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Training -> Manual Handling Instructors Refresher Course   

Course Name:

Manual Handling Instructors Refresher Course   

Course Details:

This comprehensive 3 day course refreshes participants in instructional skills as well as the theoretical and practical aspects of manual handling of loads and back care.

Current guidance from the Health and Safety Authority proposes that Manual Handling Instructors should undergo refresher training every 3-5 years to ensure that they are facilitating the delivery of up to date knowledge and skills to participants on their courses.

 

Objectives:

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

  • Demonstrate up to date knowledge and skills in relation to manual handling of loads, risk assessment and analysis and health and safety legislation
  • Refresh their knowledge on the anatomy, physiology and biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system
  • Comply with current legislative guidelines

Programme:

The programme will entail the following:

  • Manual Handling Regulations 1993 and 2007  update
  • Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 update
  • Anatomy and physiology of the musculo-skeletal system
  • Biomechanics and mechanism of injury
  • Legal aspects of manual handling
  • Fitness & Flexibility
  • Work Physiology
  • Instructional skills
  • Working Safely and maintain a safe environment
  • Examples of Lifting and Moving Techniques
  • Practical Dealing with different types of loads
  • Presentations by participants
  • Manual Handling Risk Assessment
  • Exam

The course is highly interactive and each theory session is accompanied with practical demonstration applicable to the topic, practical tasks and assessment of individual skills.

Who Should  Attend

Anyone who wants to refresh their manual handling instructor qualification and continue to deliver manual handling training within an occupational setting

Pre-Course Requirements 

No pre course requirements but English is the language in which training is delivered and participants must have a good command of the English language. If participants wish to bring an interpreter this can be arranged  with prior notice which must be given to Healthforce 

 

Assessment / Certification

Participants complete a practical and theoretical exam*
On successful completion of the exam participants will be awarded a Manual Handling Instructor Refresher Certificate, accredited by Healthforce

General: Please let us know if participants have any specific learner requirements or any form of disability prior to commencing the course.

Duration:

3 days

 

 

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