- 2 Day In Person Course -
Manual Handling of People All Wales Passport
Course Learning Aims & Objectives:
By the end of the course, you will:
• Understand your role and responsibility with legislation
• Identify how to apply ergonomics and risk assessment to your workplace
• Know how to maintain safety of yourself and others
• Understand unsafe practices and their consequences
• Be able to carry out safe and effective practice with a variety of equipment
Training Materials
All of our course materials are in line with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) and all tailored to meet criteria within your care qualifications. For further information, please speak to your trainer on how we can support you further.
Insight Training Academy has been delivering Manual Handling All Wales Passport, in accordance with Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), for 15 years and continue to raise the standards of delivery. At Insight Training Academy, we ensure the best standard of training is given to Health and Social Care employees and are committed to changing the culture within the industry by providing consistent support and guidance, even after
the training has finished.
Pre-Requisites:
There are no pre-requisites for attending this course.
Course Duration:
This course is delivered over 2 days, in accordance with the WLGA, between 0930 – 1630. Learners will be provided with refreshments throughout the training course, although lunch is not provided.
Course Content
Day 1
During Day 1, you will be provided with the below information, in line
with Module A of the All Wales Passport Scheme:
• Introduction to Manual Handling of People
• Legislation & Policy
• Musculoskeletal Disorders and Avoidance of Injuries
• Ergonomics and Risk Assessment
• Safe principles of Handling
• Unsafe Manual Handling practices
You will be required to participate throughout your training session
and will be asked to carry out group work activities along with
question and answers. You will also complete the workbook provided to you, which will be signed off by your facilitator at the end of the training session.
You will begin Module B, Inanimate Load Handling, where you will
cover the following:
• Safe principles of Handling, weight guidelines and storage
• Formal and dynamic risk assessment
• Appropriate positioning when seated
You will also be required to carry out the following practical
techniques:
• Pushing and Pulling of objects
• Lifting and Lowering of objects
• Appropriate positioning when seated
Please ensure you advise your facilitator if there are any concerns
when performing any of the above techniques.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Following the completion of your training, your facilitator will ask you to complete your Individual Learning Record of the areas covered and practiced.
Please ensure this is a true reflection of what was taught
and performed.
Please provide all completed paperwork to your facilitator who will sign off accordingly. Any concerns to be raised with your facilitator as soon as possible.
Day 2
You will begin Day 2 of your training with the introduction of People
Handling skills. You will start by covering Module C of the All Wales
Passport Scheme and be given the following information:
• Safe principles of Handling of People
• Risk Assessment
• Unsafe practices when sitting, standing and/or walking an
individual
You will also be required to carry out the following techniques as
shown by your facilitator:
• Assisting a person forward/back in a chair
• Assisting a person to sit/stand from chair/bed
• Assisted a person to walk
• The falling person
• Raising the fallen person
• Moving a person out of a confined space
You will be provided with clear instruction and demonstration
throughout the above techniques. Please advise your facilitator if
there are any concerns.
You will be provided with the following information in relation to
Module D, Bed Mobility, of the All Wales Passport Scheme:
• Principles and types of slide sheets
• Unsafe practices and safety checks of using equipment
You will also be required to carry out the following techniques:
• Turning an individual in bed
• Fitting/removing slide sheets
• Repositioning a person using slide sheets
• Sitting/lying a person in bed
• Positioning a person onto the edge of the bed
You will be provided with clear instruction and demonstration
throughout the above techniques. Please advise your facilitator if
there are any concerns.
You will be provided with the following information in relation to
Module E, Lateral Transfers, of the All Wales Passport Scheme:
• Methods of maintaining personal hygiene
• Unsafe practice and safety checks of equipment
You will also be required to carry out the following techniques:
• Standing transfer bed/chair
• Seated transfer bed/chair
• Transfer from chair to chair/commode/toilet
You will be provided with clear instruction and demonstration
throughout the above techniques. Please advise your facilitator if
there are any concerns.
You will be provided with the following information in relation to
Module F, Hoisting, of the All Wales Passport Scheme:
• Types, principles and safety checks of hoists
• Types, principles and safety checks of slings
• Unsafe practices when using hoists and slings
• Main points of LOLER
You will also be required to carry out the following techniques:
• Fitting a sling with a person in bed and chair
• Fitting a sling using slide sheets
• Hoist an individual from bed/chair
• Hoist a person from the floor
• Use of a standing hoist
You will be provided with clear instruction and demonstration
throughout the above techniques. Please advise your facilitator if
there are any concerns.
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