Manual Handling Training All trianing carried out by qualified Instructors.

Manual Handling

Course Content
Duration: 1 Hour
This course is specifically designed for staff that may be involved in manual handling activities within the work place and introduces them to the hazards and risks involved in manual handling.

Theoretical

  • Health and Safety at Work 1974
  • Manual handling regulations 1999
  • Duty of care
  • Understanding the need for accident prevention and control
  • Moving and handling assessments
  • Basic principles of safer handling
  • Company handling policy
  • Anatomy - Basic facts and body mechanics
  • Unsafe lifting techniques

    • Practical

  • Methods of lifting
  • Moving and transferring
  • Working with equipment

    • On completion of the course candidates will have an understanding of The Manual Handling Regulations, the causes and preventative measures of back pain and other musculoskeletal injuries and the principles of good body movement and manual handling techniques applicable to their workplace requirements..

    Training can be conducted in-house or at a regional training centre and can be tailored to meet the individual needs of your company.