Current manual handling instructors looking to upgrade their qualifications.

"• Review of manual handling course
• Manual handling risk assessment
• Lesson planning
• Demonstration and practice of manual handling move
Presentations
• Test
• Assessment of manual handling moves"

"• Upon completion of the Manual handling Instructor Refresher course, participants will be able to: • Explain the main components of relevant health and safety legislation
• Define the main components of the spinal column
• Explain the main risk factors for back injuries related to manual handling
• Describe the concepts of ergonomics
• Explain the manual handling risk assessment process
• Describe a range of controls to avoid and reduce the risk of injuries
• Apply the main principles of inanimate manual handling to a range of manual handling tasks
• Analyse the learners performance of manual handling techniques
• Develop inanimate manual handling training programmes
• Deliver effective manual handling training programmes
• Demonstrate understanding of adult learning principles
• Give effective instruction in practical manual handling techniques"