UK businesses lose over £100 million every year due to manual handling related injuries in the workplace, and manual handling injuries account for over a third of all injuries reported to local authorities.
Disc, ligament and muscle injuries are often the result of a cumulative effect rather than being caused by a single incident. Protect yourself and your staff from such handling injuries, and your business from potentially crippling claims.
Developed by Health, Safety & Environmental professionals and presented by industry professionals, our half-day Manual Handling training course will deliver a high quality training experience.
Designed for manual handlers and management who undertake manual handling and/or are responsible for staff engaged in such activities, you will be familiarized with current Manual Handling H&S legislation, hazard and risk recognition and avoidance, lifting techniques and injury prevention.
Manual Handling and Lifting Courses can be held at your own venue or at an external venue which we can arrange.
For further information or to book a course today, simply call our hotline on 01642 616440.
Course schedule
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations (MHO) 1992
- Employer’s Duties
- Manual Handling Assessments
- Employee’s Duties
- Avoiding manual handling related falls
- Understanding Back Anatomy
- Avoiding Manual Handling related injuries
- Good Manual Handling lifting techniques
- Practical session in a working environment
- Safe use of Mechanical Aids and Personal Protection Equipment
Course objectives
By the end of the training all delegates should be able to:
- Recognise potentially hazardous manual handling
- Deal with unfamiliar Manual Handling operations
- Know the importance of mechanical aids
- Recognise features of the working environment that affect Manual Handling
- Know the importance of good housekeeping
- Know some of the factors affecting individual capability
- Use good Manual Handling techniques
Course duration
1/2 day
At the end of the course a certificate is provided to confirm successful completion of the training.