Courses
HS41
Forklift Operator Training [Reach Truck]
Course content?
The aim of this course is to enable a complete novice driver to operate the forklift truck to an industry recognised safety standard.
Who or why you should attend
Anyone needing to operate a Reach forklift truck within their workplace.
Course Overview
Delegates who complete the training should be able to handle a forklift in a safe manner with full adherence to health and safety requirements This three – 5-day course, aimed at employees who need to be fully qualified forklift operators will ensure the operators have the knowledge to perform the task in line with all the current safety guidelines.
HS40
Forklift Operator Training [Counterbalance]
Course content?
Daily checks – Battery maintenance – safe operating procedures – forklift operators Code of Practice – stacking and de-stacking – working in racking
Who or why you should attend
Anyone needing to operate a counterbalance forklift truck within their workplace
Course Overview
The aim of this course is to enable a complete novice driver to be enabled by the end of the course to operate the forklift to an industry recognized safety standard
HS39
Forklift Refresher Training [All Types]
Course content?
Aims The course is designed to provide delegates with the knowledge and skills required to safely operate industrial forklift trucks Syllabus * Operators safety code * Operating practice * Inspection and maintenance * Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) * Bulk stack building * Vehicle loading * Accident prevention * Principles of lifting * Road licencing of trucks * Hydraulics - controls and their operation * Practical and Theoretical assessment tests
Who or why you should attend
Forklift Drivers
Course Overview
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Section 2 requires that employers ensure “safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances”. PUWER Regulation 9 requires employers to provide refresher training as and when necessary
HS38
Safe use of ladders, steps and platforms
Course content?
• Aims & Objectives • Introductions • Legislation and regulations affecting work at height • Product standards and classifications for ladders • Product standards and classifications for stepladders • Hazards affecting the use of ladders and stepladders • Assessing Risks • Standards & Classifications • Planning & Organising, Selecting & Using – STEP • Storage, Handling & Maintenance • Theory Test & Practical Assessments • Improving safety performance • Protecting our environment
HS36
Working at Height
Course content?
There are a number of reasons for falls from height within workplaces. These can include any of the following: Incorrect use of ladders Scaffolding Platforms Vehicles Roof edges Stairs Fragile roofs High Gangways or catwalks. Remember any combination of the above could increase the risk of a fall from height accident to occur. A simple mistake could have far reaching effects For example; Minor injury, Major injury, Permanent disability, Death.
Who or why you should attend
Anyone working at height
HS35
Managing Safety – Refresher
Course content?
Practical classroom-based course, with step-by-step guidance Efficient and effective learning Delivered flexibly to suit any business Memorable facts and thought provoking case studies
Who or why you should attend
Anyone in a management or supervisory role, who has completed the full Managing Safely course.
Course Overview
Refreshes knowledge Builds on existing capabilities Puts Managing Safely into action Applies refreshed knowledge to the Plan-Do-Check-Act model and links back to the workplace Allows for personal reflections on good practice
HS34
Managers & Supervisory Staff Responsibilities for Health & Safety
Course content?
The course focuses on the following sections: • Introduction to working safely • Defining hazards and risks • Identifying common hazards • Improving safety performance • Protecting our environment
Who or why you should attend
From new employees to seasoned staff members, everyone should have a strong working knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.
Course Overview
During the course, you’ll be given memorable facts and case studies to apply real-life examples to the course content, take part in interactive games and quizzes and learn everything you need to know in a single day (ideal for ensuring minimal disruption to your working life).
HS33
Directors Responsibilities for Health & Safety
Course Overview
After the following incidents took place; Heavy Goods Vehicle ploughs into queue of people at bus stop, number of fatalities reported, driver found to be over the drink drive limit. Warehouse operative drives forklift truck into racking causing it to collapse killing another operative. Investigations reveal forklift driver under the influence of drugs. Office worker attacks fellow workers tow on critical list one dies at scene. Attacker found to be under the influence of alcohol and drugs. These are of course fictitious headlines but it is not beyond the realms of possibility over the next few months that Company Directors and Health & Safety managers will find themselves facing Corporate Manslaughter charges resulting in, not just an hefty fine, but imprisonment for those deemed responsible. Remember Ignorance of these issues is no defence against charges of this magnitude.
