This one-day foundation programme equips participants with the essential knowledge and skills for a sound foundation in managing warehouse risks and safety practices in an organisation. It is facilitated by an expert trainer who has extensive years of experience holding leadership positions in logistics and supply chain. The session is conducted as a lively and interactive one, interspersed with exercises on warehouse risks and safety.
Fees include course materials, breakfast and lunch, and the Certificate of Competency. Members save S$60 on this programme.
What you will be able to do
By the end of this programme you will be able to:
- Identify the types of hazards associated with warehousing
- Apply health and safety considerations to warehouse operations
- Carry out warehouse hazard identification and risk assessment
- Conduct a risk audit of warehouse operations
- Plan mitigation measures for risks in warehouse operations
Programme outline
Warehouse operations carry hazards that need to be identified, assessed and controlled systematically. The programme covers the types of hazards associated with warehousing, health and safety considerations in warehouses, identifying warehouse hazards and risks assessments, conducting a warehouse risk audit, and mitigating risks for warehouse operations, with practical exercises on warehouse risks and safety. On completion you will be able to identify warehouse hazards, carry out risk assessments, and contribute to a warehouse risk audit and the mitigation measures that follow from it.
- Types of Hazards associated with Warehousing
- Health and Safety Considerations in Warehouses
- Identifying Warehouse Hazards and Risks Assessments
- Conducting Warehouse Risk Audit
- Mitigating Risks for Warehouse Operations
- Practical Exercises on Warehouse Risks and Safety
Who should attend
You are responsible for the day-to-day safe running of a warehouse or store, and need a systematic way to identify, assess and control the hazards involved. The programme is intended for Warehouse Supervisors, Store Officers, Inventory Executives, Logistics Executives and workplace safety representatives who carry out hazard identification, risk assessment and audit. Managers accountable for a storage facility without a safety background will find it a practical grounding.
Approving this for your team? The programme is suitable for staff development budgets, and SIPMM can invoice your organisation directly and arrange group registrations.
Your trainer
The facilitator is an expert trainer with extensive years of experience in leadership positions in logistics and supply chain, and the session is lively and interactive, interspersed with exercises on warehouse risks and safety.
This programme awards 1 Certificate of Competency
Certificates of Competency build towards SIPMM's professional designations. ASP™ and AIP™ require three, and Chartered status requires an active designation plus two at managerial or leadership level.
Deliver this programme in-house
This programme can be run for your team at your premises or at SIPMM, tailored to your organisation's categories and operations.