Manual Handling Training
The most common workplace injury. One of the most preventable.
Musculoskeletal disorders, such as back injuries, shoulder strains and repetitive strain injuries, account for around a third of all workplace injuries reported to the HSE each year. Most are linked to manual handling: lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or supporting loads. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to avoid hazardous manual handling where reasonably practicable, to assess the risk of any unavoidable operations, and to reduce that risk, including through training.
This course helps delegates understand why and how manual handling injuries occur, how to assess manual handling tasks using the TILE risk assessment framework (Task, Individual, Load, Environment), and how to apply safe technique in practice, not just in theory.
Poor manual handling technique is often invisible until an injury occurs. At that point, the cost in human terms, in absence, and in potential enforcement action, is far higher than the cost of proper training.
What You Will Learn
- The legal framework, including the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and the employer’s duty of care
- How manual handling injuries occur, including the anatomy of the spine, the musculoskeletal system, and common injury mechanisms
- The TILE risk assessment framework, covering Task, Individual, Load and Environment
- Ergonomic principles for workstation and task design
- Safe lifting technique, including preparation, posture, grip and movement
- Safe carrying, pushing and pulling techniques
- Team lifts, including communication, coordination and shared technique
- When to refuse a manual handling task, and how to escalate
- Practical application to your specific working environment (available with on-site delivery)
Course details:
| Format | Face to face (classroom and practical), or online |
| Duration | Face to face: half day. Online: approximately 3 hours |
| Group size | Minimum 4, maximum 12 per instructor (face to face) |
| Certificate | Issued by Chris Garland Training, or Ofqual-regulated QNUK |
| Assessment | Multiple-choice assessment plus practical observation (face to face) |
| Venue | Knutsford training centre, or at your premises nationwide |
On-site delivery is strongly recommended wherever the work environment involves specific tasks, equipment or load types. Training on the actual tasks, in the actual environment, produces significantly better retention and behaviour change than generic venue-based delivery.
Venue:
- Scheduled courses run at our training centre in Knutsford, Cheshire. Visit our Joining Instructions page to read about what you will need to bring/wear, etc.
- Why not arrange to have a private face to face course run at your workplace? Simply fill in our quote builder tool to request a quotation.
Joining instructions:
- Visit this page to read the course joining instructions.
- Please ensure that you bring sturdy footwear for this course such as steel toe-capped boots or walking boots.
Private courses:
- To arrange a private course for yourself or your colleagues, please fill in our Quote Builder tool.
Links:
- HSE webpage on manual handling: https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/index.htm
- Manual handling at work; a brief guide
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Overall I feel that I have come away from the course with more aware of the potential risks involved in bad manual handling practice, which in turn has taught me to be generally more aware of the correct procedures to ensure me and my colleagues safety.”
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Very good course. I especially enjoyed the section on anatomy & also the practical exercises. Thank you!”
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – “Loads of useful information, covering lots of ways to lift things, all provided in simple way to understand.”
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