All Wales Passport Scheme

Overview

This course focuses on the safe moving and handling of people. The course includes a variety of practical situations and is underpinned by relevant theory. Group discussion is very much encouraged throughout the course.

Individuals taking part in the course must be capable of safely lifting an objective from the floor and moving people from one place to another i.e. bed to chair, to achieve a certificate of competence.

Course Objectives

• Manual handling injuries
  
• Avoiding musculo-skeletal injuries
  
• Legislation
  
• Ergonomics and Risk Assessment
  
• Principles of safer handling
  
• Team handling
  
• Communication

Module B
Inanimate load (object) handling - Demonstrates how to safely lifting an object (box) from the floor, using the principles of safe lifting.

People Handling
Module C Sitting, Standing and Walking
Module D Bed Mobility
Module E Lateral Transfers
Module F Hoisting

Additional Information

This course is continually assessed. Candidates receive a certificate of attendance that is valid for 1 year.

Maximum no. of places 12