manual handling & safe loading coursesHalf Day Course |   |
Course Description
This course is designed for drivers of lorries of 3.5 tons or more, and minibuses with 9 seats or more who wish to obtain the skills and knowledge of safe loading and manual handling when dealing with passengers and loads.Prerequisites
Drivers must hold an LGV licence of 3.5 tons or more or a PCV bus or minibus license for vehicles with 9 seats or more.
Who should attend this training course?
All drivers who fall under the EU Directive 2003/59 that wish to gain an understanding of the correct Manual Handling procedures and how to safely load a vehicle.
Key Benefits• Safe loading of freight, or luggage and passengers
• General health and safety within the workplace and how to marshal vehicles in a safe manner
• Demonstrations will be given on how to safely lift loads onto vehicles
• Understanding the potential results of an insecure load and also overloading of a vehicle
Attending this course will allow you to gain 3.5 hours towards your periodic training but must be combined with another course of 3.5 hours to enable the training to be eligible to count towards 1 day of your Driver CPC.
Where a course of 7 hours is split into two parts the second must start within 24 hours of completion of the first part.
