MPQC Quarry Passport Renewal Online (Instructor-led)

Eligibility

This MPQC Quarry Passport Renewal course is only for delegates with an existing MPQC Quarry passport (you will see an ‘MP’ icon on your passport). You have until the expiry date of your old card to attend this renewal course, otherwise you will need to attend the full 2 day course to renew.

Delivery Method

This course will be delivered online by a GSS Training trainer over Microsoft Teams. Each delegate will need access to a secure internet connection, you’ll need your own laptop or computer (the course cannot be attended via mobile phone) and you’ll need a computer/laptop camera that shows your face, upper torso and assessment table.

You do not need a Microsoft Teams account; we will send you an email with a link that will allow you to enter the course. Whilst some knowledge of how to log in via the link, how to use the camera on your computer and the mute/volume controls will be beneficial – we send you a guide on how to do this before the course.

Introduction to ‘Quarry Day’

• HSE accident statistics
• Rationale for quarries regulations
• HSE target for improvement

Module 1

Part 1: Management of Health and Safety in Quarries

• Responsibilities
• The ‘Health and Safety Document’ (required by Quarry Regulations)
• Emergency and accident procedures

Part 2: Vehicle Safety

• Operator and pedestrian safety
• Operator visibility difficulties
• ‘Vehicle Rules’
• Parking considerations

Part 3: Danger Areas

Defining ‘Danger Areas’

Examples:

• Excavations, tips and free flowing materials
• Bitumen coating plants
• Railways and docks
• Precautions during blasting operations

Part 4: Hazardous Operations

• Safety precautions during normal, maintenance and breakdown work
• Fencing
• Isolation / lock-off procedures
• Permit to Work and example applications:
  - Confined spaces, crusher clearance, conveyor tensioners

Part 5: Health risks working in quarries

• Dusts, diseases, noise, vibration, and dehydration
• Control risks measures including PPE Excavations, tips and free flowing materials
• Bitumen coating plants

Part 6: Environmental Considerations

• Public perception of environmental impacts
• Powers of inspectors / enforcing authorities and penalties
• Precautions to avoid spillage and groundwater contamination
• Waste segregation and disposal
• Air pollution from dust and noise
• Hazards and precautions associated with landfills
• Ecology and Archaeology

Module 2: Safe Working Practises

• Safe use of mechanical lifting equipment
• Requirements of LOLER
• Signalling – authorised personal
• Control of lifting operations
• Hazards of slung loads and overhead lines
• Hazards in the use of Fork Lift Trucks
• Hazards of plant operations and precautions

Module 3: Excavations and Confined Spaces

• Safe working in excavations and confined space
• Precaution to prevent collapse
• Inspection requirements
• Access egress and prevention of falls
• Lighting, ventilation requirements
• Effect of weather
• Emergency procedure
• Confined space regulations
• Specified risks
• Control measures: basic precautions / permit

Module 4: Working at Heights

• Safe work on roofs
• Prevention of falls and falling objects
• Scaffolding – register and inspection requirements
• Mobile scaffold towers – precautions
• Safe use of Mobile Elevated Work Platforms
• Use and misuse of ladders

Related Content

• Safety Pass Alliance (SPA) courses
• CCNSG courses
• CITB courses
• Construction & Engineering courses
• IOSH courses
• NEBOSH courses