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Manual Handling Instructor & Assessor training course

Course duration: three days

Trained and knowledgeable manual handling instructors / assessors are an essential element in any organisation's strategy to reduce handling injuries at work.

The oasys Manual Handling Instructors and Assessors course gives practical guidance on the implementation of the Manual Handling (Operations) Regulations, straightforward information on workplace / task assessment and design and coaching in training techniques relevant to this important area.

The course is of three days duration, concluding with a written examination and a presentation / demonstration of "Base Movement" by the delegate.

The training encompasses lifting and handling within a framework of safe or safer movement patterns and focuses upon a technique known as base movement.

The techniques used are founded in kinetics and follow the guidance offered by Professors Stephen Pheasant & David Stubbs, professors of Ergonomics with the Robens Institute at the University of Surrey.

The course is suitable for those people who are identified as in-house trainers or peer group leaders. It is anticipated that these people will be able to directly influence others and therefore one of the basic prerequisites are good communication skills, both verbal and written.

Delegates would be expected to undertake and be successful at a written examination, which tests the delegates underpinning knowledge and also deliver a 15-minute training session on a manual handling topic.

Course outline

• Strengths and Weaknesses of the Human Frame

• Nature and Cause of Injuries and Basic Ergonomic Principles

• Key Factors in Good Movement

• Mechanical Handling

• Methods of Instruction

• Training Techniques

• Workplace Design

• Risk Assessments

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to design, implement and evaluate short awareness sessions in manual handling issues and conduct manual handling risk assessments.

This course has been delivered across all industrial settings, including health care settings (movement of patient and inanimate objects).

Due to the practical nature of the Manual Handling Instructor & Assessor course, we prefer to restrict delegate numbers to a maximum of 12 for this particular course.

Course tutor

Dave Wilson - to give some background, prior to joining oasys Dave was employed as Team Leader with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). He is a member the Institute of International Risk & Safety Management (MIIRSM), the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health, & The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD) formerly known as The Institute of Training & Development. 

Dave was responsible for the original development and training of this particular course during his period with RoSPA. He is a past Chair of the West Midlands Back Exchange (a charitable group dedicated to the eradication of back pain through education) and has presented this package to clients as diverse as Formula One Management, UNISON, Warwickshire Police Authority, InBev UK, Cadbury Trebor Bassett, the University of Central England School of Radiography; Walsall Community Trust; Poole Community Trust; the NEC; Whitbread Food Logistics, Weymouth College, The Royal Albert Hall, Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, etc.