Description
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 at:
- 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
