Manual Handling Did you know... Many companies are currently carrying out training which is not deemed as fully competent by the HSE. Practical training alone is not enough to fully cover you from a legal point of view.You must have a research element that takes into account the HSE factors of
Avoid - have you got a system where you have looked at totally avoiding the load from a human perspective? Assess - have you looked at the loads you work with in depth and assessed them accordingly? Reduce - have you looked at substitution? Replacing a 60 kg road drill for a 25kg road drill that does the same job. Have you looked at mechanical handling aids? Have you looked at going back to the manufacturer to see if your current equipment can be better ergonomically designed? A Company was recently fined £150,000 with £70,000 costs for a manual handling accident that resulted in serious injury to one employee.
Legal
Under the Health and Safety At Work etc Act, as well as other regulations, not having any training at all or not knowing what a competent course consists of would be no excuse in a court of law. This course is nationally accredited which assists you in ensuring that your company is adhering to current legislation. This also helps to protect you if you are in a position of responsibility in regards to ensuring that your employees receive the correct type of bespoke training, in line with current guidelines.
DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUT! Your employees are your assets, train them to the standard that the law says you have to.
Course Description
Our Trademarked AZEA Solution system has been designed to ensure that your company is fully covered, where possible, to reduce manual handling accidents by •
Training all employees in bespoke manual handling, as required by law
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Training specific individuals to implement positive behavioural change out ‘on-site’
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Assessing equipment as required by law to see if you can substitute loads and equipment for safer versions
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To see if equipment can be better designed for the user
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Continually measuring and controlling related statistics to forcefully drive down manual handling injuries
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