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Manual Handling Assessor Training
Course Outline
Duration 5 hours
Introduction (20 mins)
What is Manual Handling?
Why is it important? Leading cause of workplace injuries
Immediate & long-term harm - the scale of the problem
Types of injury (15 mins)
How the back works, how it is harmed
Other common injuries
Manual Handling Risk Factors (20 mins)
Risk factors of the:-
TASK - LOAD - ENVIRONMENT- INDIVIDUAL
Stretch Break (5 mins)
Manual Handling Assessments (50 mins)
The Law - Manual Handling Regulations 1992
Components of Manual Handling Assessments
The MAC system - Benefits & Limitations
Role of the Assessor
When is a full Assessment necessary?
Documentation & Review
Tea/Coffee Break 15 mins
Video Manual Handling Assessments in Industry (15 mins)
Control measures - ways of reducing risk (30 mins)
Avoidance
Mechanisation
Improving the Task
Improving the Load
Improving the Environment
Protecting the Individual - selection & protective equipment
Safe Lifting Techniques (20 mins)
Stretch Break 5 mins
Practical Manual Handling Assessment (90 mins)
Worked example 1 Group work
Worked Example 2 Group work
Summary & Questions (15 mins)
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