Metal Industry H&S training

 

Our client, Halivurgiki SA, was Greece's greatest metal - working company. They were the sole makers of EURO coins in Greece, among other products. Their main factory resides in North-West, and more than 300 workers are employed. We successfully organized and carried out a 10 days full time training seminar on occupational health and safety for their whole personnel. Results were excellent both in terms of feedback and midterm incident occurrences [incidents dropped by 55% in the first year alone]. Training comprised both theoretical and experimental parts, including real time evacuation drills, fire extinction, etc.

 

Contents of the training sessions included:

à      Occupational Health and Safety national legislation

à      Case studies of general incidents

à      Occupational Health and Safety standards – OHSAS 18001

à      Occupational Health and Safety good practices and statistics

à      Causes of accidents

à      Root cause analyses for case studies

à      Introduction to Metallurgical industry specifics

à      Risks due to electrical, mechanical, organizational, chemical factors

à      Emergency response plans

à      Emergency response teams

à      Fire safety

à      Basic first aid

à      Personal Protective Equipment

à      Metal Properties

à      Operational conditions of metallurgical plants

à      Compliance with Environmental Management and Quality Management standards [ISO14001 and ISO9001 were used, respectively]

à      Large scale incidents [SEVESO]

à      Chemical properties of agents used in metallurgical plants

à      Personalized [per group] content

The course was attended by workers, technicians, engineers and management members of the organization and it was of the longest courses delivered nationally. We have now expanded the contents of the specific course to include advances in the field, controlling equipment and process control features. Course is currently delivered in more than seven venues across Europe and Middle east, as well as a webinar.