Manual Handling Training Birkenhead
Manual handling Training Birkenhead delivered directly in your workplace – More than 25% of all accidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) each year are associated with manual handling resulting in hours of downtime for many companies! This course is delivered in your workplace anywhere in Birkenhead and the surrounding areas.
Additionally, The course will help employers comply with The Manual Handling Operations 1992 which state that employers are responsible for ensuring that staff who lift or move loads are properly trained.
More and more companies are prioritising proper manual handling techniques to prevent back and limb injuries.
Call us on 0151 515 0416 and ask to speak with one of our training Consultants for more details and costings. Competitively priced to meet your Training budget for 2024.
We are specialist trainers and consultants in the field of health and social care, retail and the Construction industry. We offer full bespoke training packages to meet your needs. All of our staff have many years experience in care homes, nursing homes, day centres, outreach teams, hospitals, hostels and construction sectors. Correct manual handling is one of the most common causes of injury at work. It causes work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) which account for over a third of all workplace injuries.
Manual handling injuries can happen anywhere people are at work – on farms and building sites, in factories, offices, warehouses, hospitals, banks, laboratories, and while making deliveries. Heavy manual labour, awkward postures, manual materials handling, and previous or existing injury are all risk factors in developing MSDs.
Helping you meet your Health and Safety Training requirements
We have delivered Manual handling training directly to many businesses in and around the Birkenhead area and each business has its own unique working environment. We have a good understanding of this and hence, we design each manual handling course specific and bespoke to your working environment.
Please select your manual handling training course from the links below for full course details:
Manual handling relates to the moving of items either by lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing or pulling. For guidance and free information on Manual Handling in the workplace please visit the Health and Safety Executive section on Manual Handling in the workplace.
Did you know we can come to your workplace to deliver the Manual Handling Training course!
Manual Handling Training Birkenhead – areas we have delivered training include:
- Wallasey
- Leasowe
- Rock Ferry
- Oxton
- Prenton
- Bebington
- Tarran Industrial Estate
- New Ferry
Manual Handling Training Birkenhead – Manual lifting training courses take place on employers premises. This causes less disruption of production. It also gives the most relevant practical demonstration for the trainees. We will be able to practice some of the manual handling techniques within the trainees normal working environment.
Manual handling injuries are part of a wider group of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The term ‘musculoskeletal disorders’ covers any injury, damage or disorder of the joints or other tissues in the upper/lower limbs or the back. For more information please visit the Health and Safety Executive website section for MSD – Manual handling.
For more information on Manual Handling training Birkenhead offered by Training Solutions North West and how we can help you find the right training courses for your business please email us or alternatively, call us on 0151 515 0416 and speak with one of our training Consultants.