Workplace Manual Handling Course – Overview
Workplace Manual Handling – We are all exposed at times to some form of manual handling such as lifting, carrying, pulling and pushing actions that can be compounded by simultaneous movements such as climbing or pivoting.
Personal injuries resulting from incorrect manual handling in the workplace accounts for over one million working days lost per year, as well as the pain and suffering experienced by the casualties. Correct manual handling techniques can make a huge difference.
The risks arising from manual handling have been recognised by the Health and Safety Executive for many years, as evidenced in their regulations and advisory activities promoting good practice.
The Regulations require employers to provide their employees with health and safety information and training – supplemented, as necessary, with more specific information and training on manual handling injury risks and prevention.
This course provides an ideal approach to safer and more effective Workplace Manual Handling – not only meeting HSE recommendations, but also promoting good and safe practices in any situation.
| RQF | Yes (Ofqual Regulated) |
| Level | 2 |
| Certificate Validity | This qualification does not expire, but refresher training and keeping up to date with changes to policies and procedures is vital to keep the qualification current. |
| Duration | 1 day |
| Prerequisites | None |
| Assessment | The course Instructor is responsible for determining whether delegates pass or fail based on practical and oral assessment throughout the course, i.e. by observation and oral questioning, as well as the completion of a multiple-choice question paper at the end of the course. The Instructor will only award a pass if they believe that delegates have displayed the requisite understanding and competencies at the end of each session throughout the course and successfully completed the question paper. |
