Contractor Safety Passport Refresher

The industry specific scheme is part of a wider Safety Pass Alliance Scheme (which operates in other industries), which shows that you as a contractor have achieved a basic level of health and safety and environmental knowledge to work within the extractive and mineral processing industries. It is not a measure of competence in your field but a course covering health and safety and environmental awareness specific to the industry. The refresher course is a 1 day course to ensure refresh your knoweldge and to update you with any changes in legisltation or industry best practice.

Who Should Attend?

All contractors working in the extractive and mineral processing industries, whose passport is due to expire within the next 3 months or has expired in the last 6 months. The passport renewal course can be taken within a nine month window; 6 months prior to expiry or 3 months following the expiry of the original passport.

Course Objectives

The scheme is designed to assist CONTRACTORS to:

Improve health, safety and environmental awareness and minimise accidents and ‘near misses’ because as a Contractor you are now part of the everyday operational life of most quarries and in most other extractive industries and as such you are at risk of being involved in an accident.

Increase productivity and efficiency as well as saving time and expense by not having to sit through repetitive health and safety induction programmes which is time to you and therefore costs you money.

Course Content

1/2 day - Morning Session - Core Renewal

Session 1
Health and safety law & you
Environmental protection
Risk assessment
Attitudes and behaviour

Session 2
Workplace safety
Accident reporting
First aid and fire safety provisions

Session 3 Hazardous substances
Manual handling
Noise

1/2 day -- Afternoon Session - Quarry Renewal

Session 1

• The principles of a ‘safe place of work’
• Your role
• Danger areas

Session 2

• The hazards of transport
• Safe lifting operations

Session 3

• Working at Height
• Slips, trips and falls

Session 4

• Health risks
• Musculoskeletal injuries
• Environmental concerns

Session 5

• Machinery and equipment

Session 6 Confined space and excavations


Course Structure and Delivery Methods

The course is delivered by a network of approved providers. It is a two-day assessed course, successful completion leads to the issue of a contractor safety passport card, which is valid for a period of 3 years, following this a 1 day refresher is required to ensure that knowledge is current.