The course is designed primarily for preventing injuries to those involved in factory, office and construction settings.
The course is designed primarily for preventing injuries to those involved in factory, office and construction settings. It covers and introduction to manual handling, appropriate legislation, and the structure of the spine together with the importance of correct posture, risk assessments and finally how adopting the correct manual handling techniques can minimise the risks of injury.
Course Contents
Legislation overview
Anatomy and function of the spine
The spine and good posture
Safe practice
Manual handling risks
Safe lifting techniques
Certificate Validity
1 year
Abacus Training was founded in 2002. It was then established as a limited company in November 2011 as Abacus Training Centre Ltd. Since then, Abacus Training Centre has trained 1000s of employees across a wide range of organisations across the UK, from manufacturing to education, government to emergency services, trades to office based and more. Abacus Training Centre was recently nominated for the Breaking the Mould 2020 award – recognising business excellence during the pandemic – from Keele University.
Trainers with real-world experience
We have an experienced team of highly skilled training instructors and assessors. They are all qualified tutors and have spent many years gaining their knowledge and real life experience.
We will offer you practical skills based training with the added value of sound professional experience and contextualised resources in line with your establishment’s field of work.
Delivering lifesaving skills & peace of mind
Our hands-on training approach, with a strong focus on practical elements, will give you 100% confidence that you have the essential lifesaving skills to enable you to operate safely within the working environment and peace of mind in your home life. We pride ourselves on our commitment to provide the highest standards of delivery with up-to-date resources and support, ensuring that personal development and training needs are met with an efficient and positive approach.
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