Movement Of People And Manual Material Handling

Participants of this training will be able to monitor, report and advise on the application of safety and health principles regarding the movement of people and materials in and around a working place.

The course will build on capabilities like manifesting the structural safety principles and considerations in a working place, demonstrating the safe manual handling, mechanical handling and handling of the material by means of motorised equipment.

Content:

• Structural safety principles and considerations.
  • Incidents related to the movement of material and people.
  • Requirements pertaining to floors and traffic routes in the workplace.
  • Requirements pertaining to stairs, ladders, moving walkways and catwalks.
  • Requirements pertaining to windows, doors, gates and walls.
  • Requirements pertaining to teagal openings, ore draw points, elevated work areas and storage platforms.
• Safe manual handling.
  • Types and size of material that can be manually handled safely.
  • Types of injuries that can arise from manually handling.
  • Techniques used to manually handle material.
  • Environmental conditions will have an effect on the person’s ability to manually handle.
  • Physical and psychological effects, which must be considered when handling materials.
  • Training requirements, equipment and tools for handling material in a workplace.
  • Personal protective equipment, tools and equipment which should be used when handling.
  • The positioning of the human body in relation to the material being handled.
• Requirements pertaining to the mechanical handling of material.
  • Types of conveyors.
  • Principles of conveyor guarding.
• Motorized Equipment.
  • Restoring work area to a serviceable condition.
  • Removing of signs, equipment and flagmen in the correct and appropriate sequence.
• Radio Call Procedures.
  • Safe operation of motorized equipment.
  • Training people in the safe operation of motorised equipment and movement.