Manual Handling Awareness is a one-day course providing delegates with the knowledge and practical skills required to carry out manual handling activities safely. It covers everything from legislation and risk assessment to safe lifting techniques - equipping your team to protect themselves and others from injury in the workplace.

Who This Course Is For

This course is suited to any business where employees are required to lift, carry, push, or pull as part of their role. Particularly relevant for warehousing, construction, manufacturing, care homes, and retail environments where manual handling is a daily activity.

What You'll Learn

• What manual handling is and the legal responsibilities of employers and employees

• Common manual handling injuries and the causes of musculoskeletal disorders

• How to identify manual handling hazards and assess risks in the workplace

• Safe lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling techniques

• How to plan a lift, assess a load, and maintain good posture

• Team lifting and handling awkward or bulky loads

• Safe use of mechanical aids

• Good housekeeping and workplace organisation to reduce risk

• How to report hazards and incidents

Course Format

Delivered in person over one day, combining instructor-led theory with practical demonstrations and hands-on exercises. Delegates will participate in practical lifting scenarios with instructor feedback throughout.

Certification

Delegates receive a Certificate of Attendance/Competence upon successful completion of the course.

Cost

£85/pp +VAT