Manual Handling & Working at Heights | for €100
Manual Handling
Course Details
To comply with current Health and Safety legislation, staff engaged in manual handling must be given training in safe manual handling techniques. This training will show your staff how to carry out manual handling tasks correctly and therefore avoid back injuries. By training your staff how to conduct manual handling safely you are complying with your legal requirements.
Certification & Assessment
Operatives who successfully complete the course will be Certified in Manual Handling. It is valid for 3 years
Who should attend?
All staff engaged in manual handling activities during their working day.
Course Objectives
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Lift and handle loads safely
- Recognise a load which is too heavy or awkward
Course Programme
Course covers the following:
- Dangers of careless and unskilled methods
- Principles of levers and laws of motion
- Anatomy of the spine and muscular system
- How the body is harmed through incorrect handling techniques
- How to handle loads safely
- Lifting to and from ground level
- Lifting to and from a height
- Pushing & Pulling
- Lifting (bags, sacks, barrels, where appropriate)
- Other organisation specific lifting tasks
- Competence testing
Working at Heights
Course Details
The Working at Heights course is specifically designed to prevent falls in the workplace and ensure the safety of individuals working in areas such as roof works, scaffolding, ladders and more.
Certification & Assessment
Operatives who successfully complete the course will be Certified in Working at Height Instruction and PPE Inspection. It is valid for 2 years
Who should attend?
This Working At Height Training Course is designed for those whose work includes Working At Height as part of their duties, particularly anyone who regularly needs to wear a harness for fall arrest.
Course Objectives
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Fully understand the principles of fall arrest and work restraint.
- Be capable of fitting a working at height helmet and fall arrest harness.
- Be capable in the usage of basic fall arrest and restraint system.
Course Programme
Course covers the following:
- Legislation & Regulations around working at height.
- Fall restraint.
- Fall arrest.
- Working at height hazard management.
- Inspection of harnesses/lanyards/anchorage.
- Selection and fitting of a harness.
- Safe use of ladders.
- Fall Dynamics.
- Selecting fall arrest for working with MEWP’s
- Logging & maintenance of working at height equipment.
