CoLa Training Services
Manual Handling Training in Boston, Lincolnshire
At CoLa Training Services, we provide comprehensive, high-quality training courses designed to promote safety, wellbeing, and best practice in the workplace.
Our manual handling courses provide participants with the essential knowledge, skills, and practical guidance needed to handle loads safely and effectively. By completing our training, you can take a proactive approach to reducing the risk of injury and protecting your health and wellbeing at work.
With CoLa Training Services, you can be confident that you are receiving professional, practical training designed to help you work safely and responsibly.
Who is this for?
Our Manual Handling course is suitable for anyone whose role involves lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or moving objects as part of their work.
The course is ideal for employees and employers across a wide range of industries, including warehouse and logistics, manufacturing, construction, retail, healthcare, hospitality and transport. It is also suitable for drivers and other staff who regularly handle goods or equipment as part of their role.
Whether you are looking to provide initial training for new employees, refresh existing knowledge or help your team develop safer working practices, this course provides practical guidance that can be applied in the workplace.
Course Content
The course provides learners with a clear understanding of the risks associated with manual handling and how these risks can be reduced.
Topics covered include:
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The risks and potential injuries associated with manual handling
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Understanding the principles of safe lifting and carrying
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Assessing manual handling tasks and identifying hazards
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Correct lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling techniques
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How to reduce the risk of injury through good planning and safe working practices
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Understanding the importance of posture, balance and positioning
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Using mechanical aids and other equipment where appropriate
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Individual responsibilities for maintaining a safe working environment
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Practical examples and techniques that can be applied to everyday workplace activities
The aim is to give learners the knowledge and confidence to recognise manual handling risks and carry out tasks as safely as possible, helping to reduce the likelihood of workplace injuries.
Courses Available
Manual Handling Awareness
Ensure your team have the knowledge to allow them to manoeuvre loads manually with ease.
This short 3 1/2 hour course gives your team the know-how and skills to stay safe whilst handling all kinds of loads.
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Covering the legal requirements, rules and regulations, injury mechanisms and statistics, and the correct techniques to move loads using their own bodily force.
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By the end of the course your team will be able to:
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State the principles of safe lifting to minimise risk of injury
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Be aware of parts of your body that are at risk of injury due to poor handling techniques and understand common injuries and how they occur
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Better recognise the you handle of manual handling and how to help reduce them in your workplace.
Manual Handling with Problem Solving
A more practical approach to manual handling is incorporated in this short day course.
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It includes all the information in the Manual Handling Awareness course, with additional elements in relation to the practical side of manual handling.
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By the end of the course your team will be able to:
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State the principles of correct lifting technique to minimise risk of injuries
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List the parts of your body that are at risk of injury due to poor handling techniques and understand muscle and disc injuries and how they occur
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Lift carry and lower loads within your ‘personal capacity’ in such a way as to minimise the risk of injury and the efforts required
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Observe improvement in your manual handling skills.
GET A QUOTE
If you are unsure which course to choose, please tell us about your current qualifications, and we will advise you on the course that best meets your needs. Alternatively, let us know which course you are interested in, and we will be happy to assist