HABC Level 2 Award in Safe Moving and Handling

• Understand the reasons for safe manual handling
• Understand how manual handling risk assessments contribute to improving health and safety.
• Understand the principles, types of equipment and testing requirements
• Associated with manual handling safety.
• Be able to apply safe manual handling principles.

Manual Handling Safety Awareness

• Introduction
• Workplace hazards, risk of injury, exposure measure.
• Anatomy of spine, normal movement, dangerous movement.
• Safe manual handling, principles of safe lifting.
• Injury prevention, exercise, diet, rest, sleeps.