Principles of Manual Handling

Principles of Manual Handling

Save your back by learning correct manual handling techniques in this Ofqual regulated course!

By Pochat Training

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Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:00 - 13:00 GMT+1

Location

Pochat Training

Devonshire House Station Road Brimington S43 1JU United Kingdom

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About this event

498,000 people people suffered from musculoskeletal disorders due to work related activities in 2018/2019

Of those, 138,000 were from people who had not suffered this before

6.9 million working days, or 26,436 working years, were lost due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders that year

On average, each of those people had to take 16 days off work, with many never fully recovering from those injuries

This course is there to help people avoid getting injured in the first place, saving both human suffering and cost to the employer and employee both


Course Contents

  • Common manual handling injuries
  • Manual handling laws
  • Responsibilities of employers and employees
  • Manual handling risk assessments
  • Safe movement principles associated with manual handling, including the body’s:
  • Recognising a range of mental health conditions:
  • - Musculoskeletal system
  • - Centre of gravity
  • - Lever system
  • Manual handling equipment:
  • - Types of manual handling aids and equipment
  • - Maintenance and requirements for testing
  • Theory of safe manual handling principles, including:
  • - Preparing for a lift
  • - Solo lifting, carrying and lowering an object
  • - Team manual handling


Organised by

Pochat Training

We run fun, engaging, accredited courses in First Aid, Mental Health and Wellbeing, citizenAid, Food Safety and Nutrition, Fire Safety, Health and Safety, Manual Handling, Social Care, Education and Digital, Functional and Computer Skills.

What makes our training courses fun and engaging? Just have a look at a few of the things we use to make it so.

What would you prefer?

• A boring list - or a mystery to solve❔ • To be asked questions - or play a game of Snakes and Ladders❔• Be told the answer - or suss it out for yourself❔• Simply being told something - or find out the criteria for yourself❔• Looking at a picture on PowerPoint - or hold a relevant object in your hand❔• Going through a PowerPoint list - or have fun with flags❔• Work with a dressed manikin - or a naked doll (maybe not answer this one )

We have a wide variety of courses on offer, and are always happy to run private courses and to create bespoke ones as well!