Winner of the Greater London Training Award
Winner of the Greater London Training Award
Course profile: Moving and Handling (1 day)
This course is aimed at staff who are required to assist and move people while at work. Participants will understand the legal requirements and recommended guidances relating to the subject. They will learn the principles of good back care, moving and handling techniques and the use of relevant handling tools.The course will give a theoretical framework on how the body works and how we can look after it, but the main focus will be on how this information can be applied to real-life situations. Participants will be encouraged to share their experience and to participate in using equipment and techniques recommended by the Royal College of Nursing (1998)
Learning objectives:
By the end of this training learners should be able to:
Understand the legal requirements and recommended guidance
relating to lifting/moving of people and objects
Identify the principles of good back care, moving and handling techniques
Identify a number of handling aids and equipment and understand their use in
practical situations
Identify Manual Handling problems that exist in their place of work and how
basic Risk Assessment formulas can be applied to find solutions
Course content:
Injury related statistics
An overview of Manual Handling Legislation
Top heavy movement and cumulative strain
Anatomy, posture and back care
The principles of good moving and handling techniques
Base movement and the semi squat position
Creating a Risk Assessment looking at:
Task, Load/Person, Individual, Environment.
An ergonomic approach
Practical session on moving a person, assisting a person to stand, escorting
and lifting a load
Advice on the use of wheelchairs and other mechanical aids
Problem solving session
Training methods:
Didactic and Overheads
Small and Large Group Work
Video Presentation
Demonstration
Practical Exercises:
N.B. Participants are advised to wear trousers and flat shoes.
2nd floor, 42 Station Rd., Portslade, East Sussex, BN41
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Tel: 01273 414000 Fax: 01273 422777