Thought I might have shortchanged you so let me elaborate a bit. Storage racks are currently subject to pre-start health and safety review requirements under Sec. 7 of the OHS Regs for Indust. Establishments. The PHSR must be performed by a professional engineer. Obviously, you don’t get to be a professional engineer unless you take the appropriate courses.
FYI, in Feb, the MOL proposed revising the requirements. Instead of a PHSR by a professional engineer, employers would have to ensure that the following tasks are carried out by a person with adequate knowledge, training and experience:
• installing or uninstalling a storage rack;
• inspecting the storage rack for wear, corrosion, damage, missing or
incompatible parts; and
• making a record of the results of each inspection and providing them
to the employer
This proposal remains on ice and is unlikely to be adopted by the new govt. At least that’s my theory.
Hope that’s better and sorry to have been so terse with my prior response. Glenn
