People Moving and Handling Instructor (City and Guilds Profile of Achievement Award)

By the end of the course, the participant will be able to display and understanding of:

• Roles, responsibilities and legal implications
  • Health and Safety at Work Act
  • Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
  • Consent law
  • Duty of care – Maintaining and promoting health
• Hierarchy
  • Independence
  • Supervised
  • Minimal assistance
  • Moderate assistance
  • Maximum assistance
  • Dependency
• Benefits of a rehabilitation approach
  • What it is
  • How it benefits
• Assessment
  • Person
  • Environment
  • Aids
  • Self
• Movements of the body
  • Supine
  • Bridging
  • Rolling
  • Side lie to sit
  • Sit to stand
  • Stand to sit
  • Sit to supine
• Supervised for the above with/without aids
• Minimal assistance with/without aids
• Moderate assistance with/without aids
• Maximum assistance with/without aids
• Dependant movement
• Transfer
• Testing the instructors

There is a written question paper and the trainees will be assessed on the practical element.

The training involves candidate participation with the emphasis on the practical element of the training. The participants will apply the training during the course.
The participants will apply the training during the course.
All candidates are certificated through National Training Services.

Candidates will receive a full instructors pack including software with PowerPoint, lesson plan and all course materials required to deliver the course.