Services

Manual handling training

Half day course (3 Hours)

Carried out by qualified personnel the course is designed to cover a number of topics to enable the student, on completion, to recognise a manual handling problem, initiate a risk assessment and lift/carry in a safe manner.

The course will include the following areas:

• The requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
• Principles of good movement.
• Principles of handling techniques which will include:
  • The task
  • The load
  • The working environment
  • The individual capability
• Practical applications of lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying.
• Risk Assessment and its practical application.

Call us on 0161 2721900 for more details.