WORKSAFE Courses
The WorkSafe Manual Handling Instructor Course provides trainers with teaching resources to deliver the half day Manual Handling Awareness qualification.
The course complies with the Health & Safety Executive Guidelines for Manual Handling at Work. The course does not cover people handling principles.
Please note, to enrol for this course you must hold a nationally recognised teaching qualification at level 3 or above and a current manual handling awareness certificate.
Enrolment on the online course will be processed once our quality control team has reviewed and approved your qualifications.
Our online course will show how to identify risk and implement control measures, with practical guides to the principles of safer handling. With our online training modules you can work through the course content at your own pace. This flexible course will ensure that you are equipped to deliver Manual Handling Awareness courses in your workplace.
Manual Handling Instructor Online
Please note that WorkSafe operates in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), which falls within the jurisdiction of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). WorkSafe does not operate in Northern Ireland, where health and safety is regulated separately by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI).
Subject areas covered:
Requirements for manual handling objects in the workplace
The musculoskeletal system
Reducing risk and implementing control measures
Practical guides to complete safer manual handling tasks
Manual handling equipment
Risk assessment
Teaching Resources
Assessment materials & Course administration
Assessment is comprised of:
Online summative assessment
Completion of a risk assessment exercise
To take the WorkSafe Manual Handling Instructor Course you must already hold:
A Level 3 or above teaching qualification
Manual Handling Awareness certificate
WorkSafe deliver the Level 3 Award in Education and Training if you need to gain this qualification.
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You will receive a comprehensive WorkSafe teaching resources containing materials for each training programme which includes:
Detailed, easy to follow lesson plans with clear learning objectives and timescales for every session.
Interactive, multimedia presentations.
Practical and theoretical assessment materials.
Course administration materials.
Additionally, all WorkSafe instructors have access to the online WorkSafe Instructor Portal which enables easy course notifications, student registration, ordering of course materials and general administration support.
Following attendance on one of our instructor courses you will be able to register your organisation or company as a WorkSafe Training Provider.
Register your course via our online portal and purchase your student training packs.
Training packs are a single use product which ensure every WorkSafe student receives reference and assessment materials with post course certification. See our student training packs on our online shop.
WorkSafe Manual Handling instructors are required to refresh their own manual handling awareness certificate to ensure of compliance with current guidelines. WorkSafe offer an online renewal course as a convenient way to keep up to date with industry best practice.
To maintain instructor approval you will need to:
WorkSafe operate an ongoing quality assurance system to ensure trainers and organisations can meet the ‘Due Diligence’ checks required by the Health and Safety Executive.
Worksafe quality control training through standardised student materials, fast turnaround of student certification and ongoing instructor verification to ensure subject compliance.
