Principles of Manual Handling

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for anyone who carries out manual handling activities at work and introduces candidates to the hazard of manual handling, the risks involved and controls available. The course also covers what to expect from a manual handling risk assessment. While this course can be taken as a stand-alone qualification and there are no specific pre-requisites, the CIEH strongly recommend that candidates should already hold the CIEH Foundation Certificate in Health and Safety in the Workplace.

Course Content

• The process of manual handling in the workplace.
• Manual handling injuries and the activities, which cause them.
• Manual handling assessment and control options.
• Responsibilities imposed by the Manual Handling Operations Regulations.
• Practical Manual Handling.

Benefits of the Course
• Understand what is meant by the term “manual handling” and give examples.
• Understand how manual handling can cause injury.
• State the principles of controlling manual handling risks and apply these to a practical context.
• Demonstrate a general understanding of the value and purposes of conducting a manual handling assessment and what employees can expect of such assessments.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the main provisions of Manual Handling Operations Regulations.

Duration

The duration of the course is 3 hours.

Venue

Courses may be held at your premises. We appreciate that it is sometimes difficult to release staff on training courses, therefore we offer the flexibility to hold the course either in the morning, afternoon or evening, to suit your business requirements. We also regularly run “open” courses at centralised locations.

Assessment

There is a short multi-choice test at the end of the course. Candidates are required to correctly answer 15 out of 20 questions on order to achieve a Charted Institute of Environmental Health Foundation Certificate in the principles of Manual Handling.

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