New Courses

This new qualification builds on the principles of manual handling by allowing learners to continue their learning from the theory of the risks and possible controls in manual handling onto applying the principles of safer manual handling in everyday tasks.

The qualification is designed for all employees and is delivered over one  full or two half days, the principles section is assessed by a 30 question multiple choice paper and the practices by ongoing practical assessments during the training session.

The training programme covers the following topics:

• manual handling hazards, risks and controls
• how manual handling operations can cause injury and harm
• the scope of legal requirements and where guidance can be found
• the process for assessing manual handling risks
• the value of risk assessment and how it applies to safe manual handling practice
• manual handling techniques – lifting loads from low levels/working at low levels/lowering from height/pushing loads/pulling loads/carrying/team handling

IOSH Working Safely

Working safely provides grounding in the essentials of health and safety and is suitable for employees at all levels in all industry sectors and is delivered over one day. Working safely meets the government's guidelines for introductory health and safety training and is a 100 per cent match to the Health and Safety Executive's 'passport' syllabus.

This high impact interactive training course is designed to get the candidates fully involved. It is delivered without the use of jargon and is based on what people need to know in practice.

The training programme covers the following topics

• Introducing working safely
• Defining hazard and risk
• Identifying common hazards
• Improving safety performance
• Protecting our environment.