Course Overview

Manual Handling Essentials is a 35 minute course designed to help organisations deliver training to employees as soon as they begin work and before they might need to practise a manual handling task.

Target Audience

Perfect for office-based employees exposed to minimal handling risks.

However, this course can easily be blended with a practical demonstration in correct handling techniques for employees whose work might involve a greater degree of manual handling.

Course Objectives

• The different types of manual handling injuries and how they occur
• The importance of assessing every manual handling task
• The correct handling techniques for lifting, carrying and setting down a load
  

Benefit to your Organisation

• Immediately communicate manual handling policy to employees 
• Mitigate potential liability in case of a manual handling related injury
• Audit trail - evidence completion and understanding