Manual Handling Awareness
Duration: Half Day
Delegates: 10 maximum
The course is intended for all levels staff with the aim of ensuring they have sufficient knowledge and understanding of current health and safety requirements to prevent injury to themselves as required by the Manual Handling Operations Regulations.
Aim of the course
To provide staff with sufficient knowledge to undertake a manual handling activity safely.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this course successful delegates will be able to:
- Demonstrate a high level of theoretical knowledge in terms of ergonomic techniques.
- Appreciate the importance of lifting any object safely.
- Display a high level of skill in following good ergonomic techniques.
- To show a good understanding of the regulations relating to manual handling.
- Be able to understand the principals of risk assessment.
- Determine the importance of undertaking a risk assessment.
Method:
- Explanation - classroom
- Exercise
- Case study
- Discussion
- Questionnaire
Training aids:
- Classroom
- Powerpoint
- Flip charts
- Course literature
Course Content
- Legal requirements governing manual handling
- Understanding good manual handling techniques
- Avoidance of manual handling injuries
- Recognition of potentially dangerous manual handling operations
- Unfamiliar manual handling operations
- Safe use of manual handling aids
- The importance of risk assessment
- Post-course questionnaire
