Manual Handling

Course Aim:

This qualification is designed to complement the foundation course in basic health and safety at work.

Who Should Attend?

It is aimed at those people who carry out manual handling activities at work and introduces students to the hazards of manual handling, the risks, and the controls and what to expect from a manual handling assessment.

Course Content:

• Manual handling injuries
• Causes of injuries

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992Handling of Objects

• What is manual handling?
• Manual
• Assessments
• Controls

Objectives:

Successful completion will prepare students to look carefully at their own work and to contribute to the development of safer methods and tasks in cooperation with their managers and supervisors.

While this module can be delivered as a stand-alone qualification and there are no specific pre-requisites it is strongly recommended that students already hold the CIEH FOUNDATION COURSE IN BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CERTIFICATE.    

Examination Information for CIEH candidates.

There is a short multi-choice test at the end of the course. Candidates are required to correctly answer 15 out of 20 questions in order to achieve a Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene. Examinations and Course books are available in several different languages and can also be conducted orally.

Duration of Course:

The course is designed to be delivered within three hours.

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