Manual Handling Awareness

Course content:

The aim of this training is to give you a basic, but informative introduction to manual handling. This includes the relevant legislation and assessing and reviewing the risks involved in any handling tasks.

The training you receive will be more effective and helpful to you if it is carried out in the workplace using examples of real life situations.The topics covered in this module are:

• Understanding manual handling
• Legislation
• Employer and employee responsibilities
• Risk assessment
• Understanding the function of the spine
• Manual handling techniques
• Manual handling tasks
• Using equipment