Manual Handling Training
Build practical skills in safe lifting, carrying and pushing techniques, helping reduce manual handling injuries at work.
- CPD Accredited
What this course covers
Manual handling injuries account for a significant share of UK workplace absences every year, making this a valuable skill for almost any role. This programme shows teams how to assess and reduce injury risk when lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling and carrying loads, using clear demonstrations of correct and incorrect technique.
Learners cover the TILE approach to assessing a handling task and when to use mechanical aids or team handling. The course works well as induction training or an annual refresher, supporting employer duties to provide manual handling guidance.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Recognise common manual handling risks and injuries
- Apply the TILE approach to assess a handling task
- Demonstrate safe lifting, lowering and carrying technique
- Use mechanical aids and team handling appropriately
- Explain responsibilities under manual handling regulations
Designed with these roles in mind
- Warehouse, logistics and construction staff
- Retail and care staff
- Managers responsible for handling risk assessments
Modules included
6 short lessons that build sequentially. Learners can pause and resume at any point on any device.
- 01 Introduction to manual handling and the law
- 02 How the body is injured by poor handling
- 03 Assessing risk with the TILE method
- 04 Safe lifting, lowering and carrying techniques
- 05 Using aids and team handling
- 06 Skill-check questions and interactive scenarios
How competence is checked
Skill-check questions and interactive scenarios lead into a final assessment before certification.
What learners receive
Learners receive a CPD-accredited certificate to download instantly on completing the course.
Aligned with
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
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