Qualification code
MHTT
Manual Handling Training
Manual Handling Train the Trainers
A practical two-day Manual Handling Train the Trainer course developing the knowledge, handling skills and training techniques needed to deliver effective in-house manual handling training.
Family-run since 2005
Personal, friendly service
ISO 9001 certified
Course design, delivery & certification
UK-wide workplace delivery
In-house training across the UK
Regulated, recognised & bespoke
Qualifications, programmes & GST courses
- Certification
- Good Skills Training
- Maximum learners
- Up to 8 per tutor
About the training
Course Overview
Our Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course is a practical two-day programme for people who will be responsible for delivering manual handling training within their organisation.
Being able to lift something correctly isn't the same as being able to teach somebody else why a task creates risk, how that risk should be reduced and how safer handling techniques can be applied in the real workplace. This course develops both sides of that role.
Learners first develop and demonstrate their own manual handling knowledge and practical competence. We cover relevant health and safety responsibilities, the Manual Handling Operations Regulations, manual handling risk reduction, task assessment and safer handling techniques.
We then move into the trainer-development element. Learners explore how people learn, different training methods, how to plan and structure a session and how to explain and demonstrate practical manual handling skills effectively.
The second day gives learners the opportunity to prepare and deliver practical training sessions themselves, putting the techniques into practice and receiving feedback on their delivery.
This isn't simply a manual handling course with a Train the Trainer certificate added at the end. The aim is to develop people who understand the subject, can demonstrate it competently and can make their own workplace training practical, interactive and relevant.
Who should attend?
Who is this course for?
- Employees who will deliver manual handling training within their own organisation.
- Health and safety representatives responsible for workplace manual handling training.
- Supervisors and managers who need to train staff in safer manual handling practices.
- Existing workplace trainers who want to add manual handling to the subjects they deliver.
- Health and safety professionals who want to develop their practical manual handling training skills.
- Organisations that want to develop competent in-house manual handling trainers.
Course content
What will you learn?
- What manual handling is and the types of activities it includes.
- Relevant health and safety legislation and responsibilities.
- Employer and employee responsibilities for manual handling.
- The principles of avoiding and reducing manual handling risk.
- Manual handling hazards and common workplace injuries.
- Musculoskeletal injuries and repetitive strain injury (RSI).
- Assessing manual handling activities using Load, Individual, Task and Environment (LITE).
- Identifying appropriate control measures.
- Using mechanical aids and handling equipment where appropriate.
- Planning a manual handling activity before moving a load.
- Safer lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling techniques.
- Maintaining a stable position and controlling the load.
- Keeping loads close to the body and avoiding unnecessary twisting.
- Team handling and communication.
- Practical manual handling exercises.
- Understanding how people learn.
- Selecting appropriate training and teaching methods.
- Planning and structuring a manual handling training session.
- Explaining and demonstrating practical techniques effectively.
- Checking learner understanding and practical performance.
- Providing constructive feedback.
- Preparing and delivering a practical training session.
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The details
Course Information
The practical details you may need before arranging or booking this course.
Maximum learners
Maximum learner-to-tutor ratio: 8:1.
Prerequisites
There are no formal qualification prerequisites for attending the Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course.
However, this is a practical trainer-development course. Learners should have sufficient workplace experience, knowledge and confidence to take on an internal training role within their organisation.
Learners will be required to demonstrate practical manual handling techniques and take an active role in practical exercises and training activities during the course.
The course involves lifting, lowering and moving loads. Learners should tell us before the course about any disability, medical condition or additional support requirement that may affect their participation so that suitable support or reasonable adjustments can be considered.
If somebody requires a broader recognised teaching qualification, our QNUK Level 3 Award in Education and Training provides more comprehensive development in planning, delivering and assessing learning.
Course duration
The Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course is delivered face-to-face over 2 days, 09:30 – 16:30.
This is an active course and learners should expect to spend a significant proportion of the programme taking part in practical exercises, demonstrations, discussion and training activities.
Assessment
The Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course is an assessed course. Learners must demonstrate the required knowledge and practical manual handling competence before certification.
Knowledge is assessed through a 15-question written assessment paper. Learners have 20 minutes to complete the assessment and must achieve at least 10 out of 15 to pass.
Learners are also practically assessed on their manual handling technique. The assessment considers the full handling process, including planning the task, positioning, controlling the load, maintaining an appropriate grip, moving the load smoothly and putting it down safely.
Learners also take part in the trainer-development activities and practical training sessions included within the programme, giving them the opportunity to demonstrate how they communicate and demonstrate manual handling techniques to others.
All required assessment elements must be successfully completed before the Good Skills Training Manual Handling Train the Trainer certificate can be issued.
Certification
Learners who successfully complete the course and assessment receive a Good Skills Training Manual Handling Train the Trainer certificate.
The certificate is valid for 3 years.
Good Skills Training is ISO 9001 certified for the delivery of training and consultancy services, including course certification.
Requalification
There is no fixed expiry for this GST course unless stated in the booking confirmation. Employers should schedule refresher training when procedures, risks or guidance change, or where practice shows it is needed.
Customer feedback
What learners say about this training
Feedback from people who have experienced this training with Good Skills Training.
Helen was a very good trainer and kept the staff engaged throughout the 2 days of the course.
It had a really straightforward structure and it was engaging. The trainer was direct and experienced. Thank you so much for a lovely course 😃
phill was grate at giving the training everything was clear and all questions answered that was needed.
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