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Manual Handling Course
- Duration: 3 hours
- Number of participants: 12 maximum
- Price per course: Contact us for price details
Who is the course suitable for?
All employers have a duty to provide a suitable level of Health and Safety training for staff. This course is aimed at those who carry out manual handling activities at work. No previous qualification is required.
What does the course include?
- Our courses are tailored to your training needs
- The principals of manual handling
- Anatomy of the spine
- Manual handling injuries and the activities which can cause injury
- Manual handling assessment and control options
- Responsibilities imposed by the Manual Handling Operations Regulations
- Certification valid for 2 years
How will the participants be assessed?
Assessment is by means of a short objective test.
When will participants have to attend?
The course duration is half a day and is designed to be undertaken at the client’s premises or an external venue by prior arrangement.
Where will participants have to attend?
We aim to train on site to eliminate your staff incurring travel time or expense.
What will the participants gain from this course?
Successful completion of this course will enable participants to look carefully at their own work activities and contribute to the development of safer methods and tasks, in co-operation with their managers and supervisors.
All our Health and Safety tutors are holders of the 'Professional Trainers Certificate'.
Successful participants will receive an attendance certificate.
For the latest information on Manual Handling, please go to www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg143.pdf