Course Outline
Our course covers lifting tasks, practical lifting, anatomy and physiology and practical problem solving and lifting aims.
It’s a one day training only course, with theory and practice. You’ll get a certificate when you have completed the course.
Course Content
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
- State the principles of correct lifting technique to minimise risk of injuries
- List the parts of your body that are at risk of injury due to poor handling techniques and understand muscle and disc injuries and how they occur
- Lift carry and lower loads within your ‘personal capacity’ in such a way as to minimise the risk of injury and the efforts required
- Observe improvement in your manual handling skills.
Who Is This Course For?
If you’re involved with lots of manual activity in different environments and locations, then our course is suitable for you. Our course will also help you if you are looking at your manual handling risk assessments in your workplace.
Other Relevant Courses
- Manual Handling Awareness
- Health and Safety for the Workplace.