Applying Occupational Health, Safety, and Environmental Principles involves identifying and mitigating workplace hazards to ensure the well-being
of employees and the surrounding environment. This includes implementing safety protocols, conducting risk assessments, and promoting a
culture of health and safety compliance.
A qualified learner will be able to:
- Demonstrates receiving of freight.
- Demonstrates allocation of freight for storage and control of stock.
- Prepares and ensures the picking of freight for loading/off-loading processes according to specified procedures.
- Reconciles and dispatches freight according to the legislation.
This qualification reflects workplace-based needs in the wider Freight Handling Industry, both now and in the future. Freight Handling is diverse in nature, therefore a fairly wide range of competencies are required by employees. The qualification aims to provide the foundational and initial skills required for an individual in the industry to handle freight successfully; be an effective team member; and to undertake those tasks required to contribute to the effective processing of freight.
- Basic principles of occupational health and safety
- .Legal and regulatory requirements
- Roles and responsibilities in OHS
- Identifying common workplace hazards
- Conducting risk assessments
- Implementing control measures
- Overview of relevant health and safety laws and regulations.
- Understanding employer and employee responsibilities
- Developing emergency plans
- Conducting emergency drills
- Responding to emergencies and incidents
- Effective communication of health and safety information
- Training and informing workers about safety practices
- Reporting and documenting incidents and hazards
- Principles of ergonomics
- Designing safe and comfortable workstations
- Preventing musculoskeletal disorders
- Types of PPE and their uses
- Correct use and maintenance of PPE
- Assessing the need for PPE
- Procedures for investigating workplace accidents
- Identifying root causes
- Reporting and documenting findings
- Overview of relevant health and safety laws
- Compliance with legal requirements
- Understanding employer and employee rights and responsibilities
- Encouraging safe behavior in the workplace
- Developing health and safety policies
- Continuous improvement in health and safety practices
- Duration: 12 Months
- Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
- Learners are required to have an NQF Level 2 qualification in order to be considered for admission.
- Demonstrates receiving of freight.
- Demonstrates allocation of freight for storage and control of stock.
- Prepares and ensures the picking of freight for loading/off-loading processes according to specified procedures.
- Reconciles and dispatches freight according to the legislation.
- Occupational Certificate: Freight Handler
- Accreditation: QCTO
- SAQA ID: 96396
- NQF Level: 3