Moving and Handling Managers Responsibilities

Course Duration:

9.30am - 12.30pm

Target Audience:

All staff, volunteers, family carers, direct employers and their PA’s who have management responsibilities in relation to risk management in the workplace

Aim:

This session will provide managers and those senior staff who have responsibility for workplace risk management the opportunity to specifically review the contributing factors to risk assessment and management in relation to manual handling.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the session delegates will have:

• Reviewed the current statistics on workplace injury in relation to moving and handling, exploring the underlying causes.
• Revised the legal influences on risk management and considered a balanced approach to assessments related to people handling, taking account of both the safety legislation and the welfare legislation.
• Considered the underlying risks associated with people handling practices that may no longer be deemed safe.
• Identified how local policy may influence a manual handling assessment and the standards required for documentation of such risk assessments.
• Explored the role of the manager in implementing workplace risk management on behalf of the organisation and strategies that could support the role of those undertaking the risk assessments and those fulfilling the role of the manual handling link worker.