NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment

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NEBOSH and Great Britain’s health and safety regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), have partnered to develop a new qualification aimed at preventing one of the main causes of musculoskeletal disorders; manual handling.

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment is a one-day qualification, based on HSE’s best practice guidance and tools. The content will help you to identify and assess manual handling risk, and more importantly, priorities controls to protect workers.

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Who is it for?

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment is for anyone who gets involved with assessing and addressing manual handling risks. It is common for the following roles to have these responsibilities:

Health and safety professionals
Workplace champions
Employee representatives
Occupational health practitioners.

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Benefits for students

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment is a qualification for those who want to recognise, assess and reduce manual handling risks in the workplace. The syllabus and accompanying learning materials have been developed by NEBOSH, in conjunction with Great Britain’s Health and Safety Regulator, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and are based on published HSE guidance. You will learn:

The reasons for avoiding manual handling, and the common types of injury that can arise
How to assess risk factors using HSE tools and guidance
How to evaluate the risk in a proportionate and sensible way
Suitable control measures

Benefits for employers

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment will help you to:

Have confidence as your team will be trained in HSE’s current approach to manual handling risk assessment
Ensure your organization has valuable in-house manual handling risk expertise
Upskill your teams so they can carry out manual handling risk assessments to the right standard, and identify where specialist input is required
Create a safe and healthy work environment

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Course details

The qualification will help you to:

Explain the importance of reducing risks associated with manual handling activities
Understand responsibilities in relation to manual handling
Explain what manual handling risks are and how they may result in injury
Demonstrate and practice appropriate manual handling risk assessment technique
Apply wider elements of risk management for manual handling.

Using this qualification to build in-house expertise will help organizations:

Protect team members from one of the main causes of musculoskeletal disorders
Have confidence that the approach adopted to manual handling risk assessment reflects best practice and utilizes HSE manual handling tools and templates.

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Course content

Principles of manual handling
Managing manual handling risk: Identification of manual handling risk
Managing manual handling risk: Control of risk

Learning outcomes

Why manual handling should be avoided, the moral, business and legal reasons for assessing and managing it and common types of injuries that arise.
Understand risk factors associated with manual handling, the application of HSE’s manual handling assessment tools (MAC and RAPP) and what makes a risk assessment suitable and sufficient.
How to avoid manual handling risks with the use of mechanical assistance and recognition of good handling techniques.

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Length of Course

This one-day qualification requires a minimum of six hours study with a recommendation of one hour for the assessment. This means it can be completed in just one day.

Course – 6 hours
Assessment – 1 hour

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Assessment

A practical assessment is completed at the end of the course. After watching a video of a manual handling activity in a workplace, you will be asked to assess it using HSE tools and templates.

Assessment dates

Your assessment will normally take place at the end of the day’s training (if taught face to face). If you opt to study by distance or eLearning, you will complete the assessment once your course has been completed. HSE.AZ LLC representative will book the assessment, so you should contact them directly to confirm arrangements.

Assessment results

You will receive your results within 24 working days of sitting the assessments. Once you have achieved a pass, a qualification parchment will be issued. This is normally within 20 working days of the confirmation of the successful unit.

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Method of study

Through your studies, you will gain knowledge and practical health and safety skills.

As NEBOSH Gold Learning Partner (1686) we offer a variety of flexible course formats, including in-company options, so training can be arranged according to your business need.

Currently we offer this course in:

– Classroom / face to face

– Live online (via Zoom)

– In company

– E-learning (soon)

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Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

It is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus. NEBOSH recommends that learners undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 5.0 or higher in IELTS tests.

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For more information, please visit below NEBOSH website

Syllabus
Leaflet
Assessment guidance
Qualification progression leaflet
Policies, terms and fees

https://www.nebosh.org.uk/qualifications/nebosh-hse-certificate-in-manual-handling-risk-assessment/

https://www.nebosh.org.uk/policies-and-procedures/

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Course fee

NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment contains below fees:

– Course fee: 180 azn

– Assessment registration fee: 120 azn

– Total: 300 azn

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Total fee covers:

– 1 day course

– Hard copy NEBOSH course study material

– Lunch and coffee/tea breaks

– Assessment registration

– Certificate (if pass)

Note: If you require certificate shipment to your location, additional payment may be required for courier service.

HSE.AZ LLC is the NEBOSH Gold Learning Partner that provides you everything to achieve your desired qualification.

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What we offer?

– Wide range of NEBOSH qualifications

– Courses in Classroom, Live online, in-company format

– Free installment up to 3 months

– Study with NEBOSH approved tutors

– Consultation before course with assigned customer advisor to identify your needs (via face to face, video conferencing, WhatsApp, e-mail)

– Original NEBOSH study material in hard copy version

– Coffee/tea and lunch