Manual handling

Topics Include: Best practice for lifting, evaluating risks, and Methods of preventing back pain

1 hour and 15 minutes

12 months access

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This five module course provides information on manual handling operations, the risks and the responsibilities of all staff. You’ll explore the risks of manual handling, learn about injuries that can result from poor lifting and come away with a sound knowledge of the topic.

Safety at work is paramount, but in nearly every role manual handling is unavoidable. Perhaps, you accept a delivery or help a colleague move a table, the risks of injury whilst lifting are significant. In this course you will take a comprehensive look at safe manual handling and implement best practice into your own workplace to ensure the risk of injury and harm is as small as possible.

  • Evaluate the risks involved in manual handling
  • Relate manual handling law to their work
  • Explain, compare, and enact employer’s / employee responsibilities
  • Know how to implement best practice for lifting and reduce the risk of injury
  • Be able to collaborate to lift safely with a team
  • Understand the structure of the back and spine and how it can be injured
  • Implement action to improve the health of your back / spine
  • Implement methods of preventing back pain and strengthening the back

  • Mind your back
  • Risks and responsibilities
  • How much can you lift
  • Lifting safely
  • Muscle and spinal injuries

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