Rack Training
Racking needs to be inspected regularly for faults to meet UK legislation
Does your team have the training to know what to look for?
The PRRS (person responsible for racking safety)
“Should ensure that inspections are made at weekly or other regular intervals based on risk assessment.”
(HSG 76, Section 645. Warehousing and Storage: A Guide to Health and Safety)
Does your team understand what to look for and why?
Anything can happen to your warehouse in between annual inspections, why leave it to chance? Regular internal checks of your racking ensures that it stays safe to support your stock and remains structurally sound.
What will you gain from our training courses?
- Improve the day-to-day safety of your warehouse and personnel.
- Complete a safe and effective pallet racking inspection in a live warehouse setting.
- Understand the need to record findings and to have the complete ‘paper trail’.
- Understanding of SEMA guidelines, Health and Safety legislation and EN15635 standards.
Book an inspection training course to help remain safe and compliant
Does your team have the skills to repair and reduce racking risk?
Our comprehensive racking maintenance training provides your team with the skills and knowledge required for them to safely carry out repairs on damaged racking systems with confidence, our trainers are all highly experienced ex installers. In house repair skills means you can minimise production downtime and your repair costs long term, by addressing damage when it happens.
What will you gain from our training courses?
- Skills and knowledge to safely carry out basic repairs to pallet racking systems.
- Thorough understanding of your system and components.
- Safe systems of work, risk assessments and legal issues associated with pallet racking maintenance.
- Requirements of the EN15635 Standards and the SEMA code of practice
Book a training course to maintain operations and safeguard your warehouse
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Pallet Racking Maintenance
Pallet Racking Maintenance
- Most commonly damaged components within racking systems (up to 12)
- Pallet racking system types, terminology, and components
- Legal issues associated with pallet racking maintenance
- Safe systems of work and risk assessments
- Safe use of hand and power tools
- Requirements of the EN15635 Standards and the SEMA code of practice
- Working at height safety
Racking Safety and Inspection
Racking Safety and Inspection
- Racking types and components
- Safe Working Load information
- What to look for during an inspection and what to include in a report
- Allowable deflections and tolerances
- Requirements of the EN15635 standards and SEMA code of practice
- Review and discuss examples of damaged racking
- Known hazards around the warehouse and potential causes of racking damage
- Legal, moral and financial reasons for inspecting pallet racking
- How to reduce the risks around the warehouse
Pallet Racking Safety Awareness
Pallet Racking Safety Awareness
- Legislation
- Damage to components
- Dos and don’ts around pallet racking
Why use Rack Group Training?
Courses 'Assured by RoSPA Qualifications'
Assured by RoSPA Qualifications, provides a stamp of assurance that our courses meet the highest standards in health and safety. This also confirms the quality and relevance of our training programs, are pitched at the appropriate level and delivered with excellence.
Industry Expertise
With four decades of industry experience under our belt, our level of knowledge is unsurpassed. Rack Group trainers boast extensive expertise in their respective fields, guaranteeing top-notch training sessions. Learn from former installers and seasoned SEMA qualified inspectors.
Tailored Onsite Training
Our training programs are meticulously designed to allocate time in warehouse settings and provide hands-on training in real-world environments. With a mix of classroom and warehouse training, we can customise the course to your unique work environment.
Frequently Asked Questions
All of our training courses can be run from your own site, ensuring your teams receive specific examples from their own working environment.
No, there is no minimum previous training required to complete our NVQs. A basic working knowledge of pallet racking is beneficial.
We do not currently offer courses to train inspectors, unless you are an employee at Rack Group. See our current job vacancies here.
Our Pallet Racking Safety Awareness course are best completed onsite so we can tailor them to your specific workplace. Our rack training courses require a practical assessment and therefore need to be completed in person.
From first contact, to arranging and delivering the racking inspection training on site, Rack Group dealt with us extremely professionally. The delivery of the training was first class, very practical and knowledgeable trainer who gave a very clear message on our legal responsibility and technical awareness required to manage racking.From first contact, to arranging and delivering the racking inspection training on site, Rack Group dealt with us extremely professionally. The delivery of the training was first class, very practical and knowledgeable trainer who gave a very clear message on our legal responsibility and technical awareness required to manage racking.
All who received training were enthusiastic about its presentation and quality. We now have a team of trained competent persons, racking inspectors and an enthused work force knowledgeable in the possible consequences of their actions. As a company we consider it money well spent in our quest for a safer working environment.
Health and safety management can seem like a very daunting prospect in today’s workplace but Rack Group provided a professional, relevant and focused approach which means that we clearly know our responsibilities. Rack Group training comes with something that no book can ever teach. Experience!
The quality of training delivered by Rack Group has allowed us to set up a manageable and effective system not only to identify racking damage but also to reduce it. By undertaking the inspection training we can now tailor our racking inspections to our company, we know where the damage is occurring and we know how to deal with it.
We approached Rack Group looking for a bespoke training course in fallen pallet recover. After speaking with the training manager, they said that they would be able to develop a bespoke training course purely to suit our exact needs and requirements.
The training course suited us down to the ground, and the training manager brought with them a wealth of experience and knowledge which was delivered clearly and greeted with interest. We look forward to welcoming them back for more training in the near future, and would recommend Rack Group to any company needing training in the warehousing and pallet racking industry.
My first impression of Rack Group training was a very professional business, the course was well run and very well presented, I would like to thank Graeme Waller for his advice and training over the two days. Graeme is a very professional man with excellent knowledge on racking. LH is now in a much better and safer position due to the help and dedication from Rack Group.
Clearly the most organised contractor I have worked with ref comms and the RAMS coming early.
From initial contact to training delivery, Rack Group and their training manager delivered a first class service. We were looking for a trainer to deliver a quality training package and raise awareness from shop floor operatives to senior team leaders and this was provided at a level that beat our expectations.
You’ve made such an effort and in a nice non sales way, I wanted to work with you.
A knowledgeable instructor delivered content in a professional but friendly manner and made it as easy to understand as possible.