Manual Handling Instructor

Course

In Huntingdon

£ 585 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Huntingdon

  • Class hours

    18h

  • Duration

    3 Days

A three-day course to enable personnel to provide basic in-house training for employees as required by health and safety legislation. PLEASE NOTE: all delegates are required to allow approximately 2 hours study/preparation time on the first two evenings of training

Facilities

Location

Start date

Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire )
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Old Houghton Road, Hartford, PE29 1YB

Start date

On request

About this course

A three-day course to enable personnel to provide basic in-house training for employees as required by health and safety legislation. A written and practical test will be taken by the delegates at the conclusion of the course to confirm competency.

Personnel who require Manual Handling Instructor training. Delegates must be able to lift light boxes or similar objects from floor to table height.

A course to enable personnel to provide basic in-house training. Delegates must be able to lift light boxes or similar objects from floor to table height. PLEASE NOTE: all delegates are required to allow approximately 2 hours study/preparation time on the first two evenings of training

WATA regularly exceeds national average pass rates producing award winning delegates. Attention to quality and innovation and substantial growth and development has recently earned WATA the Huntingdonshire Business Development Award 2014.

There is no formal enrolment process for this course, for further information please contact the WATA customer service team.

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Subjects

  • Lifting techniques
  • Health & Safety
  • Regulations
  • Manual Handling
  • Manual Handling Operations Regulations
  • Workplace health and safety
  • Safety work procedures
  • Workplace Hazards
  • Lifting Safely

Teachers and trainers (1)

WATA Trainers

WATA Trainers

Training

Course programme

What does the course cover?

  • Common and Statute Law relating to manual handling

  • Background to accident statistics

  • Background to types of manual handling injuries

  • Workplace factors which affect manual handling

  • Examination of the Manual Handing Operations Regulations 1992

  • Key factors of a good handling technique

  • Practical instruction for a good handling technique

  • Individual guidance

  • Delegates demonstrating practical techniques

  • Control measures for ergonomic workplace design

  • An example of a manual handling training session

Manual Handling Instructor

£ 585 + VAT