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Manual Handling

This Manual Handling course is a one day course designed specifically for those who engage and lifting and moving within their work and covers the following topics:

  • Manual handling risk factors
  • How injuries can occur
  • How to carry out safe manual handling including good handling technique
  • Appropriate systems of work for the individual's task and environment
  • Use of mechanical aids
  • Advice on how trainers can identify and put right anything the trainee is not doing safely