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Manual Handling Course

Suitable For:

This course is suitable for:
• Employees involved in lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or moving loads.
• Warehouse staff, care staff, delivery drivers, retail staff, cleaning teams, factory staff, maintenance staff, and office employees.
• Supervisors who need to understand manual handling risks.
• Any employee whose role includes physical handling tasks.

Duration: Half day, approximately 3 to 4 hours

For lower-risk office-based roles, this may be delivered as a shorter awareness session. For operational roles involving regular lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling, a half-day session is recommended.

Location: On site at your workplace

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Course overview

This Manual Handling course is designed for employees whose work involves lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or moving loads. The course helps learners understand the risks associated with poor manual handling techniques and how to reduce the risk of injury.

The training can be delivered at the customer’s site and tailored to the types of manual handling tasks carried out by employees. The course includes practical guidance on safe lifting techniques, risk assessment, posture, load handling, and the use of mechanical aids where available.

All training is delivered on-site at your location, so your staff gain experience in the exact environment they’ll be working in.

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“Sergiu was an excellent trainer - the forklift course was thorough and informative for its purpose. Serg was careful to listen with what I was struggling on and we spent more time on that area which in turn made me feel comfortable. Thank you!!
Would definitely recommend him for your business. Naomi”

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Course objectives

    By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
    • Understand what manual handling is and why it can cause injury.
    • Identify common manual handling hazards in the workplace.
    • Understand the importance of assessing the task, individual, load, and environment.
    • Apply safer lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling techniques.
    • Recognise when a load should not be moved manually.
    • Use available equipment or mechanical aids safely where appropriate.
    • Understand how posture, grip, distance, and load weight affect safety.
    • Report unsafe manual handling tasks or concerns.

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General Delivery Note for All Courses

All courses are designed to be delivered at the customer’s site. This allows the training to be practical, relevant, and tailored to the customer’s workplace, equipment, procedures, and site-specific risks.

Where practical training or assessment is required, the customer should ensure that suitable equipment, a safe training area, and any relevant site procedures are available on the day of training.

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