The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended) (MHOR) and other Regulations such as the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSWR) require:. Avoiding the need for manual handling of loads wherepossible. Assessing the risk where manual handling cannot be avoided.
Is there a guide to help employers with manual handling assessments? The manual handling assessment charts (the MAC tool) was developed to help the user identify high risk workplace manual handling activities and can be used to assess the risks posed by lifting, carrying and team manual handling activities. Manual handling assessment charts (the MAC tool) This is a web-friendly version of leaflet INDG383(rev3), published 11/18 Introduction Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), including manual handling injuries, are the most common type of occupational ill health in the UK. It is important to remember that.
The MAC tool was developed to help the user identify high-risk workplace manual handling activities and can be used to assess the risks posed by lifting, carrying and team manual handling activities. It is designed to help you understand, interpret and categorise the level of risk of the various. Manual handling is where you use your body to lift, move or support a load. If it is carried out incorrectly or repetitively then you can be exposed to injury. This Principles of Manual Handling course is intended as an introduction to moving and handling activities for those starting work, returning to work or who.
29 August 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmFree
This Manual Handling training will be presented by Robin Townsend.
Robin is a physiotherapist with post-graduate qualifications in gerontology and workplace training who works as a consultant physiotherapist and manual handling trainer in both the residential and community aged care sectors.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Bookings: Must be made prior to the workshop online. (Please note no telephone bookings will be accepted.)
Course cancellations: Multicultural Aged Care reserves the right to cancel events if sufficient numbers are not achieved. In the case of a cancellation by Multicultural Aged Care all registration fees will be refunded in full.
Registration transfer or cancellation:Notification of cancellation or transfer of registration must be provided in writing either by fax 8352 1266 or email [email protected]. No refund is available for any cancellations/transfers received 48 hours or less prior to the start date or for non-attendance. A substitute delegate or a credit transfer is welcome. Please notify Multicultural Aged Care in writing of any substitution or credit transfer as soon as possible.
DISCLAIMER:The advice and views of speakers and the content of presentations are entirely and exclusively the views of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Multicultural Aged Care Inc. Multicultural Aged Care Inc. disclaims all liability in relation to actions taken in response to information presented by speakers.
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