(Full Day Course)
Under Manual Handling Regulations, all employers should reduce potential injury from moving and handling operations.
Who Should Attend?
People, who may be required to move, handle or lift people or loads in the course of there normal working activities. Where an employer has carried out a risk assessment and identified a need for people to be made aware of safe Handling Techniques.
The person nominated should:
- Possess an aptitude to absorb new knowledge and skills.
- Have duties that involve Lifting, Pushing, Pulling, or Carrying.
- People having duties that involve the manual handling of people.
- Any person in working or starting work for the first time (induction).
What are the Benefits of the Course?
- Peace of mind that staff are working in a safe environment.
- Improves the ability of staff / personnel to move people, loads or objects manually safely.
- Meets the Health & Safety requirements.
- Decrease the risk of Litigation for the company or individual.
- Will help to reduce injuries in work and long term sick.
- Increases individual’s awareness of safe practices and responsibilities.
- Opportunity to network and share good practices and why bad practices should be stopped.
- Opportunity for all candidates to be observed taking part and using moving/handling equipment.
What will you learn?
The course will give candidates the knowledge and skills to be able to carry out safe handling and moving techniques in the work place.
Course Content
- Relevant Health & Safety information
- Statistics on work place injuries
- Legal aspects
- Spinal anatomy and physiology.
- Causes of back pain
- Risk assessment for safe moving
- People or Load handling strategies
- Good practices in people or load handling techniques
- Record Keeping
Certification
Upon completion of the course successful candidates receive a certificate of attendance after which a re-qualification course is recommended annually. (NVQ Level 2)