The Future of Racking Inspection Training

Storage Equipment Experts, we are passionate about current developments in the racking safety industry and we are well acquainted with the industry’s past. The future, however, is especially fascinating. New technologies and a new generation of internet users mean that many businesses will be subject to change. Racking inspection training is no different and we will welcome the future like an old friend when it comes.

Racking Inspection Training and Blogging

We are proud of our blogging. Our site currently has a blog that is update five times a month so our readers can read all the latest information on racking safety and racking inspection training issues. As the internet becomes accessible to more and more people, our online writing will continue to be a big part of what we do. For racking inspection training, this means that we will be able to complement our face-to-face training with more great information and updates in the future.

Racking Inspection Training and the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an idea that has been around for a while. A good definition of the idea comes from Nicole Kobie: “it’s about connecting devices over the internet, letting them talk to us, applications, and each other”.

In other words, rather than the internet simply consisting of computers talking to each other, the internet will become a system where every electronic gadget can communicate. To return to Kobie, “the popular, if silly, example is the smart fridge: what if your fridge could tell you it was out of milk, texting you if its internal cameras saw there was none left, or that the carton was passed its use-by date?”

How will this affect racking inspection training? It’s hard to say, but it’s a question worth asking because the IoT is already making an impact on the taxi industry (with Uber having been recently value at $70 billion) and has the potential to revolutionise the food service industry (with apps like Push for Pizza). To point out the obvious, taxis, pizza, and racking inspection training are three radically different products.

Racking Inspection Training and Information Overload

The IoT is part of a larger trend; people now have quicker access to more information more often. Finding out whether your milk has gone funny is one thing, but the fact that the majority of internet access now occurs through mobile is a fact worth considering. Information about anything, from the latest laws on racking safety to the air pollution levels in China, can be retrieved almost instantly through either an app, a browser extension, or a Google search. With so much information available, can’t people just learn about racking inspection training through an app?

The short answer is no. The long answer is that as the IoT and mobile internet becomes more prevalent, quality of information will matter more. An app can translate words for you, and it can even read signs in foreign languages, but an app cannot teach you a language. For that, you need a teacher, lessons, practice, and other sources of quality information. Racking inspection training is the same.

We at Storage Equipment Experts will continue to write articles and blog posts about racking safety in the future. However, for a thorough understanding of pallet racking inspections, racking safety, and warehouse safety in general, our racking inspection training is the course that stands the test of time.

Contact Storage Equipment Experts for a racking inspection training course from the SEMA-Approved Racking Inspector who understands the past, present, and future of racking inspection training.

The history of racking inspection training is much more than meets the eye. It is the story of the Industrial Revolution, workplace safety reforms, and the birth of safety training. It’s well established that racking inspection training is important for business.

However, the reason for this is not just because of increased productivity, safety, and profits, but because it is the product of a long progression towards a safer workplace, perhaps even a zero accident workplace. Those who stand in the way of decent safety training are standing in the way of progress and standing in the way of history.

The 19th Century: When Safety Standards Didn’t Exist

People like to get misty-eyed about the “good old days”, but nowhere is the feeling more misplaced than with racking inspection training and workplace safety standards. During the Industrial Revolution in the UK, working conditions were truly abysmal.

Workplace accidents were so commonplace in factories that up to forty percent of all accidents cases in Manchester infirmary were a direct result of factories. The idea of introducing racking inspection training, or safety training of any kind, at this point would have been utterly laughable. All things considered, it is amazing how far we have come.

Progress Begins: The First Pieces of Workplace Safety Legislation

From 1802 to 1878, parliament began to introduce several different pieces of workplace safety legislation. These pieces of legislation varied in terms of successful implementation and the amount of legislation was far from enough.

In 1819, 1833, and 1878, three different Factory Acts were introduced. The first two were failures, but the third made some steps in the right direction by making sure that no child under the age of ten was allowed to work. However, it was not until the Factory Act of 1961 that we ended up with the factory and warehouse standards that we have today. Health and safety is a long process of trial and error, but we get there eventually.

HSE is Born: A New ERA for Racking Safety and Racking Inspection Training

In 1974, an explosion at a warehouse in Flixborough killed twenty-eight people and many more were severely injured. This tragedy was evidently a sobering wakeup call for the British government and so, in the same year, the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 was introduced. This act of parliament laid the framework for what we now know of as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE got to work quickly and, not matter what statistic you look at,

their influence on the safety of the British workplace has been overwhelmingly positive. Fatal injuries, non-fatal injuries, self-reported accidents, and workplace illnesses have all fallen sharply since HSE’s inception. Racking safety standards and Racking inspection training standards have since been revised. And continue to be made better as a result of HSE’s work.

“Elf and Safety Gone Mad!”: The backlash to HSE and HSE’s Response

Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, some commentators believe that HSE is too far reaching and overprotective. Yet even a cursory look at the data will tell you that this is without basis. Most of what is published against HSE is either misinterpretation or entirely false. In response, HSE published a series of articles in the name of “myth busting”.

The fact that we now live in a country where some people think we are “too safe” is an extremely positive thing when you stop to consider how unsafe warehouses and factories were in the past.

Racking inspection training and racking safety are two cogs in a much larger machine that has helped to shape the UK into a country where the lives of workers are preserved, not endangered.

Racking Inspections by SEMA Approved Inspectors From Storage Equipment Experts

We too are part of this history. For years, we have been providing racking inspection training and racking inspections from a SEMA-approved inspector. We are proud to be the product of a long history of workplace safety reforms. We plan to be a big part in the future of racking safety too.

Contact the SEMA-approved racking inspectors who know everything there is to know about the past, present and future.

Racking Inspection Training – When your business is small, costs can be tight and so no spending should be taken lightly. Every small business owner wants to follow the law, but going the extra mile for safety training is the difference between being a mid-sized company and being a national or international brand.

This is because safety training is always a worthwhile investment; a business can never be too safe. If you own a warehouse, your SMEs will always benefit from racking inspection training.

Racking Inspection Training Makes Good Money Sense

Your racking inspection training course will start to save you money almost immediately after it has been delivered. According to OSHA, the government body for occupational health and safety in the United States, “a good safety and health program can save $4 to $6 for every $1 invested”.

Racking inspection training is a perfect example of this. After receiving racking from Storage Equipment Experts, Martin Vellenoweth from Haydens Bakery said that racking inspections training gave his staff the “confidence, knowledge and competence to carry out their own internal racking inspections.”

Confident and knowledgeable staff are more motivated and fast-working staff that are less likely to injure themselves or to injure your profits.

Racking Inspection Training is Cheaper Than You Might Think

At £175+VAT, our rack inspection training course is well worth the investment. For much less than what it would cost to pay an employee minimum wage for four days work, you can instead pay for a racking inspection training course that will make them a better employee for the rest of their time at your company.

Safety training, especially racking inspection training, never costs as much as you might think. Especially when you consider that training has the potential to motivate your staff much more a few days of work, and can end up costing just the same.

For Small Businesses, Racking Inspection Training is a Chance to Become a Tighter Unit

If you employ ten people or fewer, then all of them can attend one of our racking.

inspection training courses at the same time. It is a chance to bond and to remind all of your employees that you value them and care about their long term future at the company. As business writer Dianne M. Durkin puts it, “continuous learning is one of the best employee motivators”.

The science also bears this theory out. During the Robber’s Cave Experiment in 1961, one psychologist wanted to see what it would take for two small factions of people to overcome animosity towards each other. The participants in the experiment were children at summer camp and, after forcing the two groups to compete for a while, tensions between the two groups inevitably increased.

The researchers then wanted to see what would happen if the two groups were then mixed together and given tasks that required them to work together in order to achieve shared goals. The result? The children began to get along as one big group rather than two small ones.

Your staff may get along well enough, and they are definitely not children at a summer camp, but the same rules apply. Racking inspections training is a great way to allow your staff to work together towards a common goal: that goal being a better understanding of racking safety.

Take your SME to the next level with racking inspection training from the only SEMA-approved racking inspector based in London!