TQUK Level 3 Award for Manual Handling Trainers (RQF)

This course develops learners’ knowledge and understanding of the principles and process of safe manual handling and risk assessment. It also develops learners’ knowledge, confidence and skills equipping them with a range of participative techniques so that they can prepare, deliver and evaluate a training session.

It’s an intensive course, designed to be delivered over three days. It is ideal for those who train others in organisations. It also introduces delegates to the hazards of manual handling, the risks involved and what to expect from a manual handling assessment.

Upon completion of this course, delegates will:

• Be able to deliver a training session
• Be able to evaluate training sessions
• Be able to produce a plan for a training session
• Understand how manual handling risk assessments contribute to improving health and safety
• Understand the principles, types of equipment, and testing requirements associated with manual handling safety
• Understand the reasons for safe manual handling

This course covers the following topics:

• Regulations affecting Manual Handling
• Lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations (LOLER)
• The risks and hazards of handling objects poorly
• Assessment of manual handling tasks
• Manual handling controls
• Anatomy of the spine
• Causation and prevention of common injuries
• Manual handling techniques
• Assessing individual capability
• Principles of safer manual handling
• P.P.E. and Equipment
• Team lifting
• Icebreakers
• Setting Ground Rules
• A systematic approach to training
• Identifying Needs
• Planning and preparation
• Recourse design and creation
• Delivery
• Assessments of learning
• Evaluation
• Assessment
• Assessment and Control options
• Gaining and maintaining attention
• Manual Handling Injuries and the Activities which cause them Motivation
• Process of Manual Handling in the Workplace
• Responsibilities imposed by the Manual Handling Regulations
• Setting ground rules
• The learning environment
• Training resources
• Use of icebreakers

The total qualification time for this qualification is 20 hours. The number of guided learning hours for this qualification is 18.

The qualification is assessed by internally set and marked assessments subject to external quality assurance. Where indicated in the unit specifications, the assessment must meet the requirements of the identified assessment strategy/principles. The assessment must include a multiple-choice quiz and a minimum of 15-minute microteach within a training session. All learning outcomes and assessments must be met to achieve a pass.