MANUAL HANDLING:
Attendees (Max) : 12
Duration: ½ day (3-4 hours)
Certification: Health & Safety Services, delivered by qualified QQI Instructor/Tutor
Certification Duration: 3 years
Details: Employees are instructed in the theory and practice of safe manual handling. To comply with the 2007 Manual Handling Regulations, staff engaged in manual handling must be given training in the safe handling of loads. Course is tailored to the specific tasks of the employees e.g. a warehouse, a construction site etc.
Modules in this course include:
- 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
