Health and Safety Employee Skill Training Courses

Manual Handling (½ Day)

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Who is this course suitable for?

This course is suitable for schools and college employees who have to undertake manual handling tasks on a regular basis.

Course Overview

This course is designed to develop delegates understanding of the risks associated with the manpullingual handling of objects. Delegates will learn about the types and severity of injuries which can happen during manual handling operations.The types of movement which cause these injuries, as well as a number of safe handling techniques covering lifting/lowering & pushing/pulling.

Due to the nature of the risk the Manual Handling course includes a large practical element. Delegates must therefore be reasonably fit. This course is accessed during the practical element, successful delegates will have demonstrated that they are able to undertake manual handling tasks using a safe handling technique and will be issued with a competence certificate.

Building Personal Resilience (½ Day)

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Who is this course suitable for?

This course is suitable for employees whose work is likely to put them under a level of pressure.This course will assist individual employees to improve their personal resilience.

Course Overview

Personal resilience is the capacity to maintain well-being and work performance under pressure, including being able to bounce-back from set backs effectively. Resilience is a combination of personal characteristics and learned skills. This course utilises the apprroach & systems developed by Robertson Cooper (one of the UK's leaders in stress management) to help delegates understand, build and develop their resilience in order to be able to respond effectively to the challenges of their roles. The course includes a number of tools assist delegates to improve their resilience.

Prior to the course delegates must complete a confidential on-line questionnaire. Each delegate will receive their own personalised i-resilience report which will highlight areas of their personality/response to situations which will either help or hinder their ability to cope.

Information on current prices is included in the Frequently Asked Questions section.