Vehicle Safety at Work and Banksman Awareness
Understand your legal obligations, learn how to stay safe and carry out banksman duties with our CPD accredited course.
Every year, there are over 5000 accidents involving transport in the workplace. About 50 of these result in people being killed. The main causes of injury are people falling off vehicles or being struck or crushed by them. Our course helps operatives working on a commercial site learn how to stay safe and understand universal signalling when working around HGV’s so they can comply with health & safety regulations and ensure the safety of themselves and others on site.
This course contains a banksman awareness section that provides guidance to allow you to understand a banksman’s duties, how to correctly perform your duties and universal signaling that is used throughout the UK and Europe.
This course is a CPD accredited course and can be counted towards your continuous professional development.
What Will You Learn?
This short online course is designed to give you an overview of vehicle safety at work which will help you to stay safe and ensure both you and your employer follow HSE guidelines.
The banksman awareness section within this course covers the banksman's role and the universal signals used throughout the UK and Europe. It's recommended that all those working within the industry understand the signals to help ensure their own safety.
Introduction
What is workplace transport?
Site Safety
Workplace transport quiz
Safe traffic routes
What does ‘reasonably practicable’ mean?
The need to use temporary traffic routes
General principles of safe traffic routes quiz
Visibility for drivers and pedestrians
Speeds and speed limits
Workplace Signs, Markings and Signals
Workplace Lighting
Site safety quiz
Reversing & Banksman Introduction
What is a banksman?
Banksman - The Duties
Banksman awareness quiz
Start Position
Right Position
Left Position
Move Towards Position
Move Backwards Position
Raise Position
Lower Position
Horizontal Position
Vertical Position
Stop Position
Danger Position
End Position
Banksman signals quiz
Workplace Safety Summary
Workplace Transport Safety Booklet
Universal Banksman Signals Guide
End of course questionnaire
This course will benefit any person who works on a commercial site where vehicles are present. It is of paramount importance that any person who works in this type of environment understands how to stay safe and has a clear understanding of a banksman’s signals so they can react accordingly.
Our course will ensure that you are fully aware of the legislation and guidance surrounding site safety.
Upon completion of this course, you will automatically receive a certificate of completion accredited by NTP Online Learning.
This course is CPD accredited therefore you will also be awarded a CPD certificate.
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