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Moving and Handling Patients

Course Brief

This course has been designed especially for workers within the Care Industry as a mandatory training element, Rose Health and Safety working as an Associate to UK-Safety are an approved Training Provider of this very informative course and use only OCR-Oxford and Cambridge and RSA Examinations Accredited Assessors.

Course Aims

The lesson aims are to raise awareness with regards to the correct Moving and Handling techniques and to facilitate sate working procedures within the working environment to reduce the risk of injury to the carer, client and others.

Course Objectives

At the end of the session the learners will be able to:

  • Identify their legal responsibilities with regards to Moving and Handling of (people).
  • Understand the requirement for maintaining a good posture
  • Demonstrate effective and safe Moving and Handling techniques
  • Explain the importance of Risk Assessment and its relationship with moving and handling.
  • Identify unsafe systems of work and unsafe techniques
  • State the functions of the spine
  • Use moving and handling equipment correctly

£45 per person (minimum group of 10)

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