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Aims

Aims This Safer People Handling (Manual Handling) Train the Trainer & Risk Assessment Training course is a developmental course for those with responsibility for manual handling training or those who are risk assessing for manual handling. This course is an intense two day course that takes the candidate through a set format of theoretical and practical manual handling issues.

Course Content

Course Content

Module One: 
Principles legislation
Key responsibilities (poor practice)

Module Two: 
Functional anatomy of the spine
Risk assessment
Client, staff, equipment

Module Three: 
Hoisting and transfer aids
Safe practice
Duty of care

Module Four: 
Physical handling
Skin viability
Practical techniques day

Module Five:  
Practical technique's assessment
Practice

Module Six:  
Practical technique's assessment
Micro teach

Train the Trainer Element
•Responsibilities and Initial assessment 
•Session planning and design
•Teaching and learning approaches
•Record keeping
•The learning environment and resources
•Assessment & constructive feedback

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course each candidate will be able to:

•Be aware of responsibilities and role as a teacher
•Build a basic lesson plan and develop a session
•Gain insight into learning needs and teaching styles
•Highlight the key records that need keeping and why
•Highlight how to prepare the environment to aid learning
•Identify a range of assessment methods and appropriate feedback

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO COVID 19 WE HAVE TEMPORARILY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DAYS FOR THIS COURSE FROM THREE TO TWO. THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES ALLOWED TO ATTEND WHICH MEANS THE COURSE CAN CURRENTLY BE COMPLETED A DAY QUICKER.

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