ICTQual Level 2 Award in Safe Moving and Handling
This qualification provides learners with essential knowledge and practical skills in safe moving and handling. It covers legal responsibilities, risk assessment, safe techniques, and equipment use to reduce workplace injury risks in manual handling tasks.
Course Features
This qualification is a regulated Level 2 programme designed to build safe manual handling competence through theory and practical application aligned with workplace safety standards.
- Regulated Level 2 qualification
- Practical manual handling training
- Workplace safety compliance focus
- Risk assessment and hazard awareness
- Legal responsibilities coverage
- Safe equipment handling skills
About This Course
The ICTQual Level 2 Award in Safe Moving and Handling is designed to develop essential competence in manual handling tasks commonly performed across workplaces such as healthcare, warehousing, construction, and service industries. The course ensures learners understand how to reduce injury risk while carrying out lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling activities safely.
Understanding manual handling hazards and risks
Applying safe lifting and carrying techniques
Awareness of musculoskeletal injury prevention
Understanding employer and employee responsibilities
Using manual handling equipment safely
Following safe systems of work procedures
What You'll Learn
This course develops practical and theoretical knowledge required to perform safe manual handling tasks in the workplace.
Understand principles of safe moving and handling
Identify manual handling hazards and risks
Apply risk assessment principles to tasks
Demonstrate safe lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling techniques
Understand correct use of manual handling equipment
Recognise legal duties and workplace safety requirements
Who Should Attend?
This qualification is suitable for individuals who carry out manual handling tasks as part of their job role or are preparing to enter such roles across different industries.
Warehouse and logistics workers
Healthcare and care support staff
Construction and site workers
Cleaning and maintenance staff
Retail and service employees
Entry-level health and safety learners
Course Content
Explore the comprehensive ICTQual Level 2 Award in Safe Moving and Handling course content designed to help you master the material through structured modules and lessons.
Unit 2: Anatomy and Injury Prevention
Unit 3: Legal Responsibilities and Workplace Safety
Unit 4: Risk Assessment in Manual Handling
Unit 5: Safe Manual Handling Techniques
Unit 6: Manual Handling Equipment and Controls
Course Requirements
There are no strict formal entry requirements; however, learners should have basic literacy and numeracy skills to understand instructions and safety procedures.
Basic literacy skills
Basic numeracy skills
Assessments
Assessment is designed to evaluate both knowledge and practical competence in safe moving and handling techniques.
Written or multiple-choice assessment
Practical demonstration of manual handling techniques
Trainer observation during tasks
Workplace scenario-based evaluation
Progression
Successful learners can progress into higher-level health and safety and occupational training qualifications or specialised workplace safety roles.
ICTQual Level 3 health and safety qualifications
Workplace safety officer roles
Advanced manual handling and lifting training
Sector-specific safety certifications
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