The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment is for anyone who gets involved with assessing and addressing manual handling risks. It is common for the following roles to have these responsibilities:
- Health and safety professionals
- Workplace champions
- Employee representatives
- Occupational health practitioners.
The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment will help your business to:
- Have confidence as your team will be trained in HSE’s current approach to manual handling risk assessment
- Ensure your organisation has valuable in-house manual handling risk expertise
- Upskill your teams so they can carry out manual handling risk assessements to the right standard, and identify where specialist input is required
- Create a safe and healthy work environment
The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment is a qualification for those who want to recognise, assess and reduce manual handling risks in the workplace. The syllabus and accompanying learning materials have been developed by NEBOSH, in conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and are based on published HSE guidance. You will learn:
- The reasons for avoiding manual handling, and the common types of injury that can arise
- How to assess risk factors using HSE tools and guidance
- How to evaluate the risk in a proportionate and sensible way
- Suitable control measures
Unit MHR1: Assessing Manual Handling Risk requires you to observe a manual handling activity, and assess it using HSE Manual Handling Assessment Charts (MAC) guides.
- Jarrold Training will provide you with the assessment video, assessment template (score sheet), and MAC guides (these are included in the qualification workbook)
- Watch the assessment video and observe the manual handling activity. The video can be watched more than once to allow you to assess all risk factors
- Complete the scoring on the assessment template. Each risk factor should be assigned a colour and numerical score according the MAC guides (A-H)
- Suggest controls for any factors that have been scored as amber or red. Controls should be suitable, proportionate and reflective of the activity being assessed
Your assessment will normally take place at the end of the day’s training (if taught face-to-face). If you are studying virtually, you will complete the assessment once you have studied all course content. It is important that the assessment is undertaken on your own and not as part of a group activity. Your tutor will provide you with further information and support through this process.
Submission of the assessment
- If taught face-to-face, you will leave your completed assessment forms with your course tutor for marking at the end of the day’s training
- If you have studied virtually, your tutor will provide you with further information on how to submit your assessment for marking
On successful completion of the assessment, delegates will receive the NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment.
The qualification is intended to be broadly comparable to Level 6 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF), comparable to RQF/CQFW Level 3 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This 1 day course runs from 9:00am through to 4:30pm. Refreshments are available from 8:45am.
We provide:
- NEBOSH registration, exam and certificate
- Course book and material
- Notepad and pen
- Polos!
Also includes:
- Free on-site parking
- Lunch and refreshments. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.
- Free WiFi
Our Norwich onsite parking (NR3 1UB) is free and situated a quick 5 minute walk along the river to our training centre at St James Mill. If you arrive by train it is about 20 minutes on the Riverside walk or a short taxi ride to get to us. View full directions for Norwich and all our other venues.
You will learn in a relaxed environment with a small group of people. A specialist tutor will guide and encourage you through all the learning necessary to develop your skills and questions are always welcome.
We aim to provide you with an effective, quality, learning experience to support your studies and to prepare you fully for the NEBOSH assessment.
Your tutor is there to support you during the training and leading up to the assessment and full completion of your qualification, so please discuss any questions with them, they are always happy to help. We also have a dedicated team of assessors and staff to support you through your learner journey.
Additional support is available if required, please contact us for more details.
NEBOSH (The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health) was formed in 1979 as an awarding body with charitable status. They offer a comprehensive range of globally-recognised qualifications designed to meet the health, safety and environmental management needs of all places of work.
NEBOSH Qualifications
- Give practical skills that keep workplaces safer
- Attract around 50,000 candidates annually
- Help build careers with a modular qualification structure
- Are recognised by professional membership bodies such as IOSH
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