Manual Handling Training Risk Assessment
Learn how to apply the TILE method to assess manual handling tasks and record findings that support legal compliance.
- CPD Accredited
What this course covers
Musculoskeletal disorders remain one of the most common causes of work-related ill health in Great Britain, and poor manual handling assessment is a major contributor. This programme helps organisations identify and reduce risks tied to lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling tasks.
Learners cover the avoid, assess, reduce hierarchy and how to apply the TILE method, covering task, individual, load and environment, to real workplace tasks. The course also explains how to record and review assessments so they remain valid over time, supporting compliance with manual handling regulations.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Explain legal duties under manual handling regulations
- Identify hazardous lifting, carrying and pulling tasks
- Assess tasks using the TILE method
- Select control measures that reduce injury risk
- Record findings clearly with a proper audit trail
- Know when an assessment needs review
Designed with these roles in mind
- Managers and supervisors overseeing lifting tasks
- Health and safety officers and nominated risk assessors
- Small business owners in warehousing or logistics
Modules included
6 short lessons that build sequentially. Learners can pause and resume at any point on any device.
- 01 Manual handling and the law
- 02 Musculoskeletal injuries and why handling goes wrong
- 03 Identifying hazardous lifting and carrying tasks
- 04 The TILE assessment method in practice
- 05 Control measures from elimination to mechanical aids
- 06 Recording, reviewing and communicating your assessment
How competence is checked
An end-of-course assessment, with unlimited free retakes, checks learners can apply the TILE method correctly.
What learners receive
Learners receive a certificate to download the moment they pass the end-of-course assessment.
Aligned with
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
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