Max Number: 14 People

Duration: 5 Hours Approximately

Location: Clients Premises

BACKGROUND

Current Irish legislation requires that all employees receive manual handling training every 3 years – provided by a competent and qualified manual handling instructor. The 2005 act specifically states that employees should be trained prior to being exposed to risk; therefore they should receive proper instruction prior to entering the workplace.

The most cost effective way to provide this training on an ongoing basis for many companies is to have an internal manual handling instructor within their workforce. This allows staff to be trained as required rather than waiting for external courses to be come available – and this delay is placing the organization at risk of litigation and staff at risk of injury while they are waiting to attend the course.

ABS runs intensive and highly interactive five-day course during which participants are trained in instructional skills techniques as well as the theoretical and practical aspects of manual handling. The course programme includes modules on legislation and outlines the legal requirements for organisations requiring their own in-house instructor.

COURSE CONTENTS:

• Legislation
• Anatomy
• Instructional skills
• Biomechanics of the spine
• Stress forces on the body
• Manual Handling Injury review
• Ergonomics
• Work Physiology
• Fitness & Flexibility, exercise and nutrition.
• Lifting and Moving Techniques
• Dealing with different types of loads
• Written and practical presentation test.

THE COURSE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THAT DELEGATES CAN:

• Understand how to plan, organise, deliver and evaluate a manual handling course.
• Instruct others on the theory and techniques of safe manual handling so that they can imitate best practice
• Carry out a basic manual handling risk assessment in the workplace
• Recommend preventative measures which can reduce the risk of injury
• Use the lifting and handling techniques as a mater of habit.
• Understand how to communicate effectively with both delegates and management.