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This is a short introductory ‘Manual Handling’ course.

The course aims to develop best practices around manual handling.

The learning takes approximately 1 hour to complete.  The course is available for individuals to attend or can be run as a workshop for up to 10 delegates.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Explain what is meant by ‘manual handling’.
  • Explain the employer and employee responsibilities and duties.
  • Identify the most common causes of injury and ill health because of unsafe manual handling techniques.
  • Outline the considerations which, should be made before undertaking manual handling.
  • Understand and apply techniques to manually handle loads safely.
Essentials Courses from Hive Training Solutions, a service provided in collaboration with  South Derbyshire CVS and South Derbyshire Volunteer Force.
 

Employee being briefed on how to correctly lift a box.