Course Content

A one day, industry specific training course to renew your Quarry Safety Passport. It updates the topics covered by the longer passport course, to recap:

• The law
• Work place safety
• Fire precautions
• Accidents and first aid
• Hazardous substances
• Manual handling
• Noise
• Health and Safety Management of Quarries
• A brief overview of responsibilities
• Vehicle Safety
• Causes of accidents within the industry.
• Statistics, types of vehicles vehicle operation, Managers rules.
• Danger Areas
• Identified within the operation.
• Machinery Safety
• Dangers from machinery, benefits of safety devices, lock off and permit to work procedures
• Main risks in quarries, dust, diseases, noise and vibration.
• PPE
• Environment
• Public perception, external control mandatory standards.
• Working at Heights
• Systems of work, hazards and safety controls
• Operations associated with excavations will be covered
• Dangers arising from work in confined spaces.

On successfully completing the course and multi-choice tick box questions delegates will leave with a credit card style “Safety Passport”, complete with their photograph.

Benefits of Safety Passport Training

• Low cost provision of basic health, safety & environmental awareness training.
• Endorsed by the Health & Safety Executive.
• Consistency of induction to a national standard.
• The SPA Passport offers nationally recognised, accredited professional training.
• Passport is valid for 3 years and thereafter only a one-day refresher course.
• Cost effective.
• Increased safety awareness contributing to higher standards of safety.
• Knowledge that the company cares about the individual..

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