Warehousing, Logistics, Transport

According to WorkSafe Victoria, if you work in the warehousing, Logistics sector, the main risks of harm you face are from

  • Falling loads
  • Falls from the cabin rear of vehicle or load
  • Handling freight
  • Strain from repetitive movements
  • Load adjustment
  • Noise from machinery and vehicles
  • Slips, trips and falls around plant or vehicle
  • Vehicle accidents – being struck
  • Exposure to chemicals such as fumes from enclosed shipping containers.
  • Work-related stress, fatigue, bullying and harassment

There are more and this list is not exhaustive.

Training Compliance

Your training needs analysis should consider what courses are necessary for you to provide to your team under OHS legislation and may include:

  • Hazardous manual handling
  • TLID0021 Store and handle dangerous goods and hazardous substances
  • Managing and supervising OHS in the logistics/warehousing/transport sector
  • RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights (and refresher)
  • Noise and hearing conservation
  • Health and Safety Representative (HSR) Initial OHS Training
  • HSR Refresher OHS Training
  • Asbestos awareness training
  • Emergency warden and initial fire attack

HAZCON can help you with this. With some clients we will have annual meetings to map out a schedule and plan training for various teams and individuals for the following year. This planning meeting could be on-site at your location, or online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams. The training could be on-site at your location, or staff members can be enrolled onto one of our existing public training courses being run around Victoria, or we can run private sessions online just for your team if appropriate.

For a full list of training courses that HAZCON can provide please Click Here.

Tailored Training

Training can be tailored to your specific requirements. We engage closely with all clients to provide tailored training products to meet your needs. Typically, we will have the conversation with you to ensure that any relevant policies and procedures such as traffic management plans and emergency response are included. We can also check that these are current and compliant.

Point of Difference

The point of difference with using HAZCON is our people, our knowledge and our experience of working both in and with the manufacturing, warehousing and logistics sector;

Since 1994, HAZCON has been committed to offering quality training services to our clients. Our extensive experience and knowledge of OHS in Australian workplaces gives us the ability to provide our clients with professional OHS assistance and training that is coherent, targeted and relevant to each workplace.

HAZCON enjoys excellent course feedback mainly due to our expertise in OHS and client requirements in the construction sector, and would welcome the opportunity of working with you

Excellence is our business, dynamic is what we are!

Contact us today to find out how HAZCON can help your organisation be safer tomorrow

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