Manual Handling

Manual handling includes any activity that involves lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing or pulling items. Most people take part in some form of manual handling in their day-to-day jobs. Some jobs involve participating in some form of manual handling for the entire shift.

Manual handling incurs risk when items are too heavy for the employee or are required to be carried for long periods of time. Any twisting, bending, or stretching activity can cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and damage muscles and joints.

It is estimated that MSDs account for over a third of work-related sick leave. However, with proper safe manual handling courses and training, organisations can reduce the risk of injury and work-related sick leave.

Without safe manual handling courses, manual handling could put workers at the risk of injury, and this could have serious implications for employers. Our manual handling eLearning training involves protecting workers from harm and introduces employees to the risks involved in handling heavy objects at work and how to reduce these. Our superior safe manual handling courses also educate employers and employees on the early-reporting processes for any injuries obtained whilst undertaking manual handling at work.

There is no law on the frequency that manual handling eLearning training should be repeated. However, we believe that health & safety training should be refreshed and reinforced in organisations. With our LMS system, Astute, we take a ‘blended learning’ approach and curate our courses with a variety of learning methods to encourage employee retention and engagement to make revisiting health & safety learning an exciting task. Our safe manual handling courses involve interactive and immersive eLearning (combined with more traditional eLearning courses), microlearning (these are short, very content-rich courses), poster campaigns, email tips, and surveys.