by Rachel Gearon | Apr 14, 2022 | Our News
Key Performance Training has moved premises. We’ve moved to Kembrey Park, a thriving and beautifully landscaped business park in Swindon within easy reach of the M4 and A419.
Our new address is Unit 3 Ash, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 8UN.
Our bespoke training centre can offer a variety of regulated industrial sector training and certification. We offer forklift truck certification, fire marshal training, first aid training, health and safety training and manual handling training at our dedicated training centre.
At our new site, we’re now able to offer courses in Pivot Steer trucks (Bendi trucks), in addition to our Counterbalance and Reach trucks, so there’s never been a better time to get in touch to discuss your training requirements.
And we’re still RTITB accredited, so we can still offer nationally recognised certificates.
So please give us a call and we’ll be delighted to welcome you to our new training centre.
Coming soon…. E-learning courses and how they benefit both businesses and delegates
by Rachel Gearon | Apr 6, 2022 | Employment & skills, Industry news, RTITB, Training courses
We all know that safety guidelines are put in place for us all to adhere to, but putting this into practice can often feel like a chore in an already never-ending to do list. Incredibly, around 75% of critical incidents involve pedestrians who were completing tasks unrelated to the operation that was being carried out at the time of the incident. Adopting a culture of strict safety discipline in the warehouse could save more than just one life.
Many incidents involve pedestrians suffering crush injuries while trying to steady the load, or get involved in the loading or unloading of the forklift. These types of accidents and injuries are avoidable because the pedestrian should never need to be in the path of the forklift. There are many ways that this can be implemented in and around the warehouse:
- Designation
With designated operation areas, walkways, and clear signage in the warehouse you can remove any doubt or uncertainty. Consistent, clear instructions and directions that leave no room for ambiguity are essential. Of course, there are some grey areas that can’t be easily segregated, but in these areas safe working boundaries need to be communicated and upheld at all times. Establish safe operating distances and provide staff with guidance around forklift operation, and the loading and unloading of materials.
The most efficient warehouses make use of timetables to rotate staff to different locations, depending on the tasks they need to complete that day. This is to ensure pedestrian tasks aren’t being carried out alongside forklift tasks. Another useful addition to the warehouse is a traffic management system, such as one-way systems to reduce the risk of collisions.
Strong communication systems allow all members of staff to share the responsibility for keeping everybody safe. For example, co-workers need to be able to quickly and efficiently alert one another when an individual is in their workspace, or if somebody notices a truck losing its load during operation, or a driver leaving an unsafe distance between the truck and the pedestrian.
All of this and more is covered on our Forklift Training Course. Get in touch today to find out more.
