WHY DO STAFF NEED THIS TRAINING?

Staff members can easily be injured at their place of work when not properly instructed and trained

WHO IS THIS TRAINING COURSE FOR?

This course is for any person who is involved in manual handling in the workplace.

OBJECTIVES

To learn how to improve techniques, move and handle loads safely and be able to conduct a personal manual handling risk assessment.

What is covered in the course

• Anatomy of the spine

• Causes of back pain

• Returning back to work

• Moving & Handling Assessments

• Manual Handling Legislation

• Principles of safer Moving & Handling

• Unsafe systems of work

• Equipment demonstrations & practice

• Manual Handling Risk Assessment

• Evaluation

COURSE BENEFITS

Over 33% of all work related injuries are from manual handling. In fact back injuries are the biggest cause of staff absence in the UK and yet most are preventable!

This training course is a allows you show your staff how to lift safely in a high impact 3 hour course. Once your staff have attended this manual handling training course, they become well cinformed on the proper way to hand machines and equipment leaving you or your business protected from the cost absenteeism and litigation.

Course

Start date: Any Monday

Course time: Times may change subject to demand

• Manual Handling level 2: Recruitment on going.

Class size: Max 15 (average class size 10)

Minimum age: 19

Duration 

• Manual Handling level 2: 3 days

Fees

• Manual Handling level 2: £90