Manual Handling Training Courses –
Accredited Manual Handling
Training
for UK Organisations

Advanced Safety Group Ltd delivers accredited manual handling training for organisations across the UK. Employers have a legal duty under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 to ensure staff involved in lifting, carrying or moving loads are properly trained and competent. Training forms a key part of injury prevention, workplace risk management and employer duty of care.

Our courses support responsibilities under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, helping organisations reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury, improve handling techniques and ensure safe systems of work are followed.

Programmes combine structured learning with practical instruction so staff understand risk factors, apply safe lifting techniques and work confidently within real operational environments while maintaining compliance with workplace safety legislation.

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Advanced Safety Group Ltd delivers manual handling training tailored to organisational tasks, workforce responsibilities and operational risk environments. Courses are adapted for construction, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, healthcare, facilities management and public sector workplaces, ensuring training remains relevant and aligned with the Manual Handling Operations Regulations and employer safety duties.

Training can be delivered on site or at suitable training venues, allowing organisations to strengthen safe working practices, maintain compliance and support workforce competence while minimising disruption to operations.

Manual handling training is delivered across the UK by qualified instructors with experience in workplace safety, risk management and injury prevention. Courses align with recognised regulatory guidance and safe systems of work, ensuring staff understand correct lifting techniques, task assessment and personal responsibility.

Advanced Safety Group Ltd supports both single-site organisations and multi-location employers, maintaining consistent delivery standards and practical, compliance-led training.

Manual handling responsibilities apply across a wide range of industries including construction, logistics, warehousing, healthcare, manufacturing and facilities management. Employers must ensure staff are trained to assess risk, use safe handling techniques and avoid preventable injury.

Training reflects real working environments and supports organisations in meeting legal responsibilities, reducing absence related to musculoskeletal injury and strengthening workplace safety performance.

Training is delivered by experienced instructors with professional backgrounds in health and safety, operational risk and workforce safety management. Courses focus on practical application, realistic handling scenarios and safe behavioural techniques that can be implemented immediately within the workplace.

Advanced Safety Group Ltd combines structured learning with hands-on delivery to provide dependable manual handling training aligned with employer responsibilities and modern working environments.

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1 Day – Level 2 Award in Manual Handling Principles & Practices

This 1-day course will cover basic health and safety, manual handling risks and theory along with practical experience. Learners will understand how to keep themselves and others safe when moving heavy or large objects.

Course Overview

It is a legal requirement of companies/employers to provide a safe and healthy workplace for their employees (Health & Safety Act of 1974). Employers must ensure that their employees are adequately trained to protect themselves if they are required as part of their job to lift or manoeuvre any heavy objects (The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992).

Our course will cover in-depth manual handling and ensure that your staff now how to protect themselves and others and allow you to satisfy the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requirements for both knowledge and training.

This course can be attended as on open course, a distance learning course (virtual learning with an instructor) or in-house at your office premises.

Every individual at one time or another is exposed to manual handling such as carrying, pulling, lifting and pushing, and sometimes this is combined with other movements such as climbing up ladders or stairs or turning and pivoting in tight spaces.

Injuries resulting from performing manual handling incorrectly in the workplace results in over 1 million working days lost every year, in addition to obvious suffering by the casualty.

Correct manual handling knowledge and techniques can make a significant difference to this number as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have evidenced. As such employers are now legally bound to adhere to these regulations and codes of practice. Employers are now legally required to provide their employees with Health & Safety training and information and where there is a larger exposure to manual handling proper face to face training is required so that staff know the risks of injury and how to prevent them.

Successful delegates with be awarded with a nationally recognised Level 2 (Level 5 in Scotland) Award in Manual Handling Principles & Practices which will enable to keep themselves and others safe.

Syllabus:

  • Understanding why safe manual handling is necessary
  • Understanding the importance of manual handling risk assessments and how they contribute to improving site-wide health & safety.
  • Understand the risk and types of injuries that occur due to incorrect manual handling
  • Understand the principles of correct manual handling
  • Knowledge of manual handling equipment and testing requirements associated with safety
  • Ability to put into practice safe manual handling principles and techniques to a variety of scenario’s

Qualification:

UK Level 2 / Scotland Level 4 Award in Manual Handling Principles and Practices

Course Duration:

6 hours + additional reading pre/post course.

Location:

In-House (contact us) / Distance Learning

Learner numbers:

A maximum of 16 learners per course (set out by Awarding Body limits)

Learner Age:

14 years+

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2 Day – Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course

Train to be a Manual Handling Trainer and Instructor with our Manual Handling Train the Trainer Course.

Course Overview

This Manual Handling ‘Train the Trainer’ course is designed to give delegates the competency to train others in safe manual handling techniques. This is the perfect course for companies who want to perform in-house manual handling training such as those with large staff numbers, high staff turnover or multi-site companies. It is suitable for many sectors, such as manufacturing, office, construction, distribution, logistics, etc.

This course is taught in conjunction with the Level 2 Manual Handling Principles and Practices course. This is to ensure that trainers have the in-depth knowledge and practical skills necessary to competently train others.

The skills and knowledge developed on this course includes:

  • Manual Handling principles and practice theory/practical
  • Practical skills required for safe manual handling in the workplace
  • Trainer Roles and Responsibilities
  • Effective teaching styles
  • Implementation of a micro-teach session and presentation to group
  • Manual Handling Risk Assessments including MAC, ART and RAPP tools
  • All learners receive a manual handling instructor pack including course content, slides for teaching and videos etc

Qualification:

Two certificates are received upon successful completion of this course including a regulated FAA Level 2 Award in Manual Handling Certificate and an Advanced Safety Group Manual Handling Instructor Certificate

Course Duration:

2 days (10-12 hours)

Location:

On-site (contact us) / Distance Learning

Learner numbers:

A maximum of 6 learners per course

Learner Age:

18 years+

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Half Day – Manual Handling Awareness Training

This half-day course gives an overview of safe manual handling along with physical practice of correct manual handling techniques.

Course Overview

This course is ideal for companies who require staff to be trained in manual handling risks along with safe manual handling techniques. This is a classroom-based course covering theory and practicals. All learners are required to physically demonstrate correct manual handling during the session.

Correct manual handling techniques dramatically reduce musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace; and employers have a legal duty to ensure staff are competent and trained to correctly lift, push and pull under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. As such this course fulfils the legal obligation to train staff in these techniques.

The skills and knowledge developed on this course includes:

  • Understanding why safe manual handling is necessary
  • Understanding the importance of manual handling risk assessments and how they contribute to improving site-wide health & safety.
  • Understanding the risks and types of injuries that occur due to incorrect manual handling
  • Understanding the principles of correct manual handling
  • Knowledge of manual handling equipment and testing requirements associated with safety
  • Ability to put into practice safe manual handling principles and techniques to a variety of scenario’ss

Qualification:

An Advanced Safety Group Accredited ‘Manual Handling certificate of competency’

Course Duration:

½ Day (3.5/4 hours)

Location:

On-site (contact us) / Distance Learning

Learner numbers:

A maximum of 25 learners per course

Learner Age:

16 years+

Manual Handling Training FAQs

Yes. Employers have a legal duty under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to protect staff from injury caused by lifting, carrying or moving loads. Training helps organisations meet this duty by ensuring staff understand safe handling techniques and risk awareness.

The appropriate course depends on the tasks employees carry out, the level of risk involved and workplace environments. In genera, the ‘Manual Handling Train the Trainer’ course is ideal for companies who need to train in house, such as companies with large numbers of staff, high turnover or multiple sites. Awareness training supports general staff, while more comprehensive courses are suitable for roles involving frequent lifting, handling of large objects or higher risk activities. Training should align with your risk assessments and safe systems of work.

Manual handling training is relevant for any employee required to lift, carry, push, pull or move loads as part of their work. This includes roles in construction, logistics, warehousing, healthcare, manufacturing, facilities management and other operational environments.

Yes. Manual handling training is commonly delivered on site so staff can learn safe techniques within their own working environment and using the equipment or materials they handle daily.