Manual Handling Training Course – Jan 18th

€50.00

Manual handling training is critical in Ireland, as in many other countries, to ensure workplace safety, compliance with legal requirements, and the well-being of employees. Here’s why it’s important:

1. Legal Compliance

In Ireland, manual handling training is required under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Manual Handling of Loads Regulations 2007. Employers are obligated to:

Assess manual handling tasks to minimize risks.

Provide training to employees involved in manual handling activities.

Failure to comply can result in legal action, fines, or penalties for businesses.

2. Injury Prevention

Manual handling injuries, such as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), are among the most common workplace injuries in Ireland. Proper training helps employees:

Understand the risks associated with lifting, carrying, and moving loads.

Learn safe techniques to reduce the likelihood of back injuries, strains, and sprains.

3. Improved Employee Well-being

By equipping employees with the skills to handle loads safely, training reduces workplace stress, discomfort, and long-term health issues. This contributes to a healthier and more productive workforce.

4. Reduced Absenteeism and Costs

Manual handling injuries often lead to absenteeism and increased costs for businesses, including medical expenses and compensation claims. Proper training mitigates these risks and minimizes disruption to operations.

5. Promoting a Safety Culture

Providing manual handling training fosters a culture of safety in the workplace. It demonstrates the employer’s commitment to employee health and safety, boosting morale and trust.

6. Enhanced Efficiency

When employees know how to handle loads correctly, tasks are performed more efficiently, reducing the time and effort required.

7. Custom Training for Specific Roles

Manual handling training can be tailored to suit the specific demands of a job or industry, ensuring employees are prepared for their unique challenges.

In summary, manual handling training is essential in Ireland to meet legal obligations, protect workers from injury, and promote a safe and efficient workplace environment.

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On completion of this Course, You will be able to:

  • Manual handling legislation
  • Conducting a manual handling risk assessment
  • Recognising a load which is too heavy or awkward
  • Understand the limitations of the spine and muscular system
  • Lift and handling loads safely
  • Dangers of careless and unskilled methods
  • Principles of levers and laws of motion
  • Anatomy of the spine and muscular system
  • How the body is harmed through incorrect manual handling techniques
  • Importance of physical fitness
  • Personal protective equipment
  • Lifting aides

This Manual Handling Training Course also requires your direct help in safe manual handling of loads. This includes:

  • Lifting to and from ground level
  • Lifting to and from a height
  • Pushing
  • Pulling
  • Lifting bags/sacks or other loads appropriate to the workplace

Lifting techniques will then be made specific to your work activities using real-life situations, in your working environment, if possible.

Maximum Participants per Course: 12 
Minimum participants per course: 8

Who Should Attend This Manual Handling Training Course: All individuals whose work involves manual handling actions, for example, transportation and/or bearing of loads that includes frequent bending, lifting and putting down, as well as pushing, pulling and carrying, along with moving of heavy and awkward loads, where those actions could lead to the possibility of back injury or other injuries.

Assessment: Once you have successfully completed this programme, you will be required to participate in a practical lifting session and take a written true or false test in relation to manual handling.

Validity Period of issued Certification & Refresher Training: 3 years.

It is recommended that you get refresher training close to this end date. Once you have completed the course on the day, a  Guardian Safety Training Attendance Certificate will be handed to you.

Further Information: DVD and laptop/projector presentation are used. Notes on safe Manual Handling are provided for each participant.

Special Instructions For This Manual Handling Training Course:

  • Participants must be physically able to partake in the lifting practical.
  • If participants are not able to lift for physical or medical reasons, they can partake in the theory and a relevant certificate will be issued.
  • Learners must be fluent in English.