Manual Handling Courses

Who is this course for? This particular training programme is designed for any person who is involved in moving and handling within their working environment. What makes METT Ltd different? What we deliver is a tailored course to suit your specific needs. Your delegates will be taught how to risk assess their own specific working environment but also be aware of other manual handling issues and risk within the workplace.

We will not teach you how to lift an empty card box! We also offer patient moving and handling.

• Defining manual handling
• Legal duties and regulations 1992
• The financial and health cost to both the employee and employer of injury caused by incorrect manual handling.
• An explanation of the medical, physical and psychological damage that can be caused through incorrect manual handling.
• Types of back injury to include strains, sprains, nerve damage and sciatica
• Lifting and handling risk factors and assessment
• Techniques for correct handling and lifting.
• Push and pulling risk factors and assessment including case studies.
• Techniques for correct push and pulling.
• Risk Assessment.
• Manual handling problem solving using the ergonomic approach
• The importance of staying active with back pain

What our delegates have to say about METT Ltd.

“ I have been trained in manual handling in the past, this course however was run in a fun, proactive way. It was related to our specific needs and not about how to pick up a box”.
“An educational approach was used throughout, it covered the relevant theory and the practical session high lighted the need for good technique”.
 
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Contact METT Ltd

Tel: 01895 520075 Mob: 07956 078392 Email:infomike@metttraining.co.uk