Manual Handling Awareness
Nova Training - Manual Handling Awareness introduces learners to the risks associated with manual handling and the practical principles used to reduce injury. The course covers UK legal duties, the avoid-assess-reduce hierarchy, TILE/TILEO risk factors, mechanical aids, planning, lifting and carrying principles, pushing and pulling, team handling, repetitive work and when to stop and report unsafe conditions.
Approx. 60-90 minutes
Online, at your own pace
12 modules
Each with a knowledge check
20-question test
Pass mark 16/20, retakes allowed
Digital certificate
With online verification
Suitable for employees across construction, engineering, warehousing, manufacturing, facilities, delivery and general workplaces.
Online awareness training | Approx. 60-90 minutes | 20-question assessment | 80% pass mark | Digital certificate on successful completion.
What you'll cover
- 01
What Is Manual Handling?
- 02
Why Manual Handling Matters
- 03
Legal Duties - Avoid, Assess, Reduce
- 04
TILE/TILEO - Spotting the Risk Factors
- 05
Avoiding and Reducing Manual Handling
- 06
Planning the Lift or Move
- 07
Key Principles of Safer Handling
- 08
Carrying, Pushing and Pulling
- 09
Team Handling
- 10
Repetition, Fatigue and Work Organisation
- 11
When to Stop and Report
- 12
Course Review
Who it's for: construction, engineering, warehousing, manufacturing, facilities, offices, delivery and other workers who undertake or encounter manual handling.
This is an online awareness certificate. It does not prove practical competence for every manual-handling task.
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