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MANUAL HANDLING

30 - 60 minutes

Suitable for

This course is essential health safety training. It’s particularly appropriate for anyone
who has to handle or lift goods and materials in their job.

However, while some professions (such as warehouse and factory workers) may be
more at risk of back injuries, the truth is anyone can be injured. Even if you’re an
office worker sitting at a computer screen, you could from time to time need to lift
something heavy.

• Essential health and safety training for all
• Particularly relevant for manual jobs
• Or anyone who has to lift or move goods at work
• Important for jobs of all descriptions
• Perfect for employee induction processes

Overview

Poor manual handling techniques is one of the major causes of workplace injuries.
There are over a million people in the UK who suffer from back pain caused or made
worse by injuries that occurred while working. But this problem is preventable. In this
fun, comic-book style e-learning course, you will learn everything you need to know
to lift safely and prevent injury.

Course Objectives

The reasons to protect your body from injury are self-evident. This course will help
bring this important health and safety measure to the forefront of your learner’s mind.
In this course they will:

• Learn why a good manual lifting technique is so important
• Learn how to minimise risk of injury with good handling techniques
• Learn the four main causes of back pain
• Use L.I.T.E to perform effective risk assessment before lifting
• Understand basic spinal structure and biomechanics
• Understand the key elements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations
(1992)

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