MANUAL HANDLING (Level 2)

MANUAL HANDLING (Level 2)

This Manual Handling Level 2 Course is designed to give employers and their employees an awareness of the risks of injury from manual handling operations.

It highlights useful information and practical techniques required for managing and carrying out safe manual handling activities.

The course follows the requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR).

Course Aims:

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

• Understand what is meant by manual handling
• Identify common causes of injury and potential long-term damage to health as a result of poor manual handling techniques
• Recognise the steps of a manual handling risk assessment
• Understand the control measures that can be put in place to reduce the risk of injury
• Recognise and put into practice appropriate manual handling techniques to maintain a safe working environment

Course content:

The Importance of Safe Manual Handling

• What is manual handling?
• Who does manual handling effect?
• What does the law say?
• Employer Duties
• Employee Duties
• Manual Handling Injuries
• The musculoskeletal system

Risk Assessments and Reducing the Risk of Manual Handling Injuries

• What is a risk assessment?
• Who is responsible for carrying out a risk assessment?
• Assessing the risks - TILEO (Task, Individual, Load, Environment, Other factors to consider)
• Recording your findings
• Reviewing and updating risk assessments
• Manual handling training

Avoiding and Controlling the Risks

• Avoiding manual handling tasks
• Controlling the risk
• Lifting and handling aids and devices
• Team handling
• Personal protective equipment

Safe Manual Handling Techniques

• Lifting and lowering techniques
• Safe weights for lifting and lowering
• Pushing and pulling techniques
• Pushing and pulling load guidelines

Duration: 2-3 hours

Access: This online course can be completed on any PC or mobile device. Learners can study at their own pace and log in and out as often as they wish

Features:

• Appeals to all learning styles with interactive quizzes, video and audio features
• Allows learners to work at their own pace, testing their knowledge as they progress through the course

Assessment: Self-checks after each section of the course and a final multiple choice assessment

Certification: On successful completion, learners can download a certificate as evidence that they have passed the elearning module of the course