Manual Handling

Manual handling injuries can have serious implications for the employer and the person who has been injured.

In fact, a third of all workplace injuries are manual handling related. These include work-related MSD’s such as pain and injuries to arms, legs and joints, and repetitive strain injuries of various sorts.

We offer a range of tailored manual handling courses including: Safe Handling Techniques, Manual Handling Risk Assessment, Manual Handling for Trainers and Manual Handling for Assessors.

Manual handling tasks such as lifting, pushing and carrying heavy or bulky items have a potential for causing musculoskeletal (MSD) injuries to workers in the workplace.

They can occur almost anywhere in the workplace and heavy manual labour, awkward postures, repetitive movements of arms, legs and back or previous/existing injury can increase the risk.

To help prevent manual handling injuries in the workplace, employers must look at the risks of that task and put sensible health and safety measures in place such as manual handling training to prevent and avoid injury.

Our manual handling courses help identify and correct unsafe manual handling conditions, thus preventing workplace injury.

Whatever your industry, we have a physical on-site classroom course, virtual courses and an online course option to help your workforce stay protected.