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Join our manual handling course to learn safe lifting techniques, preventing injuries and boosting productivity. Empower yourself and your team today!
Our Manual Handling course helps participants develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to move and handle loads safely within the workplace. Rather than simply teaching lifting techniques, the course focuses on understanding why injuries occur, how to assess risks and how safer working practices can prevent musculoskeletal disorders.
By encouraging employees to think before they lift, organisations can reduce workplace injuries, minimise lost working days and promote a healthier, safer working environment.
This course is ideal for employers, managers and team leaders looking to reduce manual handling injuries and improve workplace safety.
It is suitable for organisations where employees lift, carry, push, pull or move objects as part of their role, including manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, healthcare, construction, retail, hospitality, education and office environments.
The course can also be tailored to reflect the specific manual handling tasks carried out within your organisation, making the training practical and directly relevant to the workplace.
Our Manual Handling course combines instructor-led presentations with practical demonstrations, interactive exercises and realistic workplace scenarios.
Participants learn how to assess manual handling tasks, identify hazards and apply safe handling techniques before practising these skills using equipment and loads similar to those found in their own workplace. Discussions throughout the course encourage learners to consider alternative methods of working, reducing unnecessary lifting wherever possible.
Training is practical, engaging and designed to give participants the confidence to apply safer manual handling techniques immediately on their return to work.
Participants are assessed continuously throughout the course through practical exercises, workplace scenarios, instructor observation and group discussion.
Where appropriate, learners will also complete short quizzes and knowledge checks to reinforce understanding and confirm learning.
Assessment is carried out by a qualified Skills Shop instructor who holds recognised teaching and assessing qualifications together with relevant occupational competence and practical experience. This dynamic approach ensures participants can demonstrate both their understanding and practical ability in a supportive learning environment.
Successful participants will receive a Skills Shop Manual Handling certificate. We recommend refresher training every three years, or sooner where workplace activities, equipment or risks change significantly.
Skills Shop certificates are issued in-house rather than through an external awarding organisation. This enables us to invest in experienced instructors, practical workplace training and high-quality learning resources rather than annual accreditation fees.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require employers to avoid hazardous manual handling where reasonably practicable, assess unavoidable manual handling activities and reduce the risk of injury. Providing appropriate training forms an important part of helping employees work safely and confidently.
Our team is here to help you choose the right course.
Choose a suitable date through our online diary. It is completely risk free while we prepare your quotation.
Your preferred date is held while you review the quotation. Training is only secured once the quotation has been electronically signed.
Yes. We can deliver the training at a suitable workplace venue in Wallasey and nearby areas.
Tell us your group size and we will recommend the most practical arrangement for your team.
Dates depend on availability, but training can often be arranged within a few weeks. We will always try to help with urgent requests.
We provide practical, engaging training delivered by experienced instructors. Our straightforward, no-pressure booking process means you only commit when you are ready.
