Sector: GENERAL
Course title: MANUAL HANDLING OF OBJECTS
Who should attend: If you or your employees have to lift, lower, carry, push or pull loads, this course is for you.
Accreditations: HSE Approved Manual Handling Awareness
Price : To be confirmed
Duration : 4 Hours
Course size : Number of Participants: Maximum 12
Course Aims:
To appreciate the requirements of the Manual Handing Regulations; understand the potential problems caused by hazardous manual handling operations as far as reasonably practicable; to assess any Manual Handling operation that cannot be avoided; to reduce the risk of injury so far as is as reasonably practicable.
What delegates will Learn:
- About The Health and Safety at Work Act
- Manual Handling Regulations
- To assessing Hazards and Risks
- Load limits
- Accident rates and types of injuries
- Responsibilities of the Employer
- Employee Responsibilities
- The basic principles of Manual Handling in day-to-day working environment
- Assessing the load and accessories that may be required for the lift
- Practical session
- Good Lifting Posture and Lifting strategy
Course Objectives:
To understand the basic principle of Manual Handling in the day to day working environment; you will understand how to carry out manual handing operations safely; you will be shown how to assess the load, the risk and accessories that may be required for the lift.:
Assessment process
This will be overall and continuous, against the course objectives including a practical assessment on the day.