Gift Voucher for Manual Handling

£35.00

Manual handling is defined as ‘the use of the human body to move or support a load, such as by lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying’ and includes actions such as moving boxes, carrying people or animals, pushing or pulling pallet trucks or roll cages or using mechanical assistance to move, steady, or position a load. It can occur in numerous settings, both in the home as well as the workplace.

Our one-on-one, tutor-led, interactive e-learning course is aimed at anyone who uses manual handling techniques at work or employs people who may need to handle heavy objects as part of their work. Incorrect manual handling is one of the most common causes of injury at work and the nature of the load itself doesn’t matter. If you have to use your muscles, then its manual handling and, potentially at risk of injury.