Manual handling training will reduce risks in the workplace! Accidents account for more than a third of all incidents reported each year. Furthermore, while fatal manual handling accidents are rare, accidents resulting in a major injury are more common, accounting for more than 10% of the total number of reported manual accidents.
The vast majority of reported manual handling accidents result in over-three-day injury, most commonly a sprain or strain, often of the back. Manual handling injuries can happen anywhere in the workplace – in offices, construction sites, hospitals, farms and in schools.
Manual Handling Training delivered in Liverpool and across the North West
Manual Handling Training may play a crucial role in increasing awareness of safe manual handling and mitigating associated risks. However, to ensure safe manual handling, it is imperative to first establish manual handling operations that are reasonably practicable. Additionally, it is important to monitor and review procedures on a regular basis to ensure that workers comprehend and apply them effectively.
Training should be relevant to the type of work carried out and should cover:
- manual handling risk factors and how injuries can happen
- how to use mechanical aids
- how to carry out safe manual handling, including good handling techniques
- systems of work relevant to the worker’s tasks and environment
- practical work so the trainer can identify anything the trainee is not doing safely and put it right
The content of any training in good handling techniques should be tailored to the tasks the workers carry out.
Basically, there is no industry, in the retail or education sector that is exempt from injuries sustained from poor manual handling activities. These injuries can result from awkward postures, heavy manual labour, or manual materials handling, all risk factors in developing MSDs.
Manual Handling awareness Training – Who is this course suitable for:
This Course is for everyone who carries out manual handling tasks in the course of their work. This includes Office staff who may have manual handling activities of a low risk to healthcare Staff and warehouse operatives who have a higher risk of sustaining injury from Manual handling activities.
This Manual Handling training meets the requirements of the MHOR Regulations 1992 and is valid for 3 years.
Duration:
Half Day (4 hours) We are flexible with starting times to meet the needs of your business.
Manual Handling Training – Course aims:
To provide delegates with a thorough understanding of how to minimise the risk of injury to themselves and others by increasing awareness of potential manual handling hazards and their outcomes while carrying out duties in their workplace.
Manual Handling Training – Course Content:
The Manual Handling Training training course is a half day incorporating both theoretical and practical input.
- Responsibilities imposed by the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (M.H.O.R.)
- Movement of Loads
- Risk assessments
- Workplace legislation
- Health and safety principles
- Manual handling injuries and the activities which cause them
- Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Safe handling principles
- Practical assessment
- Theory Test
Assessment and Certification:
This Manual Handling training course will be continuously assessed by the course tutor and each learner will be required to participate in theoretical and practical work during the course. Delegates will receive a Certificate of attendance on successful completion of the course.
For more guidance and information on MHOR: The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
For other Manual Handling Documents and PDF’s please visit the HSE Publications on Manual Handling.
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