TRAINING IN SAFE PRACTICES FOR EVERYDAY TASKS
Steels Safety Training provides expert manual handling training, designed to reduce workplace injuries and improve safety awareness. This manual handling course delivers practical instruction on correct lifting techniques, risk assessment, and strategies to prevent musculoskeletal disorders caused by improper handling. Tailored to meet industry standards, our manual handling training emphasizes the importance of ergonomics and safe practices in everyday tasks. Ideal for individuals and teams in any manual handling environment, this manual handling course promotes compliance with Health and Safety regulations. Our manual handling training ensures participants gain the skills and confidence to minimise risks, enhance workplace safety, and maintain compliance.Manual Handling Training – Principles and Practice- Level 2 (RQF)
We all encounter manual handling tasks such as lifting, carrying, pulling, and pushing—often combined with movements like climbing or pivoting. Workplace injuries caused by incorrect manual handling account for over one million lost working days per year, along with significant pain and suffering for those affected.
Proper manual handling training can significantly reduce these risks. The Health and Safety Executive has long recognised the dangers of manual handling, reflecting this in regulations and advisory activities promoting best practices. Employers are required to provide their workforce with essential health and safety information, including a manual handling course to educate employees on injury risks and prevention strategies.
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- This course provides an ideal approach to safer and more effective manual handling, not only meeting HSE recommendations, but also promoting good and safe practices in any situation
- This is a 6-hour course where a range of components are covered that will equip delegates to:
- 1. Understand the reasons for safe manual handling
- Outline the potential injuries and ill health associated with incorrect manual handling
- Outline employer’s and employee’s duties relating to manual handling at work
- Outline the consequences for non-compliance with health and safety requirements at work
- 2. Understand how manual handling risk assessments contribute to improving health and safety
- Explain the terms ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’ in the context of manual handling work
- Outline the process for carrying out a manual handling risk assessment
- Describe the principle of the risk control hierarchy when applied to manual handling
- 3. Understand the principles, types of equipment and testing requirements associated with manual handling safety
- Describe safe movement principles associated with manual handling
- Outline the types of equipment designed to be used for manual handling tasks
- Outline the requirements for the testing, servicing and examination of manual handling and lifting equipment
- 4. Be able to apply safe manual handling principles
- Demonstrate efficient and safe manual handling principles when:
- Applying effort to, or moving a load or object manually on their own
- Using manual handling aids and equipment
- Undertaking a manual handling task as part of a team
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- Practical assessment is on-going by the instructor, culminating with a written test. This qualification does not expire, but refresher training and keeping up to date with changes to policies and procedures is vital to keep the qualification current.
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