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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Introduces students to warehousing and logistics. Topics include warehouse storage, movement, control, and protection, including, software information systems used in warehousing, and warehouse safety. The class will include hands-on activities in relation to warehousing and logistics.

The course also includes OSHA 10 Outreach Training Program for General Industry which provides training for entry level workers and employers on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in workplaces in general industry. The program also provides information regarding workers' rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint. Through this training, OSHA helps to ensure that workers are more knowledgeable about workplace hazards and their rights

Transfer credit: CSU.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the functions of a warehouse, as in, storage,       movement, control and protection.
  2. Define the jobs and their functions in a warehouse.
  3. Work safely in a warehouse setting.
  4. Setup and maintain a working warehouse.
  5. Compare and contrast the relationships between warehousing safety regulations and actual potential safety hazards in warehousing. Understand how to ship and receive hazardous materials.
  6. Follow and practice good work habits, such as good attendance and follow company work rules.
  7. Identify fundamentals of Logistics, such as, Domestic Transportation, International Logistics, Export/Import, Warehousing/Inventory Management, Logistics Technology, Logistics Outsourcing, and Negotiation Strategies.
  8. Explain the importance of OSHA in providing a safe and healthful workplace to workers covered by OSHA
  9. Apply the OSHA regulations for walking and working surfaces to avoid slips, trips, and falls in the workplace, and recognize safe work practices for installing, maintaining, and using stairs, ladders, and scaffolds
  10. Explain the OSHA requirements for exit routes and Emergency Action plans and describe OSHA requirements for Fire Prevention plans and portable fire extinguishers
  11. Identify safe work practices around electricity, including understanding electrical terms, basic electrical safety principles, and regulations which pertain to electrical safety
  12. Select a variety of PPE based on a workplace evaluation and the types of hazards, and take responsibility for correctly fitting, maintaining, and using personal protective equipment
  13. Identify the elements of the Hazard Communication Standard, identify physical and health hazards of chemicals included on a Hazardous Chemical Inventory, recognize the information required on Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and warning labels, as well as how they are used and maintained, and the meaning of pictograms, under the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), and identify training program requirements
  14. Identify bloodborne pathogens and common symptoms, and list engineering and work practice control measures that protect employees against exposure to bloodborne pathogens
  15. Identify a confined space, its hazards, requirements for confined spaces as listed under the Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard, and duties and responsibilities of confined space workers
  16. Identify hazardous energy sources and use appropriate energy-isolating devices, and describe the procedures for conducting a lockout/tagout
  17. Recognize safe operating procedures for forklifts, workplace hazards, and how to handle special types of forklifts.

 

 

TEXTBOOK AND OTHER MATERIALS:

Required and/or Recommended:

Allan Howie. Fundamentals of Warehousing & Distribution An Introductory Course in Material Handling. A Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA).  2008.

Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) Fundamentals of Warehousing & Distribution, Volume 2: Warehouse Operations, 2012

Material Handling Industry (MHI) and Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc (MHEFI) Fundamentals of Warehousing & Distribution, Volume 3: Warehouse & Personal Performance, 2013

 

REQUIREMENTS:

A. Group Project & Presentation. Written paper to be turned in.

B. Homework/Quizzes/Final Exam

C. Attendance & Participation

 

CLASS FORMAT:

Classroom Lectures

Laboratory/Warehouse projects

Online Modules

Discussion

 

OHSA 10 REPRESENTATIVE METHODS OF EVALUATION

Representative methods of evaluation may include:

 

Each module contains a brief assessment, which must be successfully completed before the student can move on to the next module. Once all modules have been viewed and the corresponding assessments are passed there is a comprehensive final assessment.

 

CLASSROOM POLICIES & PROCEDURES:

A. Attendance is taken. Three (3) unexcused absences are grounds for dropping a student from class. To avoid having an absence counted as unexcused, notify the instructor as soon as you know that you are going to be absent.

B. No eating or drinking in class.

C. No cheating or plagiarism allowed. An “F” grade will be assigned if student is found cheating or plagiarism is found in assignments or project.

D. Cellular phones on vibrate or turned off during classroom and lab/warehouse projects.

 

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRAINING:

A special trainer will be teaching this material. Date and time to be determined.

 

GRADING POLICY:

Grades will be based on the weightings on the following categories:

Lab/Warehouse                               20%

Final Project                                      20%

Final Exam                                         20%

Attendance                                      10%

Class Participation                           10%

Quizzes                                               20%

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