Manual Handling (1/2 day)
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
Manual Handling (MH) for Staff
Duration: ½ Day
Course Description:
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations (MHO) 1992
- Employer’s Duties
- MH Assessments
- Employees Duties
- Avoiding falls
- Back anatomy
- Avoiding MH injuries
- Good MH techniques
- Practical session in a working environment
- Safe use of Mechanical Aids and PPE
Training Objectives:
By the end of the training all staff should be able to:
- Recognise potentially hazardous manual handling
- Deal with unfamiliar MH operations
- Know the importance of mechanical aids
- Recognise features of the working environment that affect MH
- Know the importance of good housekeeping
- Know some of the factors affecting individual capability
- Use good MH techniques
