Description
Course duration- 2 phases (6 days)
Phase 1: Logistics Health and Safety (Warehousing) Duration-3 days
Course Introduction
For those who want to understand and implement the essential tools for managing warehousing in a health and safety environment operation. In this course, participants will be shown how to evaluate procedures and make the needed changes to methods to improve health and safety, handling of material and customer service. This will occur simultaneously with resource reductions, eliminating wasteful costs, avoiding internal problems, which hinder full performance, thus obtaining added value for money and increased security.
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze a warehouse from different aspects and issues
- Identify and handle different materials of different categories
- Select and maintain equipment
- Conduct safe operations
- Make improvements
- Learn a framework for continual improvement
- Be best in class practices
Who Should Attend
- Personnel who are new to managing warehouses or stores
- Non-warehouse personnel who need to gain awareness of health and safety in warehouses
- Warehouse Distribution Supervisors/Managers
Course Outline
Introducing the Role of the Warehouse Supervisor
When examining all the operations undertaken, the balance has to be found between maximizing space whilst minimizing the time taken to carry out the operations. This involves looking;
- Receiving options
- Storage options
- Picking/assembly options
- Dispatching options
- Using the floor and the height space
- Organizing flow
Methods and Equipment
Lifting, storing and moving equipment available for specific layout options, including:
- Warehouse structures
- Loading bays
- Selecting forklift trucks
- Selecting racking
- Implications for warehouse layouts
- Operational timings and planning
Health, Safety and Security
- Duty of care
- Inspection and risk assessments-task analysis
- Equipment maintenance and care
- Recognizing health and safety risks
- Raising people’s awareness
Phase 2: Manual Handling of Cargo Duration: 3 days
Course Introduction
Manual handling helps employees assess the risks involved in moving, lifting or carrying heavy or awkward objects, and explains the correct
techniques to use. With confident, well-trained staff, a business will reduce the risk of workplace injuries, which can lead to long- term absence and costly legal action. This course ensures all employees are aware of correct lifting techniques and government guidance on maximum weight recommendations.
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, participants will be able to
- Learn how to lift and carry to minimize strain
- Learn guidelines for safe lifting and lowering
- Minimize risk through evaluation
Who Should Attend
This course is for anyone who has to do any manual handling in the workplace – this includes office duties as well as the more obvious workshop & warehouse lifting & carrying. This course guides the delegates in a very practical way to manually handle them safely.
