Moving and Handling of People and Load – In-house & Anywhere UK

Overview

Booking and Price, including cost

£40.00 per delegate at our training venues, including VAT

£300.00 for a half day course (Classroom), excluding VAT and travel cost if require ((Maximum 15 Participates).

£450.00 per day for full course (classroom), excluding VAT and travel cost if require (Maximum 15 Participates).

Dates available on arrangement

The Safer Moving and Handling of People and Load, including Practical Level 1 course – is designed to provide learners with the essential knowledge and understanding of the safe process of moving people to prevent injury to themselves and the person being moved, whilst also covering the legal requirements regarding the handling of people.

It is aimed at those who carry out manual handling activities at work and introduces learners to the hazards of manual handling, the risks involved and controls available and what to expect from a manual handling assessment.

Successful completion will prepare participants to look carefully at their own work activities and contribute to the development of safer methods and tasks, in co-operation with their managers and supervisors. The qualification is not intended to train participants to carry out manual handling assessments nor to provide detailed training on handling techniques, although the course can easliy be expanded to a full day in order to cover these topics.

Training objectives

On completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain what is meant by the term 'manual handling' and give examples
• Explain how manual handling can cause injury and give examples
• Demonstrate an understanding of the main provisions of the manual handling operations regulations.
• State the principles for controlling manual handling risks and apply these in a practical context
• Demonstrate a general understanding of the value and purpose of conducting a manual handing assessment and what employees can expect of such assessments.

Course outline

• Manual handling – why worry?
• ‘What seems to be the problem?’
• Risk assessment
• The process of manual handling in the workplace

Manual handling injuries and the activities which cause them

• Breakdown of injury statistics and costs for manual handling
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 / 1999
• Manual Handling Regulations 1992

The muscular / skeletal system explained

• Ergonomics, fitness and the spine
• Practical exercises for the back

Group exercise

• General principles
• The LITE method
• Employees’ duties
• Workplace scenarios
• Group exercise

• The correct stance: demonstration and practical exercise
• Interactive techniques: video
• Support Information

Aids

Lifting techniques and equipment

Conclusion

• Recap quiz
• Close

Open forum

Questions and answers/review

Audience

This Moving and Handling Level 1 course is designed to be relevant to all levels of staff.

Accreditation

This course was designed with moving and handling specialist in health sector, accredited and meets the outcomes for this framework.

Assessment

To achieve the learning outcomes for Moving and Handling Level 1, this course is divided into four accessible contexts, interactive sessions and includes an assessment at the end.

For face to face training session’s assessment – questions and answers, including short written test.

In this format, we recommend that the number of participants be limited to 15 in order to maximise the opportunity for interaction and facilitated discussion and to allow participants to explore practical examples relevant to their own situations.

Certification

Certificate of Attendance/Completion

Dates available on arrangement

Dita Consulting can also create this course for you on arrangement either at your workplace or at one of their locations.

At Dita Consulting, we can build a bespoke package for you and your team please contact us with your requirements we would be happy to help.