Moving and Handling of People
This training programme is designed to provide students with the essential knowledge and understanding of the safe process of moving people to prevent injury to themselves and the person being moved, whilst also covering the legal requirements regarding the handling of people.
The syllabus includes:
- Health and Safety at Work 1974
- Manual Handling Regulations 1999
- Duty of care
- Moving and handling assessments
- Basic principles of safer handling
- Company handling policy
- Anatomy
- Unsafe moves
- Practical
- Working with equipment
- Moving and transferring
This course is presented by means of tutorials, practical exercises and group discussions.
Assessment:
The course is delivered in 3 hours and Candidates must demonstrate a willingness to learn along with interaction of group activities.
Cost:
Our training courses are competitively priced and we guarantee to beat any equivalent training quote.
SPECIAL OFFER- If two, three hour care sector courses are run on the same day at the same venue then the cost is £500+VAT (Usually £325+VAT per course) These could be two of the same courses or a combination of two different ones.
Important information
The training venue should be quiet and undisturbed.
Staff should not be expected to be on duty
Staff attending should remain for the entire length of the session