Manual Handling Training

Our Manual Handling Training is a half day course suitable for all employees; as there is an element of manual handling in all workplaces.

The manual handling course is tailored to the learner’s job role.  The course is interactive with group work and discussion aimed at increasing awareness of safe handling and making improvements to improve workplace safety.   

Discussion is around injuries, causes and prevention with an exercise on assessing a task to increase understanding of the TILEO principles and the requirement for dynamic risk assessment.  Practical observation and trainer feedback on one person handling, team lifts, pushing and pulling handling aids is carried out in the work area, as relevant to the job role.  This may include of safe handling principles when using roller cages, pallet trucks or other handling aids used.

As an employer the course supports your compliance in providing health and safety information and training to your employees in Greater Manchester.

The HSE state ‘Employers must give you information about the risks in your workplace and how you are protected, also instruct and train you on how to deal with the risks.

This manual handling training course in Manchester, Stockport and throughout the north west is delivered on site.  This means that the practical exercises can be carried out in the work environment on loads that would normally be handled by those attending.  

The course aim is to promote awareness of what may cause injury and how to reduce the likelihood of injury occurring. There is an emphasis on practical application of safe working within the learner’s job role.
The course is delivered in an interactive way with group work and discussion. Specific risks within your industry (where applicable) are included in delivery.

Course content includes:

• Manual Handling Regulations and other relevant legislation 

• Mechanisms of injury

• Acute and Chronic injuries

• The musculo-skeletal system

• Injury prevention

• Safe handling techniques [efficient movement principles]

• Introduction to TILEO and Dynamic risk assessment

• Carry out a Manual Handling Risk Assessment

• Team lifting

• Using handling aids

• Practical demonstrations with observation and feedback

Course duration is 3 hours and a Training Provider Certificate is awarded for each learner [valid for 3 years]