Course overview
This jointly developed course from NEBOSH and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is designed for attendees to learn how to effectively identify and assess manual handling risk and control the manual handling hazards workers face.
Who should attend
- Anyone involved with assessing and managing manual handling risks
The course covers
- Principles of manual handling
- Managing manual handling risk
- Identification of manual handling risk with the application of HSE’s manual handling assessment tools
- How to avoid manual handling risks
- A full course syllabus can be found at – NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment – NEBOSH
Assessment
- A practical assessment, approx. 1 hour done on the day of training
Duration
- 1 day’s classroom training
Delivery
- The course can also be delivered in-house at your own site. For further information please contact enquiries@peakhse.co.uk or use our Contact Us form.
Entry requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
It is important that learners have a suitable standard of English language in order to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus. NEBOSH recommends that learners undertaking this qualification should reach a minimum standard of English equivalent to an International Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 6.0 or higher in IELTS tests.
For further information please see the latest version of the IELTS Hand

