Manual Handling
This training program is aimed at providing all persons at work with proper techniques when lifting, carrying, loading, pushing and supporting. It provides employees with good work practices such as proper lift techniques.
Employers have a legal obligation under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the risk to employees from the manual handling of loads. This is a legal requirement and the Regulations must be complied with.
The Safety Health & Welfare at Work (General Applications) Regulations 2007 Chapter 4 of part 2 provide direction and guidance on assessing the risk of personal injury during manual handling operations;transporting or supporting loads by hand or by 'bodily force'.
Course Content:
- Legislation (Common Law 2005 Safety, Health & Welfare at Work Act / 2007 General Applications Regulations)
- Anatomy of the spine and mechanism of injury including Anatomy and Physiology
- Manual Handling Risk Assessment and Hazard Identification
- Ergonomics: Practical application to workplace environment
- Different Type Of Lifts (Lifting, Moving, Carrying, Push and Pull)
- Fitness and flexibility requirements for safe manual handling
- Specific manual handling hazards relevant to the workplace
- Individual risk factors
- Procedures for dealing with unfamiliar loads
- Practical Demonstration Of Safe Lifting Techniques By Instructor
Comfortable clothing.
Special Instructions for This Course:
Any special needs / requirements should be identified at time of booking.
Fully compliant Manual Handling Training Certificate valid 3 years (subject to passing course assessment) and receipt issued after training course.
Training is delivered by a NFQ Level 6 qualified
instructor.
On completion of this Manual Handling course participants will be able to:
- Recognize a load which is too heavy or awkward
- Understand the limitations of the spine and muscular system
- Conduct a manual handling risk assessment
- Lift and handle loads safely
- Dangers of careless and unskilled methods
- Manual handling legislation
- Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- Anatomy of the spine and muscular system
- How the body is harmed through incorrect manual handling techniques
- Importance of physical fitness
- Personal protective equipment
- How to handle loads safely
- Practice in safe manual handling of loads to include:-Lifting to and from ground level, Lifting to and from a height, Pushing, Pulling.
- Fully compliant Manual Handling Training Certificate valid 3 years (subject to passing course assessment) and receipt issued after training course
This course is NOT a Patient (People) Handling course and is not suitable for candidates who will move people (Patient Handling course is a full day course)
