photo credit: c2k2eManual handling training – what are your obligations?
If your work involves manual handling, you may require a manual handling certificate, and need to complete a manual handling course.
Your employer is required to protect you from manual handling injuries. At the same time, you have a general duty to take reasonable care for your own health and safety, and that of others who may be affected by your work.
You must also cooperate with your employer’s efforts to make the workplace safe. This may include using manual handling equipment properly, following workplace policies and procedures (e.g. using trolleys, team lifting), attending health and safety training, and not taking shortcuts that could increase manual handling risks.
You may be breaking the law if you ignore obvious risks and someone (or yourself) gets injured. You can help your employer make the workplace safer by notifying them of any hazardous manual handling tasks that you become aware of.
Your expertise and knowledge of your workplace can make a great contribution to improving workplace health and safety. Regular, proactive consultation can help identify issues in your workplace and build a strong commitment to health and safety by including everybody in the decision making process.
If you are represented by health and safety representatives, the consultation may involve those representatives.
You have a very important part to play in the safety of your workplace. You must:
- take care not to injure yourself or others
- cooperate with your employer’s efforts to make the workplace safe
- use all safe manual handling solutions
- notify any hazardous tasks
- not take shortcuts!
A manual handling course and regular manual handling training help you reduce risk in your workplace. Doing the online manual handling course you will be able to print out your manual handling certificate at the end of the course.
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