Skills For Logistics – Managing Safely In Logistics

Managing Safely in Logistics is focused on managing and operating safely within transport, warehousing, logistics, supply chain and manufacturing industries. This course covers logistics industry risks and operations, including compliance, logistics health and safety, as well as transport regulations. Maintaining a safe workplace is a key part of an operator’s licence (‘O’ Licence), which is critical to business survival in a competitive industry.

COURSE AIMS

To give managers and supervisors an understanding of everyone’s health and safety responsibilities in the workplace. To enable managers and supervisors to recognise how they can influence, control and monitor risk to improve health and safety issues in the workplace.

• Initial Course – 3 days
• Refresher – 1 day

WHY TAKE THIS COURSE?

Improve health and safety along with compliance in your workplace. This course ensures managers and supervisors are equipped with the knowledge and skills to manage safely in a logistics operation. Activate your staff involvement with this recognised safety certification, which will enhance your reputation within the logistics and supply chain industry.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Describe the key reasons to manage health and safety in the workplace.
• Define the key terms relating to health and safety.
• List the areas and benefits of compliance.
• Identify how the law can have an impact on health and safety in the workplace.
• Describe how to assess, reduce and control risk in the workplace.
• Identify workplace hazards and risks, their impact and how to manage them.
• Identify how to evaluate and respond to an incident.
• List the benefits and characteristics of an effective health and safety management system.
• Describe the principles that underpin good health and safety performance.