Manual Handling Operations

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To provide a basic awareness of Health & Safety in general and to give course members an appreciation of good movement, to lift and handling loads in a safe and efficient manner, thereby reducing the risk of injury.

$110

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Half Day

Course Details

Who will benefit

All staff but particularly those who are involved in manual materials handling.

Course Aim

To provide a basic awareness of Health & Safety in general and to give course members an appreciation of good movement, to lift and handling loads in a safe and efficient manner, thereby reducing the risk of injury.

 

Course Objectives

To train personnel in the skills and techniques of manual handlingCourse Content

  • Employers’ duties.
  • Employees’ duties
  • Accident statistics
  • Typical accidents in handling
  • Cumulative strain.
  • Mechanics of the spine
  • Principles of good movement (Human Kinetics)
  • Handling heavy and awkward objects.
  • Overcoming handling problems.
  • Guidelines for assessment
  • Assessing the task
  • Assessing the load
  • Assessing the working environment
  • Assessing individual capability
  • Controlling hazards
  • Reducing risk to lowest level so far as is reasonably practicable.
  • Luton Branch

    Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City, Luton

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