Manual Handling Training: Safe Lifting of Adults and Children
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Manual Handling Training: Safe Lifting of Adults and Children

flick learning
Updated Jun 30, 2025

What you'll learn

  • Identify risks of lifting and moving people
  • Apply safe lifting methods with and without equipment
  • Conduct manual handling risk assessments
  • Understand principles of manual handling regulations
Course Description

This CPD-certified, level-2 e-learning course is suitable for anyone who is required to lift or move children and adults as part of their work or voluntary activity, and provides learners with a thorough understanding of the risks of lifting and moving people, why it’s different from other manual handling activities, the principles of risk assessments, and safe lifting methods both with and without equipment.

The course includes optional voiceover recorded by a professional actor and includes downloadable resources, culminates with an assessment and provides certification upon completion to evidence the learning provided. It is specifically designed to give learners a better understanding of how to undertake manual handling activities that involve people safely.

 

This course covers key points from:

  • The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
  • Management of Health & Safety Work Regulations 1999