People, Plant Interface and The Safe Approach
NOCN Group have produced this Assured Course in collaboration with P Flannery Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd to promote health and safety awareness / best practice in People, Plant Interface and the Safe Approach.
The course aims to provide individuals with the knowledge and understanding to promote best practice and improve safety in the interaction between people and plant.
Course Content:
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of those working on and around plant.
- Understand the dangers associated with the people, plant interface.
- Understand how behaviours play a role in safety when working around plant.
- Introduction to different types of plant and machinery and the risks associated with specific moving plant including blind spots.;
- Identify the hazards associated with the people, plant interface.
- Understand the importance of planning and implementing appropriate control measures for exclusion and restricted zones.
- Understand the importance of maintaining the exclusion/ restricted zones.
- Identify plant interface zones and industry best practice imagery/ signage.
- Establish communication methods between the plant operator and other site personnel – including the ‘thumbs up’ approach.
- Identify what to visually look for on the machine – the ‘deadman’/ coloured beacons, zonal lighting, LED displays.
- Understand how to safely approach the machine if required.
- Understand the dangers and control measures appropriate to PPI during the re-fuelling process.
- Understand the dangers and control measures appropriate to PPI during the loading and unloading process.
- Introduction to industry innovations including Human Detection Systems (HDS), Proximity Warning Systems (PWS), and visual barrier systems, height and slew restrictors.
National Highways Pathway:
In addition to the above, the following course objectives apply:
- Understand the additional dangers and hazards associated with the people, plant interface when working adjacent to live carriageways.
- Understand the definitions associated with zonal working – exclusion zone, static exclusion zone, mobile exclusion zone, restricted zone, normal zone, authorising person.
- Identify common National Highways signage and imagery.
- Identify common visual aids on the machine – beacons, LED displays.
- Identify control measures associated with specific exclusion and restricted zones.
- Understand the importance of the risk assessment and method statements associated with specific exclusion and restricted zones
Course Structure:
- Development Partners: Flannery
- Course Length: ½ day
- Minimum Age: 18
- Assessment: Practical Assessment and Multiple-Choice Knowledge Test
Who is this course designed for?
The course will benefit plant operators and all site personnel who may be required to work around plant and machinery, including operatives, foreman, supervisors, managers, engineers, surveyors and supply chain partners.
Registration Cost:
£29.00