This manual handling course gives risk management and compliance teams a way to train staff on safe lifting and load-handling techniques. Cover risk assessment using task, individual, load, and environment factors, apply techniques like the power lift, and eliminate hazards before they cause injury. Enroll your team to build habits that hold up under audit.
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The full course includes
- Introduction
- Assessing Risks
- Lifting Techniques
- Risk Elimination & Back Protection
- On-site Practical Assessment
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Mitti (by SafetyCulture) is the operations system for every site, shift and standard. Trusted by 80,000 organizations in 190 countries, Mitti publishes free checklists, SOP templates, audit checklists and toolbox talk topics that turn paper processes into a digital audit trail. Download one, put it to work on your next inspection or shift, and see why teams keep coming back for more.
Frequently Asked Questions
When manual handling training gets skipped, injuries and downtime follow
Manual handling remains one of the most common causes of workplace injury across industries, and most of it traces back to habits nobody corrected.
Staff lift with their back instead of their legs, since nobody's shown them the alternative.
Loads get carried without a task, individual, load, or environment check beforehand.
New starters copy whatever technique they see on the floor, good or bad.
Training happens once, without a scheduled refresher tied to role or risk changes.
Train your team on risk assessment and technique in one course
Risk management teams need a consistent way to teach safe manual handling that holds up as evidence, not just awareness. This manual handling course walks staff through risk factors and physical technique in sequence.
Learn the task, individual, load, and environment method for assessing risk before lifting.
Practice the power lift, half-kneeling position, tripod lift, and golfer's lift.
Complete an on-site practical assessment that documents staff competency, not just attendance.
Finish with a training record that supports your compliance file
When every team member completes the same course and practical assessment, you have a documented, consistent training record instead of a verbal assurance. Repeat incidents and near misses become clear triggers for a refresher, not surprises.
Enroll your team in this manual handling course and build a training record that holds up under review.