THIS COURSE IS NOT DELIVERED BY EPIC PLEASE CONTACT TRAINING PROVIDERS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Background to the Course
The industry specific scheme is part of a wider Safety Pass Alliance Scheme (which operates in other industries), which shows that you as a contractor have achieved a basic level of health and safety and environmental knowledge to work within the extractive and mineral processing industries. It is not a measure of competence in your field but a course covering health and safety and environmental awareness specific to the industry. The refresher course is a 1 day course to ensure refresh your knoweldge and to update you with any changes in legisltation or industry best practice.
Who Should Attend?
All contractors working in the extractive and mineral processing industries, whose passport is due to expire within the next 3 months or has expired in the last 6 months. The passport renewal course can be taken within a nine month window; 6 months prior to expiry or 3 months following the expiry of the original passport.
Course Objectives
The scheme is designed to assist CONTRACTORS to:
Improve health, safety and environmental awareness and minimise accidents and ‘near misses’ because as a Contractor you are now part of the everyday operational life of most quarries and in most other extractive industries and as such you are at risk of being involved in an accident.
Increase productivity and efficiency as well as saving time and expense by not having to sit through repetitive health and safety induction programmes which is time to you and therefore costs you money.
Course Content
1/2 day - Morning Session - Core Renewal
Session 1
Health and safety law & you
Environmental protection
Risk assessment
Attitudes and behaviour
Session 2
Workplace safety
Accident reporting
First aid and fire safety provisions
Session 3
Hazardous substances
Manual handling
Noise
1/2 day -- Afternoon Session - Quarry Renewal
Session 1
- The principles of a ‘safe place of work’
- Your role
- Danger areas
Session 2
- The hazards of transport
- Safe lifting operations
Session 3
- Working at Height
- Slips, trips and falls
Session 4
- Health risks
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Environmental concerns
Session 5
Session 6
Confined space and excavations
Course Structure and Delivery Methods
The course is delivered by a network of approved providers. It is a two-day assessed course, successful completion leads to the issue of a contractor safety passport card, which is valid for a period of 3 years, following this a 1 day refresher is required to ensure that knowledge is current.
Contact Details
For further details contact the course provider direct or view the list of public courses that EPIC has been notified of, if there is not a course in your area please contact the training providers in your area as they may have other dates available or are collecting names to run a course. EPIC do not deliver this training.