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This course provides a basic understanding of Health & Safety at Work Legislation and awareness of Manual Handling issues.
Course content
- Risk assessment process
- Health and safety law and legislation
- Raising awareness of hazards
- Reporting requirements
- Safety signage
- Personal Protective Equipment
- COSHH
- Noise awareness
- Vehicle hazards
- Manual Handing assessment and causes of injury
- Role of spine and the leverage effect
- Kinetic handling
The course includes examples of reporting forms and practical lifting exercises.
Duration: 1 day
(Can be split into 2 half days if required, ie: Manual Handling element presented separately)
