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Health and Safety Training
Morgan Training Solutions Ltd is a professional Health & Safety Training company specialising in ITSSAR Accredited Forklift Training. It is owned and run by Steve Morgan with his team who have over 20 years of experience in transport distribution and training.
We offer a competitively priced, friendly and professional service for all your Health & Safety Transport and Warehousing requirements throughout the UK.
Our training will enable your workers to drive confidently and safely, in turn helping you to reduce accidents in your workplace. Training can be carried out on all Mechanical Handling equipment including Counter Balance, Reach Truck, Flexi Truck and Telehandler Forklifts, Cranes and MEWPS.
HSE Statement: Lift Truck Training COVID-19 Precautions
Please see below information from the HSE, regarding the latest COVID tiers introduced in England, as per 22nd December 2020.
Cleared Statement – Lift truck training and covid precautions
Employers are required to ensure that their workers are trained and competent to operate any industrial lift truck equipment they use. Initial or refresher training may be required for new starters, for existing staff using new types of equipment, or as a refresher for existing workers.
Lift-truck operators, even those who are trained and experienced, need to be routinely monitored in the workplace and, where necessary, retested or given refresher training to make sure they continue to operate lift trucks safely. There is no specific time period in law after which refresher training or a formal assessment is required. However, employers may decide that automatic refresher training or a retest after a set period (for example 3-5 years) is the best way to make sure staff remain competent.
To reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission, employers and training providers should apply the hierarchy of control to manage the risks of training and consider:
- Whether the training needs to be done urgently, based on their own assessment of drivers’ competence and experience;
- If there are other staff with the appropriate training who could carry out the tasks on a short-term basis;
- Checking in advance of the training going ahead that no one is exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms;
- Providing a system for entering and leaving sites that maintains social distancing and minimises touch points and shared contact surfaces, such as pens, pointers, or touch screens;
- Ensuring that staff and all visitors have easy and safe access to toilets and handwashing facilities with hot and cold running water, and that handwashing is carried out at regular intervals;
- Considering how social distancing can be maintained. This may mean reducing class size where suitable distancing cannot be maintained otherwise;
- Sanitising shared surfaces such as equipment controls between users;
- Providing fresh air ventilation wherever possible by opening windows or doors. Mechanical ventilation should not be set to air recirculation mode;
- Considering use of alternative learning methods such as e-learning or webinars where practicable;
- Minimising face to face work wherever possible.
Face coverings are not PPE and should not be used as a substitute for suitable risk control measures.
Duty holders in areas in Tier 4 should consult the guidance at Tier 4: Stay at Home - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Workers engaged in necessary training activities may travel:
- within a Tier 4 area;
- out of a Tier 4 area;
- to a Tier 4 area from a Tier 1, 2, or 3 area
It remains the employer’s responsibility to not allow anyone to operate lift trucks on any premises without authorisation. Authorisation should only be given where employees have completed suitable training in line with the guidance at https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg462.pdf and have achieved an appropriate level of operating ability.
ITSSAR Registered Instructors
We have a number of ITSSAR registered Instructors based throughout England who have the practical skills and knowledge to offer you a great service and we will do our best to minimise disruption to your company whilst we are onsite carrying out your training requirements.
In addition, we are able to provide CPCS Training at training centres throughout the UK and a range of in house courses including Manual handling, First Aid, Face Fit testing, Abrasive Wheels, Ladder and Working at heights.
Warehouse Consultants
We also offer warehouse consultancy including storage racking inspections, LOLER examinations and assistance with purchasing any Health & Safety equipment or Mechanical Handling Equipment.
Please call now for further information or to discuss your training requirements with Steve, Mags or Kelly on 01787 375455/07432 193961 or email steve@morgantrainingsolutions.co.uk