Manual Handling
How is the course delivered?
Our Manual Handling Course is a comprehensive training program suitable for staff in any sector, providing essential knowledge to ensure a safe working environment.
The in-house version is recommended so that the training can be tailored to suit the delegates’ workplace where lifting operations can be tried and tested during the training session
The course is delivered in approximately 3 hours and delegates will be assessed throughout the course with a certificate awarded upon successful completion.
Areas Covered:
- Course introduction
- Legal compliance / Employer & Employees
- Risk Assessment
- Correct lifting techniques
- Physiology
- Common workplace injuries
- Practical Assessment
What do I gain with this course?
All of our courses ensure that you meet recommendations underlined by the HSE and also provide you with the skills, knowledge and confidence to use what you have learned in a real manual handling situation.
This Manual Handling training course helps employers ensure that their employees are sufficiently trained in the principles and practices of safe manual handling.
This course provides the necessary information and training for organisations to understand more about the risks associated with manual handling, how to undergo a risk assessment and how to ensure appropriate control measures are put in place.
It follows the requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) and provides a practical guide for managing and carrying out safe Manual Handling.
Upon completion each successful delegate shall receive a Manual Handling Certificate valid for 3 years
When can I do the training?
You can complete your training at a time and place to suit you!
Weekend and evening training is an option we can offer to minimise production loss etc.
Ask about our Health & Safety away days!, we can merge courses to offer you a much more cost effective training option (eg; Manual Handling/Work at Height/Toolbox talks etc).
