Manual Handling UK – Training and Assessment Services

Manual Handling UK is an organisation that takes an ergonomics led approach to Manual Handling. Our chartered ergonomics consultants have an in-depth understanding about the human body, human behaviour and injury causation. We use this expert knowledge to reduce the risk of injury from Manual Lifting and Handling through training and assessments.

We believe that by empowering the workforce with the understanding of injury causation and behavioural improvements the risk levels of manual handling injuries can be lowered significantly.

Manual Handling is the transporting or supporting of a load using the body, this includes pushing and pulling.

Our Clients

Our Ergonomics consultants have conducted Manual Handling Assessments and Training for hundreds of organisations in UK and worldwide helping them to reduce the risk levels for associated injuries. A small selection of our clients are listed below:

✔ Kellogg’s

✔ SAICA

✔ Sevenoaks District Council

✔ Cummin’s Power Generation

✔ IKO

✔ IKEA

✔ Diageo

✔ Rural Retreats

✔ UK Power Networks

Our Services

Ergonomics and Manual Handling Assessments

Our ergonomists visit the site or place of work to observe the tasks being undertaken by a range of operatives. These assessments have been conducted for production lines, warehouses, laboratories, factory premises, offices, field work, outdoor work, refuse workers. We will collect objective data such as weights, frequency, dimensions, previous injuries etc. If pushing and pulling is involved we will collect force data for the pushing and pulling. Subjective data from operatives would also be collected. We will use validated methods appropriate for tasks being undertaken which may include:

✔ MAC – Manual Handling Assessment Charts tool from the HSE

✔ ART – Assessment of Repetitive Tasks tool from HSE

✔ RULA – Rapid Upper Limb Assessment tool

✔ REBA – Rapid Entire Body Assessment tool

✔ RAPP – Risk Assessment of Pushing and Pulling

✔ Expert Opinion

✔ Subjective feedback

We would provide a report with images of tasks, expert appraisal, risk assessment tool summary and recommendations for improvement. Our reports are easy to follow with a discussion with our ergonomics consultant included. The assessment can form a basis for an ergonomic change programme and can be used to tailor any manual handling training that you may require.

ELITE BACKS ©End User Manual Handling Training

We can take the headache and strain of resources away from you by running manual handling training for your organisation, this is an ergonomics approach to Manual Handling. Ideally our ELITE BACKS© course would be tailored for your organisation. The course would be delivered by a chartered ergonomics consultant covering lifting, handling, pushing, pulling, team handling and awkward postures. ELITE BACKS stands for:

ELITE (awareness of dangers)

E – Equipment, can any equipment be used?

L – Loads, weight of the load and other dangers

I – Individual, what is your behaviour like?

T – Tasks, is there a better way to do it?

E – Environment , what is like around you?

BACKS (taking action)

B – Back, maintain head above hips eliminate stooping and twisting

A – Arms, keep close to the body and use strong arm muscles

C – Coupling, Get a good grip on the load

K – Knees, use strong leg muscles by bending knees

S – Stance and Stability, Maintain a strong stance and use your feet

The course would last around 2 hours with theory in the classroom and practical in the working area. All the delegates would be given a plastic card summarising the ELITE BACKS © approach.

Train the Trainer Manual Handling Training

This will allow your organisation to develop in house expertise in delivering the ELITE BACKS © programme. Our chartered ergonomists would deliver the course over two days. The aim would be get the delegates to understand the theory behind ergonomics and manual handling and to be able to confidently deliver the session and plan practicals relevant to your organisation. The train the trainer session would cover:

✔ Ergonomics

✔ Posture

✔ The spine

✔ How the discs work

✔ Poor postures

✔ Bad handling techniques

✔ Good handling techniques

✔ ELITE BACKS

✔ Frequently asked questions

✔ How to deliver training effectively

✔ How to plan practicals

✔ Practical: present the training

✔ Practical: Present the practical

Our train the trainer programmed would leave the delegates with the skills and confidence to roll the ELITE BACKS© programme throughout your organisation. We can also help develop bespoke programmes to suit you specific requirements and have done this for many organisations previously.

Contact Us

We are based in the midlands with satellite offices in London.

We conduct work throughout the UK and internationally.

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