Course details
This comprehensive Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) Specific Purpose Manual Handling Instruction (level 6) certificate course covers all the aspects of instructing in Manual Handling. This is an intensive and highly interactive course which will equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to effectively design and deliver manual handling training in the workplace. Participants are trained in instructional skills techniques as well as the theoretical and practical aspects of manual handling. A list of learning outcomes is listed below.
The course will include a wide range of interactive training tools, DVD’s, visual presentations, group work, individual tasks, problem based learning and exercises with a strong emphasis on practical submission throughout. This course is extremely interactive, providing participants with the chance to prepare and perform their skills demonstration.
Course Aim
The course will equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to effectively design and deliver manual handling training in the workplace.
Who should attend?
Those that want to be qualified as a manual handling instructor or involved in carrying out manual handling risk assessments in the workplace.
Course Programme
The course programme will cover the following procedures:
- Legislation Requirements and Health Benefit
- Anatomy and Back Care
- Ergonomics Principles and Risk Assessments
- Manual Handling Principles and Techniques
- Planning and Design of Manual Handling Training Programmes
- Delivery of Manual Handling Training
Course Location
About Carlow Kilkenny Skillnet
We_They was established in January 1999 by a number of Senior Managers in organisations in the Carlow Kilkenny area. Initial discussions showed that the organisations shared common training problems, namely,
- Access to information on courses / training, and new technologies available for training purposes
- Sourcing training programmes
- Finding courses that were relevant to the specific needs of each organisation
- The location of available courses
By working together, these organisations have developed new, low cost, customised, and locally based solutions for their management and staff.
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