Manual Handling of Inanimate Objects Awareness

In 2017/18, the HSE reported that a huge 469,000 workers suffered musculoskeletal disorders, with a staggering 40% of those being back injuries. This is why it is so important for your staff to know how to properly handle objects in the safest way possible. Days of work lost to bad manual handling practices can be incredibly costly to customers. Cover your back, and theirs. The course teaches all the knowledge needed to meet health and safety training in organizations.

Description

This Manual Handling course is designed to teach the basics of moving and handling objects in the workplace safely. This includes pushing, pulling, lifting, and any other type of movement of objects.

Understanding risk assessments and how to correctly handle objects is essential to reduce the risk of being injured in the workplace. This course will develop your knowledge of manual handling to ensure the risk is reduced.

 

The aim of this course is to greater increase your knowledge of manual handling and its risks, as well as the relevant laws and legislation. The key points covered in this course are:

  • Correct manual handling
  • Hazards
  • Risks
  • Legal requirements
  • Risk assessments

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of this course, learners should know and understand the following:
 
  • Understand the importance of correct manual handling
  • Understand that manual handling operations can be hazardous to health
  • Understand how manual handling operations can cause injury and harm
  • Understand the scope of legal requirements with regard to manual handling operations in the workplace
  • Perform risk assessments and how they apply to safe manual handling practice