LEARNING OUTCOMES

* Demonstrate an awareness of the risks associated with moving people, and where a risk assessment is needed
* Understand how crucial planning is when lifting someone
* Learn how moving and handling people can affect you and your posture if done incorrectly

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This Moving and Handling People course is designed to help you identify and understand the risks of moving patients or elderly residents, as well as teaching you the best ways to move people safely.
Poor moving and handling technique accounts for around 7000 injuries reported within the health services and social care each year, so having the correct training is critical to ensure nurses, carers and staff exercise best practice and carry out their work safely.
This programme will help you to recognise where lifting and moving could be hazardous and shows you the correct steps to lift and move safely. It looks at the person you are helping and what you can do to make sure you've thought of everything before you lift or move them. This kind of health and safety training for moving people ultimately aims to reduce the chance of injury when moving people in your care.
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CERTIFICATE

DOWNLOAD AND PRINT
Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Moving and Handling People Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.

What does my certificate include?

Your Moving and Handling People Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.

Why is this training important?

It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
Lifting people at work falls under three key sets of Health and Safety regulations:

• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992
• The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

What are The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992?The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 define manual handling as, "any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or bodily force"; with "load" including any person and any animal.