Racking Compliance "360" Training Courses
Our one day racking awareness & compliance courses give your staff the knowledge & skills to conduct internal racking inspections in between your expert annual inspections. Your nominated personnel will become your on site PRRS, fully certified for 3 years. Training carried out on your site with nationwide coverage.
Racking Awareness Training Course
Our racking awareness “360” course is suitable for all relevant employees and offers them the knowledge and skills to undertake inspections on your site in between your annual inspections.
The benefit of this is to be able to fully maintain your racking throughout the year be able to react faster to issues on your site. The nominated personnel will be your Persons responsible for rack safety (PRRS) on site as recommended within HSG76 and by SEMA (Storage equipment manufacturers association).
After the training has taken place and competence certificate issued, should your PRRS require and further assistance or clarification, we are always on hand to help.
UK Rack Inspection has developed over many years a complete training course for both Pallet Racking and Cantilever Racking that will upskill your workforce and maintain the safety of your facility 364 days a year (on the 365th you should be having your qualified SEMA Approved Inspector visit).
Training enables such benefits of always having a trained and competent person on site to react immediately should damage or impact occur, these are known as PRRS (Person Responsible for Racking Safety) as recommended by HSE within “HSG76 Warehousing & Storage – A guide to Health and Safety” and SEMA (Storage Equipment Manufacturers Association).
As a responsible company, our service extends past the initial training and certificate, we offer help and support to each PRRS along the way should they need help or advice.
What does HSE say?
HSG76 Warehouse and Storage – A guide to health & Safety (Second edition, published 2007)
643: As soon as a safety problem or damage is observed by any employee, it should immediately be reported to the PRRS. You should have systems in place for reporting damage and defects
645: The ‘Person Responsible for Rack Safety’ should ensure that inspections are made at weekly or other regular intervals based on risk assessment. A formal written record should be maintained.
So what should you do?
In order to maintain the functionality and safety of a racking installation, it is important to conduct regular inspections of the storage equipment.
The frequency of these inspections should be determined by a designated ‘person responsible for racking safety’ (PRRS) based on the specific factors of the site and tailored to the operational conditions of the warehouse.
In conclusion, it is essential for every operation to have a certified ‘PRRS’ present on site in order to carry out regular in-house inspections and promptly address any issues or damage that may arise.
We can help
UK racking inspections offer specialised courses designed to train your personnel to attain the required level of competence to become an in-house ‘PRRS’ for Pallet Racking and Cantilever Racking.
Our qualified SEMA Approved inspector and IOSH Qualified Trainer, with over 30 years of industry experience, can deliver the course at your premises, customised to meet your specific storage equipment and site requirements.
Course details
The ‘360 Rack Safety’ course covers all the essential aspects necessary to achieve the required level of competency, including..
- Legal legislation and HSE requirements
- Component performances & structural importance
- The importance of load notices
- Essential PPE & inspection equipment
- SEMA damage classifications
- Damage prevention
- Inspection documentation & recording
- Practical inspection exercises & how to conduct a racking inspection
Delegates will be issued with a certificate of competency following successful completion of the rack awareness training course.
This will be valid for 3 years from training date.