothian Council.
	The CABWI Rules and Conditions	We do not recommend that computer programmes should be used as a substitute for either training or assessment by real people using real signs and objects on full-size simulated roads, but rather as an additional resource. The CABWI Rules and Conditions for using the original edition of the Code of Practice Training Programme, which was based on the previous Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice, are reproduced in full here to indicate the basis upon which the programme was approved and to provide further guidelines for its use. The CABWI Rules and Conditions for Using the Assessment Version of the original edition of the Code of Practice Training Programme as an aid to Assessment and Certification: The programme may only be used for certification by authorised certification centres. Each centre must be approved by CABWI for using this programme for assessments. An external verifier must be satisfied that the centre will use the programme appropriately. The assessment should include at least one test where real signs are handled and erected in a road (or simulation) at a training centre. In the case of Unit 2, at least one complete site should be erected in a road or simulation; in the case of Unit 10, the identification and correction of at least one significant error should be carried out in a road or simulation. The candidate must achieve a high pass mark for the remainder of the range assessed by the computer. A pass mark of 95% is suggested, with all the wrong answers being of a minor nature. The candidate should submit an authenticated witness testimony from his or her supervisor, detailing his experience in items in the range. The Supervisor must be accredited in Unit 10. All candidates should have the option of being tested entirely in "real" situations if they find operating the computer difficult. All new programmes, and programmes incorporating modifications, must be approved by CABWI if they are intended to be used in conjunction with assessments. Rules and conditions for the original edition at June 1996.

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Contact us for more information about the programmes and who is using them. A demonstration CD is available for UK highway authorities, works departments, utilities, and highways contractors and consultants.