Manual Handling Passport Scheme
Who should attend:
Any staff new to social care and staff working within residential & domiciliary setting. The course is also vital for anyone whose work involves repetitive actions, lifting pulling or carrying objects.
Course benefits:
The course contains definitions, principles of accident prevention, and types of injuries that you can receive due to incorrect manual handling.
Additional information:
This Scheme has been developed by the Assembly Government and Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in order to make the standards of Manual Handling consistent across the country. Employers & employees both benefit from having a recognized training standard that can be transferred to new departments and other organisations
Certification: certification is given by Essential Training
Contents:
Manual handling -
• The extent of the problem
• Definitions, regulations, practice and responsibilities
• Principles of accident prevention
• Types of accident causing injury
• Sites of injury caused by handling accidents
• Handling injuries, types of injury caused by manual handling
• Risk assessment and risk reduction
Health & Safety Law -
• Origins of law
• Common law
• Civil liability
• Duty of care
• The limitation act
• Vicarious liability
• Examples
• Statute law
Manual Handling Operations Regulations, 1992
Exercise
Basic anatomy -
• The spinal column, spinal anatomy and
• related injuries
• Vertebrae & the intervertebral disc
• Muscles and muscle exercise
• Causes of back pain & the ergonomics of safe lifting
Top heavy bending
• Group exercise
Good base movement
• Explain body position
• Good handling technique
• Pulling / pushing
• Dual lifting
For more details on this course or any other training please call 01271 830338 or use our contact form to request a call