Safe Working on Container Terminals (Offered in Arabic Only)

Course details

Course Outlines:

• The dangers of container terminal working
• Terminal safety organization and responsibilities
• Safety policy, safety rules and regulations, safety handbook, risk assessment
• Principles of segregation — safety by design
• General safety rules
• Safe access to the quayside and berthed vessel
• Safe pedestrian access to ‘restricted’ areas
• Safe access for container-carrying vehicles
• Safe access for operational and engineering reasons
• Safe driving practices and procedures, equipment testing, fitness for use
• Safe access to high work locations
• Safe use of hand tools and lifting
• Personal protective equipment and its use
• Providing and maintaining a safe working environment
• Principles of good housekeeping
• Emergency plans, precautions and procedures, accident investigation.

Course Objectives:

This Unit is designed:

• To explain why container terminals are dangerous working environments.
• To discuss the importance and development of company safety policies and a company safety culture.
• To describe the general principles of safe working on a container terminal.
• To explain the practical procedures for safe access to and safe working on a container terminal.
• To discuss the need for and nature of emergency procedures and systems.