Stacking & Storage

This training will equip participants with requisite skills to ensure that the Stacking and Storage Practices are maintained at a high standard at all times and that all statutory requirements are complied with within the working environment.

Content:

• Environmental legislations and the Occupational Health and Safety Act
  • Reviewing the legislative requirements.
  • Overview of the OHS Act.
• Personal Protective Equipment
  • Construction Regulations.
  • General Administrative Regulations
• Stacking and Storage practices
  • Safe Work Systems.
  • Floors and Supporting Structures.
  • Stock Holding Structures.
  • Pallet Construction and Loading.
  • The positioning of Stacks.
  • Size and Shape of Structures.
  • Stability and Bonding of Stacks.
  • Stacking Different Types of Goods.
  • Rules for De-stacking.
  • Segregation of Stock.
  • Fire Safety.
  • Materials Handling Equipment.
  • Safe Stock Movement.
  • Automated Storage
• Housekeeping
  • Lighting.
  • Noise.
  • Checklists.
  • Hazardous Chemicals Storage.
• Identify and assess emergencies
  • Emergency Preparedness.
  • Fire Precautions.
  • Waste management processes.