Online Manual Handling Training Course

Categories: Manual Handling
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About Course

This Manual Handling Training Course helps employers ensure that they and their employees are sufficiently trained in the principles and practices of safe manual handling.

This course provides the necessary information and training for organisations to understand more about the risks associated with manual handling, how to undergo a risk assessment and how to ensure appropriate control measures are put in place.

It follows the requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (MHOR) and provides a practical guide for managing and carrying out safe and healthy manual handling. 

  • Ensures compliance with Irish Health and Safety legislation
  • Created by FETAC Level  6 Instructor 
  • Fully online course and assessment with no time limits
  • Approximate duration: 1 hour
  • On completion, download and print your certificate

Who Should Take This Manual Handling Training Course?

The manual handling course is aimed at employees at all levels who may undertake manual handling operations, including the transporting of a load of items by lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, manoeuvring, steadying or transporting thereof by hand or by bodily force. This includes, but is not limited to, professions such as:

  •    Warehouse and factory staff
  •    Heavy manual labourers
  •    Construction and building site workers
  •    Office workers
  •    Delivery drivers
  •    Agricultural workers

Course Content

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What Will You Learn?

  • Aims of the Manual Handling Training
  • Upon completion of this course, you will:
  • - Understand what is meant by manual handling.
  • - Be able to explain the common causes of injury and potential long-term damages to health as a result of poor manual handling techniques.
  • - Understand the legal responsibilities and the duties placed upon employers and employees.
  • - Be able to identify manual handling hazards.
  • - Understand how to carry out an effective manual handling risk assessment.
  • - Understand the control measures that can be put in place to reduce the risk of harm.
  • - Understand and practice the best way to handle loads to maintain a safe working environment.

Course Content

Manual Handling Injuries
types of injury, immediate injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.

  • INTRODUCTION
  • COURSE OBJECTIVES
  • What is Manual Handling
  • Manual Handling Tasks
  • Manual Handling Injuries
  • Responsibilities
  • Summary

Risk Assessments for Safe Manual Handling
what is a risk assessment?, who should carry out a risk assessment?, identifying hazards, TILE, factors that increase the risk of harm, deciding who may be harmed and how, occupations most at risk, evaluating risks, recording the significant findings, reviewing and updating, results of your risk assessment.

Avoiding and Controlling the Risks
employer duties, avoiding manual handling, reducing the risk, team handling, mechanical and automation precautions, personal protective equipment and TILE.

Safe Manual Handling Techniques
lifting and lowering techniques, safe weights for lifting and lowering, carrying, risk assessments and HSE tools, pushing and pulling, and team handling.

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