Garden and Building Supplies Yard SWMS Pack

Setting up and running the supplies yard - layout and segregation of plant, vehicles and pedestrians, traffic management, customer access control, surfaces, housekeeping and security.

Manual handling across the operation - lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, digging, shovelling and holding loads such as pipes, tools, components and bagged product.

Loading, unloading and handling materials and plant from trucks, trailers and floats - aggregate, rock, components and equipment using plant and manual methods.

Operating trucks, tipper and dog combinations, water carts and floats - journey management, reversing, load restraint, tipping, dust suppression and on-site deliveries.

Operating a front end loader in the supplies yard - loading customer vehicles and trucks, working bins and stockpiles, rehandle and housekeeping in areas shared with staff and customers.

Operating forklifts and telehandlers in the supplies yard - pallet and pack movement, racking work, truck loading and unloading, attachments, refuelling and battery charging.

Serving and loading retail and trade customers in the yard - customer vehicle movement, customers on foot, loading cars and trailers, conflict management and retail-area housekeeping.

Managing bulk soil, sand, gravel, crusher dust and mulch in bins and stockpiles - forming and drawing down piles, bin wall care, loader work, dust control and organic product hazards.

Storing and handling palletised and bagged product on steel racking - racking loading and inspection, forklift place and retrieve at height, manual handling and powder product dust.

Receiving, storing, handling and cutting timber, sleepers and treated timber products - pack handling and stacking, manual handling, treated timber precautions and docking to length.

Handling and cutting pavers, blocks, kerb units and cement products - pack break-down, manual handling, the wet cutting service and skin protection from cement and masonry dust.

Controlling respirable crystalline silica in the supplies yard - masonry and paver cutting, bulk sand and crusher dust handling, bagged cement products, clean-up and health monitoring.

Storing, decanting, handling, transporting and disposing of substances used on plant - fuels, oils, hydraulic fluid, coolants, battery acid and degreasers - and responding to spills.

Delivering product off site with crane trucks and tippers - load restraint, delivery-point assessment, outrigger setup, craning, tipping, powerline clearances and public protection.

Refuelling and field maintenance of yard plant - loaders, forklifts, telehandlers and trucks - including isolation, working under raised components, hot works and spill management.

Working outdoors or in hot environments where temperature, humidity, radiant heat or physical exertion can cause heat illness, ranging from heat rash and cramps to heat stroke.