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What is Phoenix's Manual Handling Awareness Training?
Under the Manual Handling Regulations 1992 (MHOR), it is the legal duty of all employees to supply sufficient manual handling training to their employees. The law outlines requirements for handling animals, people, boxes and packages in order to ensure proper technique is performed.
Even without such regulations, employers have an interest in providing manual handling training for staff who have lifting and carrying responsibilities. According to the HSE, more than 20 percent of all non-fatal workplace injuries in the UK are caused by incorrect handling, lifting and carrying. Most are musculoskeletal injuries, which are the third most common cause of absence from work, exceeded only by stress and colds/flu. Therefore, by providing sufficient training employers can protect their employees from injury and reduce absence rates.
Phoenix’s Manual Handling Awareness training course helps organisations fulfil this requirement, teaching proper handling technique to employees who have a responsibility to handle, lift and carry items.
Employers who book groups of employees for Phoenix health and safety e-learning short courses can make significant savings:
Buy 25+ for £19.95 per candidate
Buy 50+ for £17.95 per candidate
Buy 100+ for £15.95 per candidate
Please contact our sales team on 0345 500 8811 to claim your discount when you book 25 or more places.
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The Manual Handling Awareness Training course covers the following topics:
Definition of manual handling
The manual handling problem
Manual handling law
Avoiding manual handling
Reducing risks from manual handling
Manual handling risk factors, including TILE (task, individual, load and environment)
Structure, function and anatomy of the spine
Common manual handling injuries
Advice for sufferers of back pain
Safe lifting technique
Safe pushing and pulling technique
Training Course Content
The duration of Phoenix’s Manual Handling Awareness Training course depends on the method of study:
When studied in-house, the course duration is half a day.
When studied through E-Learning, we recommend spending between 30 and 50 minutes on the course.
Course delivery details
The Learning outcomes of the Phoenix Manual Handling Awareness Course are:
How to lift safely
Use correct lifting techniques and correct bad postural habits
Understand the consequences of unsafe manual handling
Understand how to carry out risk assessment to reduce risk
Be compliant with the relevant legislation
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