Manual Handling Assessor

Objectives

To give managers, supervisors, and all personnel involved in manual handling risk assessment the necessary skills to successfully assess and complete such assessments. The classroom based training can be completed using generic or company specific assessment documentation and systems, and covers all areas of manual handling risk assessment.

Contents

The delegates receive theory and practical training under expert guidance from fully qualified and experienced personnel in the following aspects of occupational training:

• Legislation
• The scale of the problem
• The spine
• Types of handling related injury
• 5 steps to risk assessment
• Kinetic lifting technique
• Practical assessment exercises
• Written test

Course code: EV01/11

Further Information

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