Manual Handling Training Course
The Manual Handling training teaches you how to improve your manual handling technique, conduct a personal risk assessment, and understand the risks linked with manual handling.
The skills that you gain will help to reduce the likelihood of workplace injuries such as musculoskeletal problems.
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Why Take the Manual Handling Training Course?
Anyone who conducts manual handling in their occupation should attend this course. In addition, the course is helpful for individuals who wish to reduce their risk when handling.
No matter what industry or role you work in, you will have to do manual handling at some point in your work. This course will protect both the employee and the employer.
As an employee, you shouldn’t consider manual handling without the proper training. Unfortunately, manual handling injuries make up more than a third of injuries, many that can have long term effects.
As an employer, you should not be asking your workers to conduct manual handling without training. In addition, manual handling issues can create repercussions relating to employee absence, health and safety and legal issues.
What Does the Manual Handling Training Course Involve?
The manual handling training course covers the following topics (for the full list of topics covered in this training, keep reading):
- Introduction and Legislation
- Risk Assessments
- Reducing and Controlling the Risks