Courses

Lifting a sack, pushing a trolley or working near a crane are everyday tasks in warehouses, building sites and workshops, and they cause many injuries. In this theory course for warehouse, building site and maintenance workers, you follow two fictitious companies, one in logistics and the other in construction. Learn how musculoskeletal injuries arise and which factors cause them: task, individual, load and environment. Assess a task using the logic of the UK HSE MAC tool and choose measures to reduce the risk, starting by avoiding manual handling through mechanical aids. Practise the safe lifting technique, alone and as a team, including cement bags, drums and pipes. Finally, learn the rules for people working near cranes, hoists and forklifts: exclusion zone, suspended loads, a single signaller and visual checks of slings and lifting gear. Aligned with ISO 11228-1. Includes an Excel assessment sheet and two checklists. This course is theoretical and does not replace certified practical training. The course is delivered in Portuguese.

What you will learn

• Explain how manual handling injuries arise and identify the risk factors of the task, the individual, the load and the environment.
• Assess a manual handling task with a simple tool and propose measures to reduce the risk, starting with mechanical aids.
• Apply the safe lifting technique, alone and as a team, including awkward loads.
• Apply the safety rules for people working near mechanical lifting operations.
• Carry out a visual check of slings and lifting gear and withdraw damaged accessories from use.
• Distinguish what you can do safely from what only certified operators, slingers and signallers do.

Modules

1. Manual handling injuries47 min
2. Assessing and reducing the risk50 min
3. Safe lifting technique50 min
4. Mechanical lifting: what people working nearby need to know48 min

Who it is for

Warehouse, building site and maintenance workers