Manual handling awareness MAN02
Awarding Body:
LANTRA AwardsTraining course type:
On-site training and assessmentNovice training course duration:
½ dayNovice candidate numbers:
10Experience Worker Tests per day:
10Variations:
Manual handling awareness
Card options:
5-year LANTRA traditional card & certificateMinimum age:
16Instructor:
Bertie Tupper & Tuppco instructors
What is manual handling?
Manual handling means transporting or supporting a load by hand or bodily force. It includes lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying, or moving loads. A load can be an object, person, or animal.
What does the training course include?
- Have a basic understanding of the industry, the dangers of working in the industry and their responsibilities as an operative
- State the definition of manual handling, the main causes of manual handling injuries and the reason for manual handling training
- Describe the function and shape of the human spin
- Describe the function of the interverbal discs
- Understand the effects of static loading and the risks involved in the team lifting
- Demonstrate an understanding of formal and dynamic risk assessment
- Identify and maintain PPE appropriate for manual handling operations
- Conduct all necessary safety checks at the work area
- Describe and demonstrate safe handling techniques and mechanical aids
Venue and equipment requirements:
- Suitable and safe area to complete paperwork
- Suitable welfare facilities
- Risk assessment completed
HSE further information:
- Manual handling at work
- https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg143.pdf
Practical assessment criteria:
Classroom type
On-site training courses delivered:
Southwest – Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Avon, Somerset, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire
Southeast – Oxfordshire, Kent, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex
Midlands – Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire
East Anglia – Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Aylesbury, Banbury, Basingstoke, Bath, Bedford, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cirencester, Cheltenham, Coventry, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, Hungerford, Milton Keynes, Newbury, Northampton, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Reading, Salisbury, Southampton, Stroud, Swindon, Taunton, Warwick, Winchester, Witney, Worcester, Yeovil