UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), in conjunction with Safety Pass Alliance (SPA), is looking to create a one-day health & safety passport training scheme specifically for the warehousing and logistics industry.
SPA is one of the UK’s leading providers of safety passport schemes and has developed a number of successful safety programmes including Petrol Retail, Mineral Products (Quarry), Food & Drink and Live Events.
With approximately 1 in 12 people working in the UK employed in logistics, there is clearly a large number of employees or contractors who could be at risk. A good percentage of these workers are coming in from employment agencies typically on short-term basis or even daily hires as required. Many of these workers may be working for more than one site or employer so there is a need for a clear process to ensure all of these workers have health & safety training to a minimum industry recognised standard.
On successful completion of the one day health & safety passport training scheme, each contractor or agency worker will gain a SPA Passport, which needs to be produced on request by appropriate member of staff for the employing organisation. There is scope within the scheme to open this up to employees too. The commitment from the logistics industry is in the ‘policing’ of the passports at site level to ensure the momentum and importance of the programme is maintained.
The course will be designed with input from the industry to ensure the content is the most relevant and up to date. The content will cover topics such as accidents, organising for safety, key health & safety requirements, risk assessment and potential hazards within this sector. The safety passports are valid for three years and a refresher course will meet the requirements of renewing the passport as well as highlighting new and best practices within the renewal course content.
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