• Pulse Education & Training Ltd

 Manual Handling & Safe Lifting Course (Online)

Our Manual Handling  & Safe Lifting  training course teaches everything you need to know about safe manual handling  and essential lifting techniques. You are legally obligated to receive sufficient instruction in relation to safe carrying and lifting techniques in the workplace.

​ This course provides everything you need to know, including lifting techniques, ‘LITE’, and ‘TILE’. Correct Manual Handling is so important to your everyday health, especially if lifting items is a common part of your job role.

APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR THE COURSE:

All staff that engage in manual handling or patient handling activities during their working day. These employees are exposed to situations where the risks cannot be eliminated or reduced sufficiently. To comply with legislation, staff engaged in manual handling must be given training in the safe handling of loads. This half-day course instructs employees in the theory and practice of safe manual handling.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE? 
All staff engaged in manual handling activities during their working day.
COURSE DURATION
3-4 Hours.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
  • Lift and handle loads safely.
  • Recognise a load which is too heavy or awkward.
CERTIFICATION
​Upon successful completion of this course participants will be issued with a certificate valid for 3 years.

COURSE PROGRAMME

  • Dangers of careless and unskilled methods
  • Principles of levers and laws of motion
  • Anatomy of the spine and muscular system
  • How the body is harmed through incorrect handling techniques
  • How to handle loads safely
  • Lifting to and from ground level
  • Lifting to and from a height
  • Pushing
  • Pulling
  • Lifting (bags, sacks, barrels, where appropriate)
  • Other organisation specific lifting tasks
  • Competence testing