Highfield An Awareness of Warehousing and Storage

Over 2 million people in the UK work in the warehousing, storage and logistics industry and it is worth an estimated £93 billion to the country’s economy.

What's Included in the Awareness of Warehousing and Storage Course?

Highfield’s 'An Awareness of Warehousing and Storage' e-learning course offers a flexible delivery option for apprentices undertaking the level 2 certificate or intermediate apprenticeship in warehousing and storage. This online course covers the underpinning knowledge for the two mandatory units and one optional unit of the qualification. The warehousing and storage course is also a useful resource for learners wishing to further their knowledge of how to work safely and effectively within a warehouse or storage setting.

Course Content

• Working safely
• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and COSHH
• First aid
• Workplace safety monitoring
• Manual handling
• Working relationships
• Job descriptions
• Organisational policies and procedures
• Misunderstandings and difficulties
• Food safety enforcement
• Health and safety and security
• Environmental factors
• Legal requirements
• Operating requirements
• Personal protective equipment
• Personal health and hygiene standards
• Replenishment

• Waste disposal

Who is the Awareness of Warehousing and Storage Course Suitable for?

The course is ideal for learners undertaking the level 2 certificate in warehousing and storage (RQF) or staff working within a warehouse or storage facility who wish to further their knowledge.

Course Duration

2-3 hours

How It Works

Our e-learning is available to use on multiple platforms such as tablets, PCs and laptops. All you need is an internet connection. Learners simply log on to the Highfield Learner Management System (LMS) and work their way through the course, along with the scenarios that provide them with real-life context. Learners are assessed at the end of the course by multiple-choice questions.

Certification

Learners will receive a Highfield e-learning completion certificate, which is downloadable upon successfully finishing the course.

Pre-requisites

No prior knowledge needed

Why Choose Highfield E-learning?

We make the most complex of subjects easier to digest through media and content-rich exercises that motivate and engage learners. All of our e-learning uses interactive exercises and gaming combined with media-rich content, interactive scenarios, and relevant photography and illustrations. Content is provided by industry-leading experts. What that means for your learners is stimulating and engaging content they’ll respond to and, most importantly, remember.

Key Elements

• interactive exercises/gaming
• media-rich content
• interactive 3D scenarios
• content provided by market leading experts
• relevant photography and illustrations
• multi-generational content and style

For short courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.

For accredited courses a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.

All you need to complete our e-learning courses is a computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection.

For more information visit the Highfield System Requirements page.

E-learning is flexible, efficient, and cost-effective, meaning you can progress through the modules at your own pace, at your own time to fit the training in around your work and personal life.

Short online courses also help employers to demonstrate that they have fulfilled their legal duties to ensure their personnel have been adequately trained.

Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training.

You will instantly receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.

Please note that course bookings can not be processed outside of normal working hours, over weekends or on bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.

Step 1

Click the 'Buy' or 'Add to cart' button and you will be taken to our payment/booking page where you can choose to pay online now using a debit/credit card or you can pay later by invoice.

Step 2

Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.

Step 3

You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.

Highfield Qualifications is a global leader in compliance and work-based learning and apprenticeship qualifications and one of the UK’s most recognisable awarding organisations. As such we’re regulated by Ofqual, Qualifications Wales, SQA Accreditation, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), and the Security Industry Authority (SIA). In addition to this, we’re also a government-regulated end-point assessment organisation (EPAO).

As an awarding organisation we've developed 300+ qualifications designed to enhance the career prospects of learners. These qualifications are now delivered by over 39,000 trainers and training providers spread across over 100 countries. They cover multiple sectors such as retail, health and social care, finance, customer service, rail and engineering, hospitality, logistics, aviation and many more.