Principles of Manual Handling

Description

QA Level 2 Award In Principles Of Manual Handling (RQF)

• Half day course (face to face), 2 sessions (virtual)

• Our full day course, Safe Moving and Handling, will also give learners sound practice in manual handling

• Common manual handling injuries
• Manual handling laws
• Responsibilities of employers and employees
• Manual handling risk assessments
• Safe movement principles associated with manual handling, including the body’s:
• Recognising a range of mental health conditions:
  • Musculoskeletal system
  • Centre of gravity
  • Lever system
• Manual handling equipment:
  • Types of manual handling aids and equipment
  • Maintenance and requirements for testing
• Theory of safe manual handling principles, including:
• Preparing for a lift
• Solo lifting, carrying and lowering an object
• Team manual handling

Benefits of this course:

• 498,000 people people suffered from musculoskeletal disorders due to work related activities in 2018/2019
• Of those, 138,000 were from people who had not suffered this before
• 6.9 million working days, or 26,436 working years, were lost due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders that year
• On average, each of those people had to take 16 days off work, with many never fully recovering from those injuries
• This course is there to help people avoid getting injured in the first place, saving both human suffering and cost to the employer and employee both

Accredited, Ofqual regulated qualification

Our Principles of Manual Handling Course is a nationally recognised, Ofqual regulated qualification accredited by Qualsafe Awards.

This means that you can be rest assured that your Principles of Manual Handling Course fulfills the legal requirements and is a very good way to make sure you and your employees are trained in the principles of Manual Handling.

The Ofqual Register number for this course is 603/2720/0