This certificate has been designed to allow the candidate to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to be implemented to reduce the risk of injury in the workplace. The candidate will be aware of the laws regarding manual handling, and able to recall the principles of safe manual handling, as well as the control measures and procedures in place to reduce the risks of harm from manual handling. Candidates will be aware of the key musculoskeletal groups involved in repetitive manual handling tasks and the types of injuries these groups within the body can sustain with improper manual handling. The candidate will also be able to carry out a risk assessment on manual handling tasks, with knowledge of the types of risks that certain tasks can produce.
The unit teaching will typically take place over the course of half a day
Introduction to manual handling
Manual handling and the law
The musculoskeletal system
Mechanics of movement
Types of manual handling injuries
Risk assessment
Control measures for reducing the risks of harm
Principles of safer handling
Manual handling equipment
This course can be delivered at either of our training centres or at your own location.
Please contact us for more details.
Half Day