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Back Care

Length
3 hours
Price
25 GBP
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Course description

Awareness is the key to prevention!

Our online back care and manual handling course will teach you the principles of safe lifting, how the back works, and precautions to take at home and at work that will prevent back injuries.

Back injuries like sprains, strains, herniated discs, and fractured vertebrae can arise from accidents when lifting heavy loads and can be both painful and dangerous.

Start your course today to prevent back injuries while lifting heavy loads.

In less than four hours, this course helps provide an overview of how your back works, the manual handling of loads, as well as the protection of pregnant, post-natal, and breastfeeding employees.

You will also learn the importance of a good back posture and suitable clothing for manual handling and learn about office ergonomics and the effects of incorrect body posture.

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Who the Course is for

This course is an ideal partner course to the manual handling course and will teach you good back posture and important ergonomics that will prevent back pains. These are the skills that can make a big difference to your everyday life and comfort, so don’t wait, start your course today.

Outcome / Qualification etc.

By taking this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand your own limits when it comes to manual handling.
  • Identify and report on manual handling issues
  • Assess workplace manual handling levels

Training Course Content

  • Back Injuries
  • Understanding How The Back Works
  • Assessing Your Own Posture
  • Manual Handling
  • Workstation Design – Ergonomics
  • Control Measures And PPE

Course delivery details

The average time needed to complete the course is 4 hours and the minimum pass mark for the exam is 70% and is valid for 2 years.

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Safetyman Academy
1145 Midland Avenue, Unit 9
M1K 4H2 Scarborough Ontario

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