Workplace Health and Safety
This course covers general health and safety issues that apply to a wide range of types of businesses and sectors, from office and retail environment...
Manual Handling
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Instructor Lead
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Engaging Content
Mixture of video & quizzes
Instant Certificate
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Manual Handling
This course outlines exactly what constitutes manual handling and covers the regulations and legislation that apply to manual handling tasks. It then goes on to cover safe handling techniques and how to develop good habits in relation to manual handling. It finishes off by introducing some practical solutions and the use of mechanical aids.
Please note that this is an awareness course only, if your duties include manual handling you will also need further practical training, you can get in touch with us to arrange this.
Training your employees with our online system will go a long way to giving them greater awareness of the dangers that poor manual handling poses, as well as covering safe handling
techniques, practical solutions to manual handling issues and the use of mechanical aids.
Approved by IIRSM, CPD & IOSH
£35
What’s Involved in the Course?
In this instructor lead training, you will follow our expert instructors as they guide you through the course. The course itself will be a mixture of video presentations, interactive quizzes and a test at the end. But don’t worry, the instructor will give you all the information you need to ace the test. After you complete the course, you will receive a digital certificate straight away.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Define Manual Handling and state the correct technique and application of effective Manual Handling.
• Understand the relevant legislation and comply with the regulations.
• Recognise safe handling techniques and be able to develop good habits.
• Evaluate every manual situation you encounter, recognising risks and when to use mechanical aids.
• Understand the consequences on the body of incorrect handling and the dangers associated.
• State the professionals most at risk from incorrect handling techniques.
What Do I Need to Take the Course?
As the course is fully online, you only need either a computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection. The course is fully responsive so will work across any device. What’s more, you can even save the course and pick it up again, in exactly the same place on another device.
Who Should Take this Manual Handling Course?
This course is suitable for any employee who has to perform any form of manual handling in their role, or anyone who has responsibility for other employees who would perform manual handling tasks.
This course can also form part of a more comprehensive business skills training package.
Next Steps
If this course sounds right for you, simply click the ‘buy this course’ button and you will be taken to our e-learning platform, from here you can purchase the course through our secure payment gateway. Alternatively, if you would like to purchase multiple courses or discuss bespoke training packages, please the ‘multiple courses’ button.
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