Spa Contractor Safety Passport - Quarry Products, Mineral Processing, Extractive Industries’ Passport Scheme

Who is this course for?

All contractors working in the extractive and mineral processing industries. 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.

What is it about?

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.

Content Day 1 – Core day – General Health and Safety Module 1 Introduction to Health and Safety Law and Safe System of Work Module 2 Workplace Safety Module 3 Fire Precautions and Procedures Module 4 Accidents and First Aid Module 5 Hazardous Substances Module 6 Manual Handling Module 7 Noise at Work

Day 2 – Industry Specific Module 1 – Health and safety management • Management of health and safety – responsibilities • Vehicle safety • Danger areas • Hazardous operations • Occupational health risks and PPE • Environmental protection Module 2 – Lifting operations • Management of health and safety – responsibilities • Vehicle safety • Danger areas • Hazardous operations • Occupational health risks and PPE • Environmental protection Module 3 – Excavations and confined space • Trenches and excavations • Electricity • Inspection • Confined space entry • Dangers • Emergencies Module 4 – Working at height • Principles of working at height • Applies to everyone • Ladders, steps, scaffold towers, MEWPS • Scaffolding • Roof work

It is a two-day assessed course, successful completion leads to the issue of a SPA 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.