Workplace Safety Training

Stacking and Storing

1 Day | Theory & In-Class Assessments | Practical

Stacking and Storing training focuses on the principles, processes and practical techniques required to support safer stacking and storage practices in the workplace.

Course Duration 1 Day
Day 1 Theory & In-Class Assessments
Assessment Final Assessment
Practical Included

Course Overview

The supplied course outline identifies sub-standard stacking and storage principles as contributors to industrial accidents and injuries, and emphasises the importance of maintaining proper stacking and storage practices to reduce workplace safety risks.

The outline also notes that organisations operating outside legal stacking parameters may need to apply for an exemption through the Department of Labour, and that appropriate knowledge and effective occupational health and safety practices are important when doing so.

Day 1 Includes

  • Theory and in-class assessments
  • Final assessment
  • Practical

Course Objective

On completion of the course, learners should understand the role of occupational health and safety in safe stacking and storing and be able to carry out their responsibilities in line with the OHS Act.

Learners are also equipped with processes and techniques to assist management with safety management in the organisation's stacking and storage practices.

Course Content

Core stacking, storage and workplace safety topics

  • Legislative requirements
  • Principles of stacking
  • Storage facility management
  • Handling of hazardous chemical substances
  • Identifying hazards in the workplace
  • Manual handling, including kinetic lifting
  • Fire safety
  • Rules for de-stacking
  • Stacking different types of goods
  • Stock holding structures
  • A safe work system
  • Pallet construction and loading
  • Storage inspection
  • Safe stock movement

Assessment & Competency

Assessment Approach

The supplied outline states that training is outcome-based and includes formative assessment, in-class assessments and summative assessment.

Competency Requirement

Learners are required to achieve 80% and above for theoretical assessments.

Training Aids

  • Slide show presentation

Learner Material & Completion

All learners are provided with a Stacking and Storing Manual.

The supplied course outline states that a certificate is provided on completion of the course.

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