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Manual Handling
Awareness Training
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1.5 Hour
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Courses delivered by RoSPA
Certified Instructor / Assessor.
Definition of Manual Handling
The legal definition of manual handling in terms of the Manual Handling
Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR), is “any transporting or supporting of a
load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or
moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force”.
Employees' Duties
Regulation 5 of the MHOR states: “Each employee while at work shall make
full and proper use of any system of work provided for his use by his
employer in compliance with regulation 4(1)(b)(ii) of these Regulations.”
Employee duties include:
 | taking reasonable care for your own health and safety
and that of others affected by your activities |
| co-operating with the employer to enable compliance
with health and safety duties |
| making use of appropriate
equipment provided for employees in accordance with training and
instructions. |
Details
Muscle strains and back injury caused by lifting and carrying are a common
cause of pain and absence from work. An understanding of the principles of
manual handling can help everyone to minimise the risk in many routine
workplace activities.
This short training session is designed to identify some of the areas of
risk which might be present, discuss the mechanics of the body, and the
correct methods of lifting, carrying and moving objects, through the use of
demonstration, and a practical interactive “hands-on” approach.
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Benefits
Over the
1.5 hour training session, participants will:
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gain an
understanding of how the back works |
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gain a greater
understanding into the correct methods in order to lift and carry objects,
reducing the risk of injury in the process |
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become aware of
devices which assist in lifting or carrying |
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understand the
process of reducing risks in the workplace. |
For more details contact
abfire
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