Manual handling risk assessment for occupational therapists - update
Aims:
To Enable Participants To Review And Update Their:
- Understanding of legal requirements and obligations relating to moving and handling as a basis of assessment within their organisation
- Understanding of ergonomics relevant to safer handling
- Skills in Identification of ergonomic mismatches in moving and handling
- Assessment knowledge and skills and to be confident in assessing persons who present moving and handling problems
Objectives:
The intention is for attendees to update their working knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- legal framework, local policies and protocols in order to enable compliance
- Ergonomics as pertaining to moving and handling
- risk assessment applying rationales, processes and procedures
- safer handling techniques including current 'good practice' techniques and awareness of equipment available
- ability to apply the ergonomic approach to develop practical solutions to moving and assisting problems
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