A typical Manual Handling Awareness Training session is two hours long and normally accomodates 6 to 12 delegates.
We can normally run between one and three sessions per day at your office. We can also customise the course to suit your specific needs.
This is a two hour theory and practical course and is delivered to those that carry/lift/transport any load classified as a manual handling task. We focus on the regulations/risks and pictorial examples before doing a ‘practical’ MH session with staff members.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations state that employers should adopt a hierarchy of control measures:
- To avoid hazardous Manual Handling Operations so far as is reasonably practicable
- To assess any hazardous Manual Handling Operation that cannot be avoided
- To reduce the risk of injury so far as is reasonably practicable
The regulations define manual handling as any “any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force”. In effect, any activity that requires an individual to lift, move or support a load will be classified as a manual handling task.
More than a third of all over three-day injuries reported each year to the HSE and local authorities are caused by manual handling-the transporting or supporting of loads by hand or by bodily force.
The course looks at the task, the load, the working environment, individual capabilities of the staff and practical lifting sessions and entails the following:
- The Health and Safety at Work Act and Manual Handling Regulations
- Assessing hazards and risks
- Accident rates and injury types
- Your responsibilities and your employers
- 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
- Questions & Finish
"Very good training, useful information for personal use in everyday life too." VF - Mitsubishi Corporation
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About Worksafe UK
As you may already know, Worksafe UK is one of the largest Health & Safety Training companies in the UK today including Workstation DSE Risk Assessor Training, Manual Handling Training and Fire Warden Training and Competent Person Training to name a few.
For your peace of mind, all our trainers are highly experienced and each with many years of service in the Health & Safety field. Their experience allows them to go 'off script' where necessary to deal with questions relating to issues specific to your workplace.
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