GJL Training

Manual Handling Training

We offer manual handling training in Wirral, Liverpool and the North West, we can provide this at your site or we can provide our own training facility. Manual handling is an important part of everyday life and is now found in virtually every profession, including your home life as well as your working life.

The manual handling operations regulations 1992(as amended) establish a clear hierarchy of measures for dealing with risks from manual handling.

These are :

1. Avoid hazardous manual handling operations so far as is reasonably practical;

2. Assess any hazardous manual handling operations that cannot be avoided; and

3. Reduce the risk of injury so far as is reasonably practical.

What should a manual handling course involve ?

The relevant legislation is the manual handling operations regulations 1992( as amended). With regards to training, the guidance to the regulations states:

'Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Regulations 10 and 13 of the management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to provide their employees with health and safety information and training. This should be supplemented as necessary with more specific information and training on manual handling injury risks and prevention, as part of the steps to reduce risk required by Regulation 4(1)(b)(ii) of the Regulations'

'The risk of injury from a manual handling task will be increased where workers do not have the information or training necessary to enable them to work safely. For example, if they do not know about any unusual characteristics of loads or about the system designed to ensure their safety during manual handling, this may lead to injury. It is essential that where, for example, mechanical handling aids are available, training is provided in their proper use'

Courses last for approximately 3 - 4 hours and can be delivered to up to 12 trainees per session, at the end of the training successful candidates are awarded a certificate of achievement in manual handling techniques. Courses can be run at your premises or at our own venue, we can train up to 24 candidates per day per instructor, split into two sessions, multiple instructors can be supplied at your request.

Please enquire regarding dates and prices.