This course module can only be accessed by people who have undertaken the Core Module/2 Day Induction within the past 2 years, or who have attended regular refresher courses should they have undertaken the Core Module/2 Day Induction course greater than 2 years ago.

This module is intended for people who wish to develop their skills and/or are regularly required to use equipment in the handling of people e.g. hoists, slide sheets, transfer boards, etc.

 

Aims:

• To develop skills and knowledge attributed to working with equipment
• To allow participants to analyse their own movements and recognise areas which may require further development

 

Objectives:

• Participants will be able to demonstrate their ability to assess the risks involved in any of the practised movements
• Participants will be able to demonstrate their competency in carrying out the practised movements
• Participants will be able to analyse their own movement and recognise any risk factors within it

 

Course Content:

• How musculo-skeletal injury occurs
• Analysis of own movement pattern
• High Risk moves
• Equipment Laws & Regulations
• Use of relevant equipment
• Demonstrated and Supervised Practise
• Neuromuscular Conditioning

 

As part of the self assessment processes within this module, participants are likely to be recorded by video.

 

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