Safe Moving & Handling - Bellstone Social Care Training & Consultancy

QA Level 2 Safe Moving & Handling (RQF)

The course consists of 1 Days training looking at Health and Safety at work Act 1974 and "Duty of Care". The Act makes it clear that everyone has a part to play in minimising injuries while at work and increasing standards preventing people coming to harm Employers, Employee's and other all have roles to play.

The following outcomes will be discussed during the day some of these will also include practical and written assessments.

Common manual handling injuries
Manual handling laws
Responsibilities of employers and employees
Risk assessments
Safe movement principles associated with manual handling
Musculoskeletal system
Centre of gravity
Lever system
Manual handling equipment:
Types of manual handling aids and equipment
Maintenance and requirements for testing
Manual handling practical sessions
Solo lifting, carrying and lowering an object
Team manual handling
Using equipment

1 Day Course = £70.00 Course times 09:30 > 16:30

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QA Level 2 Moving People safely (RQF)

Intended audience This qualification is ideal for people who work, or intend to work, in a role that involves assisting and moving people. It is suitable: • As an introduction to those starting work which involves moving people • For those returning to work where moving people is required • As safety refresher training

Structure
This qualification contains 2 mandatory units with a Total Qualification Time (TQT) of 14 hours. Full details of these units are in Appendix 1.
Learners must complete all assessments in both units successfully within the registration period to achieve the qualification. The maximum period to achieve this qualification, including any referrals is 6 weeks.
TQT is the total number of hours required for a Learner to achieve this qualification. It has 2 elements:
• Guided Learning Hours (GLH) is the time a Learner is being taught and assessed under the immediate guidance of a Trainer/Assessor, which for this qualification is 12 GLH (minimum), and • The number of hours a Learner will reasonably be likely to spend in preparation and study, including assessment, as directed by, but not under the immediate guidance or supervision of a Trainer, e.g. precourse reading, which for this qualification is 2 hours

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2 Day Managers Safe Moving of Objects & People

The All Wales Passport scheme in Manual Handling was originally by Health and Safety professionals within the NHS Trusts in Wales, to ensure high standards and consistency of manual handling which the UK has not been able to establish. The aim of Bellstone Training is to create a similar data base. Managers & Seniors will be competency assessed to assess internal Staff.

Course Summary

The syllabus covers such topics as:

Musculo-skeletal injuries
Principles of safer handling
Prevention of musculo-skeletal injuries
Principles of team handling
Current legislation
Good communication
Ergonomics and risk assessment
Unsafe patient handling
Principles of safer handling of inanimate loads
Inanimate load risk assessment
The importance of good posture and the application of ergonomics in the workplace, including driving
Principles of safer handling of patients/clients
Patient/client handling risk assessment
Principles of using slide sheets
Principles of working at bed height
Principles of using hoists, types, selection and safety
Guidelines on sling selection
LOLER

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