HABC-UK Level 2 Safe Moving & Handling

Course details

Safe Manual Handling covers the principles on the provision of a safe workplace as one of the cornerstones that will ensure the health and safety conditions of the workers. This will emphasize the importance of equipping the personnel responsible for managing the health and safety concerns of the workplace. The assessment and elimination of poor manual handling practices as well as the provision of the correct tools for the job in hand are taken up in this course

Course Objective

At the completion of the course, the participants are expected to demonstrate how to perform an effective evaluation of the workplace with emphasis on the tasks to be carried out particularly in the prevention and removal of potentially hazardous situations and identifying areas requiring attention.

Assessment

Written Exam

Target Audience

Managers, supervisors and staff members identified by their Managers as having sufficient experience and knowledge of the client base to be able to act effectively as moving and handling trainers in the workplace.

Course Outline

Day 1

• An introduction to manual handling
• Manual handling and legal aspects
• Anatomy & Physiology of the back
• Causes of back pain
• Manual handling hazards
• High risk manual handling activities
• Reducing the manual handling risks
• Ergonomics
• Inanimate load handling
• Mechanical aids
• Fitness
• Returning back to work
• Moving & Handling Assessments
• Manual Handling Legislation
• Principles of safer Moving & Handling
• Good Handling technique
• Poor Handling technique
• Unsafe systems of work
• Evaluation
• Practical skill