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Manual Handling

Manual Handling Awareness Training Stoke, Staffordshire

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Manual Handling
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  • Duration : Half Day Class
  • Ratio : 1-12 Candidates
  • Assessment : Multiple Choice
  • Language : English
  • Certificate Length : 3 Years
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Dates & Pricing

We exclusively deliver training sessions in the highest quality facilities. Explore our venues and discover our available dates and pricing below:

  • 06
    May

    Manual Handling

    Stoke
    Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 12:45 – 15:30
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
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  • 27
    May

    Manual Handling

    Liverpool
    Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes, 08:30 – 12:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
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  • 09
    Jun

    Manual Handling

    Stoke
    Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes, 12:45 – 15:30
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
    Register
  • 24
    Jun

    Manual Handling

    Liverpool
    Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes, 08:30 – 12:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
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  • 10
    Jul

    Manual Handling

    Stoke
    Duration: 3 hours, 13:00 – 16:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
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  • 17
    Jul

    Manual Handling

    Liverpool
    Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes, 08:30 – 12:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
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  • 07
    Aug

    Manual Handling

    Stoke
    Duration: 3 hours, 13:00 – 16:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
    Register
  • 21
    Aug

    Manual Handling

    Liverpool
    Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes, 08:30 – 12:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
    Register
  • 18
    Sep

    Manual Handling

    Stoke
    Duration: 3 hours, 13:00 – 16:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
    Register
  • 25
    Sep

    Manual Handling

    Liverpool
    Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes, 08:30 – 12:00
    • £75.00 excl. VAT
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*Online manual handling awareness training can be a really useful tool for refreshing knowledge, providing training on specific elements or for getting some basic manual handling skills for use at home, but appropriate Manual Handling training should include face to face training and assessment of practical skills. Price :

£25 +Vat

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Manual Handling Course

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About Course

This Manual Handling Awareness Course, delivered from the Acadame HQ in Stoke-on-Trent and across the UK, is organised by knowledgeable experts with industry experience. During this half-day course, you will be instructed on how to conduct a personal risk assessment, and how to understand the risks linked with manual handling. All our courses are delivered with the same attention to detail and quality.

This Manual Handling Awareness Course helps employers ensure that they and their employees are sufficiently trained in the principles and practices of safe manual handling.

It follows the requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) and provides a practical guide for managing and carrying out safe and healthy manual handling. The course also features videos, diagrams, and downloadable resources to use in your workplace.

How Completing This Course Will Help You:
  • Essential Manual Handling Training: Acquire fundamental knowledge and techniques to safely handle objects and prevent injuries, ensuring the well-being of yourself and others in your organisation.
  • Legal Compliance Assurance: Stay compliant with manual handling regulations and legislation by completing the Manual Handling Awareness Course, minimising legal risks and promoting a safer workplace environment.
  • Risk Reduction Strategies: Learn effective manual handling techniques and risk assessment methods to identify and mitigate potential hazards associated with lifting, carrying, and moving objects.
  • Practical Skills Development: Enhance your ability to perform manual handling tasks safely and efficiently through hands-on training and practical exercises tailored to real-world workplace scenarios.
  • Health and Safety Awareness: Increase your awareness of ergonomic principles, musculoskeletal disorders, and the importance of correct posture and technique in preventing manual handling injuries.
  • Personal Well-being Empowerment: Empower yourself and your colleagues with the knowledge and skills to reduce the risk of manual handling injuries, promoting a culture of safety and well-being within your organisation.
Whether you are an employee or self-employed and work in a controlled environment, our course is for you. It is especially important if you are carrying out repetitive tasks that involve manual handling.
Course Content
Define the term manual handling
  • Differentiate between manual handling and non-manual handling tasks
  • List common manual handling tasks within the learner’s work environment
  • List the key functions of the spine
  • List the regions of the spine
  • Outline the function of the spinal discs
  • Explain the lever principle in relation to manual handling
  • List common manual handling injuries
  • Give example of how different manual handling injuries may occur
  • Explain what is meant by the terms prolapsed disc and hernia
Outline the costs to businesses and individuals associated with manual handling injuries
  • Outline the requirements of the following:
    • Health and safety at work act
    • Management of health and safety regulations
    • Provision and use of work equipment regulations
    • Lifting operation and lifting equipment regulations
  • Outline the consequences for not complying with health and safety legislation
  • Outline employee’s responsibilities related to the manual handling operations regulations
  • Outline employer’s responsibilities under the manual handling operations regulations
  • Identify manual handling operations within the work environment
  • Identify ways of avoiding manual handling operations
  • Outline the principles of a risk assessment
  • Outline the competencies of a manual handling risk assessor
  • List the steps involved in a manual handling risk assessment
  • Give examples for each of the main manual handling hazard groups
  • Outline the hierarchy of control in relation to a manual handling risk assessment
  • Identify control measures for a range of risks
  • Outline the principles for recording and reviewing risk assessments
Describe safer lifting and movement principles used in manual handling
  • Identify equipment that can be used to reduce the risk of manual handling injuries
  • Describe the principles of testing, servicing and examination of manual handling and lifting equipment
Methods of Assessment

The method of assessment is a one-step journey:

Assessment will be by multiple-choice question paper at the end of the course. Learners are also expected to actively participate during the course.
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