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[DebD]

Dear All,

Please can someone give me some advice on exactly what should be in a training record for agency operatives apart from induction?

thanks

Deb D

[Charles.C]

Dear debD,

don't quite understand what you mean by "agency operatives". Please clarify.

Rgds / Charles.C

PS welcome to the forum !

[DebD]

Thanks for the welcome!

What I mean by temporary staff is supplied by an agency, If they are only in for 1 day how comprehenisve does the training record need to be?

Any advice gratefully received.

Deb D.

Dear debD,

don't quite understand what you mean by "agency operatives". Please clarify.

Rgds / Charles.C

PS welcome to the forum !

[Simon]

What is their role, low, medium, high risk? It needs to be suitable and sufficient for the job they are doing. Handling product? Using machinery?

Please provide more details Deb.

Cheers,
Simon

[Tony-C]

Dear All,

Please can someone give me some advice on exactly what should be in a training record for agency operatives apart from induction?

thanks

Deb D

You may include some or all of these depending on the situation:

Hygiene Rules
Hand Washing
Jewellery and Watches
Dress code
Sickness Reporting
Health and Safety
Accident Reporting
Hazard Reporting
First Aid Arrangements
Fire Evacuation Procedure
Traffic and Pedestrian Routes
Personal Protective Equipment
Chemical Handling
Manual Handling
Electrical Safety
Noise Protection
Environmental/Waste Management
Spillage
Pest Control
Site Map & Briefing to identify locations and areas where individuals will work, canteen facilities, toilets

Regards,

Tony

[DebD]

Hello,

Their role could be low or high risk doing repetative tasks such as lifting product/packs on/off lines that require minimal on the job training. Current policy is for training on the specific tasks to be carried out and then supervision by trained personnel, this is not currently recorded on a signed record. The nature of the tasks is that they handle product on the lines but would not be asked to do skilled work such as machinery handling/operation, QC or anything related to completion of records or critical control.

Hope this clarifies.

DebD

What is their role, low, medium, high risk? It needs to be suitable and sufficient for the job they are doing. Handling product? Using machinery?

Please provide more details Deb.

Cheers,
Simon

[tsmith7858]

We have pushed some of the training back on the agency. We supply them with a 2 page "primer" that covers a lot of what Tony listed (Hygiene Rules, Hand Washing, Jewellery and Watches, Dress code, Accident Reporting, Personal Protective Equipment, Allergens) that they must hand out and review with employees they plan to send to us.

We then do a quick review and cover on site information (evacuation, break rooms, bathrooms, first aid) and have have them sign off when they get here to ensure they were given the primer and understand the rules.

We also only use temporary emplyees in post packaging processes (low risk areas) but not everyone has that option.

[Simon]

We have pushed some of the training back on the agency. We supply them with a 2 page "primer" that covers a lot of what Tony listed (Hygiene Rules, Hand Washing, Jewellery and Watches, Dress code, Accident Reporting, Personal Protective Equipment, Allergens) that they must hand out and review with employees they plan to send to us.

We then do a quick review and cover on site information (evacuation, break rooms, bathrooms, first aid) and have have them sign off when they get here to ensure they were given the primer and understand the rules.

We also only use temporary emplyees in post packaging processes (low risk areas) but not everyone has that option.

We have used speialist agencies in the past that have temporary workers on their books already trained in basic food hygiene, health & safety etc. It saves time and helps temps hit the ground running.