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Statutory and mandatory training · All health and social care staff

Moving and handling people safely

The module that decides whether you still have a working back in fifteen years.

  • 2modules
  • 2.5CPD hours
  • 95guided minutes
  • Freealways

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About this course

Musculoskeletal disorders are the largest single cause of sickness absence in health and social care, and the majority of them are preventable. This is not a paperwork module. It is the one that determines whether you can still do this job at fifty.

It covers the legal framework, the risk assessment approach, the equipment, and the situations where things actually go wrong: the fallen person, the single handed hoist, the person who grabs your neck, and the shift where there is nobody to help you.

Practical competence with hoists, slings and stand aids must be assessed in person by a trained assessor. This course teaches the knowledge and the decision making. It does not and cannot certify your technique.

What you will be able to do

  • Explain the legal duties under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
  • Apply the avoid, assess, reduce hierarchy to a real handling task
  • Identify unsafe practice and refuse it correctly
  • Manage a fallen person and a single handed situation safely

Modules

  1. 1 The law, the hierarchy and the decisions that matter 50 min study · 4 min script · 4 question knowledge check
  2. 2 Equipment, slings and the person on the floor 45 min study · 3 min script · 4 question knowledge check

Assessment and certificate

Knowledge check at 80 per cent with unlimited attempts.

A free digital certificate showing 1.5 CPD hours with a verification code. It evidences knowledge. Practical technique must be separately assessed by a trained assessor in your workplace.

Questions

Can I be certified competent in hoisting from an online course?

No. Technique with hoists, slings and stand aids must be observed and assessed in person. Any provider issuing a practical competence certificate online is issuing something no employer should accept.

Am I allowed to refuse an unsafe transfer?

Yes. Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 places duties on you, and refusing unsafe work is lawful. Report the reason, so the staffing or equipment problem behind it gets recorded and fixed.

Should I lift a fallen person up?

Not manually if a hoist is indicated. Assess for injury first, do not move anyone with suspected spinal injury or fracture, keep them warm, and use the appropriate equipment, which in most services means a specialist lifting cushion or a hoist.