Course Summary
Manual Handling in Warehouses gives learners a practical understanding of manual handling in warehouses and how the topic affects day-to-day workplace safety, supervision and reporting.
Purpose
The purpose of this training is to help learners recognise the main risks connected with manual handling in warehouses, follow workplace arrangements correctly and support safer decisions before work starts, while it is being carried out and when conditions change.
Legal / Regulatory Context
Relevant UK context includes workplace transport management, manual handling law, workplace health/safety/welfare requirements, PUWER where equipment is used and safe traffic/pedestrian segregation controls.
Who Should Attend
Suitable for employees, supervisors, team leaders, managers, contractors and anyone who needs practical understanding of this topic in a workplace setting.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the meaning and purpose of manual handling in warehouses
- Identify common hazards, unsafe conditions and warning signs linked with manual handling in warehouses
- Apply practical control measures and follow workplace procedures
- Understand when to report, escalate or stop work for safety reasons
- Recognise the records, inspections or checks that support good control
Course Content
- Picking/packing
- Pallet handling
- Mechanical aids
- Team lifts
- Repetition
- Awkward postures
- Roles and responsibilities
- Common mistakes and practical controls
- Reporting, review and improvement
Practical QHSE Manager Focus
This course is written from a practical workplace management point of view. It explains what good control looks like, what records should demonstrate and what supervisors should check during day-to-day work.