Course Aims
- An understanding of Health and Safety Risks for those working in Warehouse environments
- Specifically aimed at agency and casual workers but could be offered to employees and contractors working on a warehouse site.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course delegates will have the knowledge to:
- Demonstrate their understanding of the subjects by successfully completing each module assessment paper
- Appreciate how they personally can influence good standards within health, safety & the environment
- Understand the value of risk assessment and have the knowledge to recognise when change to a generic assessment is required
- Understand the common hazards associated with work
Course Content
- Setting the scene
- Reporting accidents and near misses
- A basic understanding of what activities happen in a warehouse
- Employer and employee responsibilities
- Avoiding incidents with FLT’s, Reach trucks and pallet trucks
- Working at height
- Manual handling
- Safe systems of work
- Slips, trips and falls
- Diversity and equality
- Health (noise, drugs and alcohol)
- Behaving safely
- Understanding safety signage
- Hot and cold working
- Work equipment (PUWER, LOLER)
- Food hygiene
- Fire safety
- Health and fitness
- Crime and security
- Waste
- PPE
- Packaging
- Loading bays and loading trailers
Upon completion of the course, successful delegates will receive a confirmation of attendance whilst SPA process your qualification.
This course can also be delivered on site. Please call our sales team for more details.