QQI (L6)Manual Handling Instructor - Course Details
Course intro:
This Manual Handling Instructor QQI Level 6 training course is designed to provide the learner with the knowledge, skills, and competence to effectively design and deliver manual handling instruction in the workplace.
Course content
- Introduction & Course Objectives
- Day 1 – Legal requirements and Manual Handling management
- Day 2 – Anatomy and back care
- Day 3 – Ergonomic principles and risk assessment
- Day 4 – Planning and design of manual handling training programmes & Delivery of manual handling training
- DAY 5 – Assessments – Written exam & Presentations
Assessment:
Learners must successfully complete a multiple-choice written assessment and demonstrate each of the practical lifts required to be certified in Manual Handling.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this 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 (T.I.L.E.O)
- To be able to carry out manual handling risk assessments
- 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 learner’s 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
Who is the course intended for:
This Manual Handling Instructor QQI Level 6 training programme is aimed at people who wish to become qualified manual handling instructors.
Entry requirements
There is no prerequisite to be completed prior to entry. However, a learner should be mature enough to comprehend the knowledge, skills and implications associated with Manual Handling and understand the responsibility of being a Manual Handling Instructor.
Refresher entry requirements
It is recommended to Refresh every 5 years.