Solution

North West Training can provide you with the very highest quality training that is specifically designed to meet your requirements. From a choice of options it is you who decides what you want. All too often your choice has been take or leave what is being offered, and that in most cases is a general-purpose training package. Generic training courses have their place but they do not always address the real needs or concerns of the employer or their staff. In consultation with you or your staff we will design and deliver a training programme that relates directly to their occupation and to their working environment.

Delivery

We will deliver the training within your organisation and at a time that suits your operational requirements. The major advantages of workplace delivery is that it keeps costs down and it affords the opportunity to visit 'problem areas' to see at first hand the task that is giving cause for concern. It is surprising how often we have suggested simple and cost effective solutions to long-standing difficulties. You will also have the opportunity of determining the level at which the training course is pitched. We provide basic, intermediate or advanced packages with durations of 2, 4 or 6 hours. Two-day courses are also available to allow for the training of staff who will form part of your internal Risk Assessment Team and includes practical risk assessment exercises. This provides you with the opportunity of delegating Leading Hands, Supervisors or Junior Managers as well as general staff to attend the course most appropriate to their needs and your requirements.

Why Train?

What are the advantages of training your workforce?
If staff become more efficient and less prone to injury or accident then it must inevitably lead to reduced running costs. If, concurrently, production increases then it surely follows that profits will increase in line with that. Lower absenteeism is another fairly obvious advantage. At the same time it is evidence of your commitment to your staff's well-being and surely results in more motivated and loyal staff.

Staff Turnover

Reducing staff turnover alone can make training essential. You keep trained and experienced staff without incurring the unnecessary cost of advertising, recruiting and training replacement staff. It can maintain your competitive advantage in the market place whilst at the same time optimising customer and shareholder confidence.

Industrial Relations

In addition it can improve industrial relations making strikes, which are undesirable, costly and damaging, far less likely.
Although perhaps not the best way of making a point, if none of the above apply and accidents still happen, it does significantly strengthen your case in the event of litigation if you can demonstrate that your staff do receive manual handling training and that you have carried out a comprehensive risk assessment of the workplace.

Mandatory Risk Assessment

You may not have already carried out your mandatory risk assessment on manual handling and if you haven't you may want to talk to us about that. Risk Assessment is not only a legal requirement it actually makes a great deal of sense. A comprehensive assessment will almost certainly identify areas in which manual handling can be made significantly safer, thereby reducing the risk of injuries, it can also lead to many improvements in workplace design and as a consequence greater efficiency.

With over 20 years specialist experience in manual handling training our Principal Consultant, David Cockayne, will be delighted to discuss your needs, visit our contacts page for full details of how to get in touch, it could turn out to be the best click of a mouse you have ever made