Manual Handling

Our Manual Handling course is designed to help staff reduce the risk of injury and improve safe lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling techniques in the workplace. It is suitable for a wide range of industries including offices, retail, hospitality, healthcare support roles, warehousing, education, and general business settings.

The Health and Safety Authority provides guidance on manual handling training systems, and safe manual handling remains a key area of workplace health and safety in Ireland. Hughes Training delivers manual handling training in a practical, easy-to-understand way, helping staff apply what they learn to their actual work environment rather than treating training as a box-ticking exercise.

Training can be delivered onsite for your team or at an external venue, with flexible scheduling available to reduce disruption to your day-to-day operations. We can also tailor examples and practical elements to the tasks your staff carry out.

Who this course is for:

• Employers and employees in all sectors.
• Staff involved in lifting, carrying, moving, or handling loads.
• Organisations looking to improve safety awareness and reduce risk.

Course topics may include:

• Principles of safe lifting and handling.
• Risk awareness and injury prevention.
• Posture, movement, and load assessment.
• Applying safe techniques in the workplace.