Warehouse Safety (UK) (ROSPA)

Warehouse safety

When on-site, you may deal with situations that can lead to dangerous consequences. Whether you’re working with heavy plant and machinery, using power tools, lifting a load, or simply walking through a site, you need to be aware that each construction site will have its own set of policies, procedures, and rules in place to help you keep yourself and your colleagues safe when working.

This course will guide you through safe working practices to help reduce accidents, incidents, and injuries when working in any enclosed area where there will be lots of people and machinery. When you find risk – after this course you will know how to minimize it.

This course is suitable for:

  • People who work in the transportation sector
  • People who are involved in warehouse designing
  • People who work in warehousing stores
  • Factory workers
  • Delivery and courier drivers

Course content includes:

  • The cost to life of bad safety warehouse decisions
  • How a commercial warehouse works
  • Signage
  • What is warehouse safety?
  • Slips, trips, and falls in warehousing
  • Why storage safety is important for any warehouse
  • The correct use and importance of PPE
  • Personal hygiene
  • The benefits of a safe warehouse
  • Picking safely
  • Auditing safely techniques to stay safe
  • Managing warehouse inventory

On completion delegates will understand:

  • How to recognise what measures are needed to enforce a robust warehouse safety environment
  • Types of hazards that may be present in a warehouse setting
  • How slips, trips, and falls can impact warehouse safety
  • Electrical safety hazards
  • The importance of PPE
  • How to carry out a risk assessment
  • How signage pays a key part in safe traffic routes
  • Tips to ensure vehicle safety
  • How to store goods safely
  • Safe use of pallets
  • Different practices, procedures, and methods to keep you and those around you safe in a warehouse
  • The law in relation to warehouse safety

What's included in the course:

All courses include:

  • Collaborative learning tools to supercharge your understanding
  • Industry experts have been involved in developing the learning programmes to support you throughout the course and give you the best possible experience
  • Where there is a multiple-choice assessment to complete the course and a minimum pass requirement free resits will be available
  • We provide a certificate on successful completion to help grow your CV or aid with organisational compliance

Face-to-face and Virtual classroom:

  • Peer learning, allowing the group to explore a subject as they work together with fellow team members
  • Our workshops are highly interactive, and we select a range of activities for each session to build understanding e.g. role-play, observation, and reflection
  • Realtime feedback allowing you to transform your performance, your approach, and grow in confidence
  • Handouts and slides to allow you to reflect on your experience

2 Delivery options:

Virtual Classroom

3 hour session

Face to Face Classroom

On client premises half day

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