Warehouse Safety Management Training Course

Participants can complete and review task-based risk assessments for warehouse activities.

• Task-based hazard identification covering people, equipment, products, and premises
• Five-step risk assessment: hazards, exposure, controls, residual risk, review
• Risk matrix calibration using likelihood, severity, and exposure criteria
• Hierarchy of controls applied before procedural or personal protective measures
• Dynamic risk assessment triggers during changing warehouse conditions
• Control verification through inspections, observations, and corrective-action tracking

Participants can develop traffic controls that reduce pedestrian, vehicle and yard conflict.

• Pedestrian-vehicle segregation using barriers, crossings, routes, and exclusion zones
• Traffic management plans defining speed limits, reversing controls, and priorities
• One-way systems, turning radii, and dock approach design
• Visibility controls: mirrors, lighting, hi-vis clothing, and line marking
• Yard risk controls for trailers, visitors, drivers, and contractors
• Reviewing layout changes through management of change procedures

Participants can specify and monitor controls for forklift and loading-bay operations.

• Operator authorisation, competence records, and refresher-training intervals
• Pre-use inspection checklists for forklifts, attachments, batteries, and tyres
• Forklift stability triangle, load centre, capacity plate, and load charts
• Battery charging and LPG refuelling controls for fire prevention
• Safe docking, trailer restraint, and drive-away prevention methods
• Supervisor observation methods for unsafe driving behaviours and interventions

Participants can inspect storage systems and control common racking and load hazards.

• Racking inspections under SEMA guidance: damage categories and escalation
• Load notices, beam capacities, and safe-unit-load requirements
• Pallet quality checks preventing collapse, protrusion, and unstable stacking
• Stacking height limits based on load integrity and handling method
• Mezzanine edge protection, loading gates, and falling-object controls
• Storage changes controlled through engineering review and documented approval

Participants can assess manual handling and hazardous-material risks and select practical controls.

• Manual handling assessment using TILE: task, individual, load, environment
• Ergonomic redesign of pick faces, lift zones, and replenishment tasks
• Team lifting rules, mechanical aids, and weight-limit controls
• Safety data sheets, chemical segregation, and spill response arrangements
• Compressed gases, aerosols, and flammables stored under compatibility rules
• Personal protective equipment selection, issue records, and fit checks

Participants can establish warehouse fire prevention and emergency response arrangements.

• Fire risk assessment covering ignition sources, fuel loads, and escape
• Emergency routes, exit widths, signage, lighting, and assembly points
• Fire extinguisher selection using fuel classes and site-specific hazards
• Sprinkler clearance, flue spaces, and rack-storage fire considerations
• Emergency response roles for alarms, evacuation, first aid, and spills
• Business continuity priorities following warehouse closure or incident

Participants can investigate warehouse incidents, identify root causes and track corrective actions.

• Immediate incident response: scene safety, preservation, notification, and care
• Near-miss reporting standards that capture unsafe conditions and behaviours
• Root-cause analysis using five whys, fishbone diagrams, and barrier analysis
• ICAM investigation structure: absent or failed controls and actions
• Corrective-action registers with owners, due dates, verification, and closure
• Learning reviews that communicate findings without blame or concealment

Participants can run inspection and audit processes that produce reliable safety performance evidence.

• Planned inspection schedules for housekeeping, racking, equipment, and fire controls
• Behavioural safety observations distinguished from formal compliance inspections
• Audit evidence sampling using documents, interviews, observations, and records
• Nonconformity grading, action prioritisation, and escalation to management
• Dashboard design for incident rates, closure ageing, and inspection completion
• Management review inputs aligned with ISO 45001 performance evaluation

Participants can create a managed safety improvement plan for changing warehouse conditions.

• Contractor prequalification assessing competence, insurance, methods, and supervision arrangements
• Permit-to-work controls for hot work, roof access, and isolations
• Visitor induction requirements, escort rules, and restricted-area controls
• Seasonal peak planning for temporary labour, congestion, and fatigue
• Warehouse safety improvement plan with priorities, owners, milestones, and measures
• Thirty-day application commitments supported by manager check-ins and evidence