IN HOUSE Manual Handling Awareness course (half day)
IN HOUSE Manual Handling Awareness course 9am to 12pm or 1pm to 4pm or both
Description
Who is this course for?
- Those required to lift heavy loads in the course of their employment
- Those requiring certification that training has been given on the proper techniques for manual handling and the risks involved
What are the course objectives?
- State the principles of safe lifting to minimise risk of injury
- Be aware of parts of your body at risk due to poor handling techniques, understand common injuries and how they occur
- Better recognise the risks of manual handling and how to help reduce them in your work place
- Understand lifting tasks, practical lifting and the anatomy and physiology involved in manual handling