The manual handling course is aimed at employees at all levels who may undertake manual handling operations, including the transporting of a load of items by lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, manoeuvring, steadying or transporting thereof by hand or by bodily force.
- Be able to define Manual Handling.
- Understand the dangers of hazardous manual handling.
- Know how to avoid hazardous manual handling.
- Learn good manual handling technique.
- Adapt this technique to the types of handling carried out at work.
Review date: 12 June 2024
Duration: Bitesize - Under 15 mins