Manual Handling
A one-day course on the assessment of and reduction of risk from
manual handling operations
"Everyone enjoyed your presentation
and is eager to get started. Thanks to
you, I feel confident in our capabilities."
June Darroux,
Customer Services, Pentel Stationery
What you will learn
The course will enable participants to:
* Outline the main requirements of the
Manual Handling Operations Regulations
1992
* Develop systems and procedures for
carrying out and recording manual
handling risk assessment
* Make recommendations on how to
eliminate and control manual handling
risks
The course
* The regulations and the problems they are
expected to solve
* Carrying out a manual handling assessment
* Access and lighting
* Movement and storage
* Manual handling techniques
* Storage racking
* Pallet trucks, fork lifts
* Conveyors
* Truck loading
* Cranes and hoists
* Simple slinging operations
Who should attend?
* Anyone responsible for health and safety.
The regulations apply to all organisations
* Managers, supervisors and staff, from all
functions, who will be involved in the
assessment and removal or reduction of
risk from manual handling operations
* Directors, managers and officers of the
company who need to understand their
responsibilities
