Introduction
Ensure your staff know how to manually handle goods with care
Poor manual handling and consequent musculoskeletal disorders are an issue in every workplace where employees are required to carry heavy goods and packages. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) require employers to manage the risks to their employees and ensure their health.
This Manual Handling eLearning Module will enable the user to understand what is needed in order to manually handle goods with care, best ways of carrying heavy loads and how to move them from a place to the other. The course will give the user an understanding of how to prevent musculoskeletal disorders resulting from poor manual handling practice.
Target audience
The manual handling training course is suitable for any user who is required to carry heavy loads at work
Learning objective
The user will:
- Understand their responsibilities when manual handling
- Comprehend the risks that they undertake when manual handling
- Understand the basic principles involved when moving, lifting, pushing and pulling an object
Course Outline
- Risk factors and how injuries can occur
- Injuries sustained while manual handling
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Employer and employee responsibilities
- LITE – a useful mnemonic
- Key Physical Risk Factors
- How to move something safely
- Pushing and pulling
Assessment with a pass mark of 100%
Course Overview
Study time is 30 minutes, with the ability to stop and start when required (within a 90 day unrestricted access period).
PC/Laptop/Tablet/Smartphone with an internet connection and a webcam is all that is required to study.
Cost: £42.00 per course, per trainee.
