Manual Handling

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Categories: Manual Handling Training

£75 per delegate. This may be less for special offers on specific course dates and in-company training courses

Duration: 0.5 days

Trainer: V759EL

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Course Overview
Course Dates

Who should attend?

This manual handling training course is a superb way to 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 will know have to look after their back properly and your business will be protected from the cost of absenteeism and litigation.

Aims and Objectives

By the end of the course the delegate should be able to:
• Demonstrate the correct method of manual handling of objects.
• Understand their responsibilities under relevant legislation.
• Demonstrate the practices of manual handling and lifting as described in The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.

Course Content

• MHOR 1992
• Relevant regulations/legislation
• Duties of employees
• Duties of employers
• Introduction to manual handling
• Principles of good movement
• Types and causes of injury
• Anatomy of the spine
• Theoretical examination
• Identifying the load
• Mechanical aids
• Task analysis
• Practical application of lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying

The course either has new dates in data loading, or is only run as a dedicated or In Company course.

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