Safe lifting, moving, and carrying techniques to reduce the risk of workplace injury.
This CPD-certified online course provides learners with the essential knowledge and practical skills to manage manual handling tasks safely in the workplace. Suitable for employees across all sectors, it covers the key risks associated with manual handling and how to effectively assess and control them. Learners will gain an understanding of relevant legislation, safety guidelines, and proper techniques, including the use of equipment to reduce injury. Most teams have never had structured manual handling training beyond a quick word of caution from a supervisor. This course closes that gap in three hours, no classroom required.
Who is For
Beginner who is Eagerly learn the course
Flexible Learning
Study from anywhere at your own pace, 100% Online
Course Certificate
CPD Certificate of Completion
Dedicated Support
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Course Duration
3 hours
Who it’s for, what you get, and what you’ll walk away knowing.
Entry criteria: No prior qualification needed. Learners need access to an internet enabled device.
Teaching and assessment: Online, self-paced, with MCQ based assessment.
Workplace value: Completion demonstrates a genuine commitment to safe manual handling practices.
On successfully completing this course, you'll receive a Certificate of Completion that recognises your commitment to safe manual handling and strengthens your professional development record.
A module-by-module breakdown of what you’ll learn in this course.
Introduction to manual handling, relevant legislation for manual handling, consequences of breaching legislation
Effective manual handling risk assessment, employer duties and responsibilities, personnel responsibilities
Injuries and ill-health effects caused by poor manual handling
Manual handling techniques for lifting, manual handling techniques for pushing or pulling loads, team manual handling techniques
Manual handling techniques for lifting, manual handling techniques for pushing or pulling loads, team manual handling techniques
Manual handling equipment, avoiding manual handling through elimination, automation and mechanisation
Benefits of ergonomics in manual handling
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No. This course is designed for beginners and assumes no previous manual handling training.
Through multiple-choice questions at the end of the course. There's no exam pressure. The focus is on building practical understanding.
Yes. It covers principles that apply wherever employees lift, move, or carry loads, from warehouses to healthcare settings.
You will have access to the course for 1 year
Yes. Select "Company" at checkout to enrol multiple team members.
Entry criteria: No prior qualification needed. Learners need access to an internet enabled device.
Teaching and assessment: Online, self-paced, with MCQ based assessment.
Workplace value: Completion demonstrates a genuine commitment to safe manual handling practices.
Online, self-paced
Yes. CPD Certificate of Completion
Beginner
Multiple choice questions (MCQs)
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