NEBOSH HSE CERTIFICATE IN MANUAL HANDLING RISK ASSESSMENT

Thank you, our esteemed learner, for choosing Safeguard for your Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) exceptional learning experience. We are the leading global learning partner of the UK National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH). We offer a total of 17 NEBOSH courses making us the largest NEBOSH Learning Partner and qualifications provider in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Safeguard is also among the top 10 NEBOSH Learning Partner globally, with over 85% pass rate in examinations. We also offer, the UK CQI-IRCA Approved, Lead Auditor courses and company certifications in 7 standards in partnership with TVE International Academy (ATP: 6023829). We are Africa’s largest QHSE training solutions provider, facilitator, and consultants since 1999. We welcome you to be part of our success story.

COURSE OVERVIEW

NEBOSH qualifications with high pass rate globally are provided by Safeguard, a NEBOSH Accredited Learning Partner 1332 with SILVER STATUS. You can join our NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment Physical Classroom Training or preferably join the Virtual Classes from any location in the world. You can also write your video scenario-based Practical risk assessment from the comfort of your home or your workplace without the need to travel out of your location.

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment is interactive, while encompassing the main causes of musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace. It highlights the moral, legal, and financial reasons for assessing and managing manual handling. It is also detailing risks with the use of mechanical assistance and recognition of good handling techniques.

Employers will gain several benefits from giving their health and safety representatives the opportunity to take this qualification including:

• Protect other works from one of the main causes of musculoskeletal disorders
• Build valuable in-house expertise – your assessors will know how to use HSE manual handling tools and templates
• Build confidence in your manual handling risk assessment capabilities

WHO IS THIS FOR?

This qualification is suitable for roles senior business leaders or anyone who aspires to this role in the future. It will help you become a better health and safety advocate and influencer by highlighting the key areas to focus on to make a difference. It is relevant for all health and safety representatives working in any sector, anywhere in the world.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The syllabus covers the following topics:

• Prevalence and common types of musculoskeletal disorders
• The moral, legal, and financial reasons for manual handling risks
• Spinal anatomy
• Workplace and job design factors to aid manual handling operations
• Benefits and limitations of team handling
• Value of worker consultation and manual handling risk

EXAMINATIONS

Examination registration

Learners must be registered before they can take an examination. All examination registrations must be completed by Safeguard RTL as the accredited learning partner.

Examination entry confirmation

Once we have registered you to a NEBOSH Health And Safety Management for Construction (International), NEBOSH will send you a Confirmation of Registration email that includes your learner number, and important information relating to your examination. Please ensure that you check your name is spelt correctly and report this to your us if any changes are required. If you have not received this email, please remember to check your spam folders.

Examination Format

Unit MHR1: Manual Handling Risk Assessment – 1-hour Practical Assessment.

Examination results

You will receive your results within 24 working days of sitting the examination. Once you have achieved a pass a qualification parchment will be issued. This is normally within 20 working days of the confirmation of the successful unit.

NOTIONAL LEARNING HOURS

You should plan your study around a minimum of 7 taught hours and approximately 3 hours of private study.

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION FOR IG1 OPEN BOOK EXAMINATIONS

Once we register you to an open book examination (OBE), NEBOSH will send you a Confirmation of Registration email that includes your learner number, and important information relating to your OBE. Please ensure that you check your name is spelt correctly and report this to us immediately if any changes are required. If you did not receive this email on the specified date, please remember to check your spam folders or contact us immediately.

RE-SITTING UNIT(S)

The Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment is made up of one unit: Unit MHR1: Assessing Manual Handling Risk

• • Unit MHR1 is a taught unit, assessed by an on-the-day practical assessment which includes a video of a workplace scenario that the student watches and completes a risk assessment using HSE tools and templates
• • The assessments will be marked by the accredited course provider and will be in the form of a ‘pass’ or ‘refer’ of the completed risk assessment template against suitable controls.

RE-SITTING UNIT(S)

Candidates must achieve a 'Pass' in Unit MHR1 to pass the qualification. There is 1-hour time restriction for conducting the Certificate in Manual Handling Risk Assessment as this is a one-unit qualification.

Candidates are required to complete all parts of the assessment to achieve a Pass. If the student does not achieve a Pass the accredited course provider is expected to work with the student to enable them to meet the required standard.

The only grades available for this qualification are Pass and Refer.

A candidate can re-sit if a 'Refer' result is received. There is no limit on the number of times a candidate can re-sit the unit. Candidates must register and pay the current fee by the registration closing date

PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION

Cash payment is not allowed. Payment in any convenient instalment is allowed starting with a minimum of 50% of the total training fee before receipt of training materials, however candidate must complete payment in full 3 days before class start date. 

To register, make payment, then fill and return the Registration Form and the Joining Agreement in addition to your Evidence of Payment and scanned copy of Valid Photo ID (such as International Passport, Driver’s License or National Identity Card) to: safeguardsafety.international@gmail.com (for international learners). 

Card payment in can be made via Flutterwave Safeguard Payment App Link: https://flutterwave.com/pay/safeguardresourcesandtechnologieslimitedupfh 

Payment can also be by transfer made in favour of Safeguard Resources and Technologies Limited. See bank details below 

Once payment is confirmed, you will receive an acknowledgment including an e-receipt and other details about the training including the training materials.

Traning Locations:

You can join our NEBOSH WEL Virtual Classroom or the distance learning program from any location globally and write your Practical Risk Assessment from the comfort of your home and workplace without the need to travel out of your location.

• Port Harcourt Training Center:#6C, Forces Avenue, Before SPAR Back Gate, Old G.R.A Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
• Lagos Training Center:#2, Tokunbo Alli Street, Off Toyin Street, Ikeja, Lagos State.

Training Modes

Physical Classroom

• Safeguard physical classroom study allows you to get away from the distractions from workplaces and homes to enable concentrate on your training until completion.
• It provides learners a great opportunity to condense their study within the training the days compared to our Distance Learning Program which can be studied over a relatively longer period.
• The classroom setting allows learners to learn in our safe, quiet, clean multi-media training laboratory, away from the noise and pressures of their work or their homes.
• Again, learners could be large which allows the classroom environment to provide the important “human touch” that teaches learners how to interact physically with one another in a professional, productive and cooperative way which is often missing in distance learning program.
• The course fee cover training materials, tutorials, revision class, mock examination, main examination, in addition to tea break and lunch break.

Live Virtual Classroom

• If you have the time for classroom study but you are not available to join our classroom session due to distance or location, then our Live Virtual Class is your best alternative.
• Our live virtual class is easy to follow and can be completed within the same time as the physical classroom. Learners can join remotely and learn ‘live’ online with a tutor just as they would in a classroom.
• You get all the benefits of structured classroom learning but with the convenience of the digital world, studying where you like. Our learners can remotely join the virtual class from any location in the world through live video conferencing with the Zoom Technology using a PC, laptop, tablet or a smart phone.
• Learners are advised to download and install the Zoom application in their devices for this purpose and secure a reliable internet service in advance to enable access to the live virtual class.
• Throughout the course, learners can see and interact with the tutor and with other learners. Group interaction enhances learning; learners learn from one another as well as from the tutor.
• Our live virtual class provides practical, flexible and convenient ways of learning, designed to fit around you and your needs.
• Learners are able to drop questions on the chat box in group or private chat the Tutor and learners can also request to ask questions while the training is going on.
• Daily take-home assignment will be posted in chat box and on the group WhatsApp which will be reviewed by the tutor at the beginning of each day’s tutorial.
• There will be workbook and course workbook which will be completed by learners and submitted for tutor’s evaluation.
• A revision class and a mock examination will be arranged to prepare learners for the final examination.

Corporate Classes

• Organizations that are sponsoring learners to join our physical classroom, virtual classroom or distance learning program will have to pay the corporate course fees.
• We can also arrange an executive package for organizations that desire a top-class welfare package for their employees.
• We can visit your workplace and deliver the course at a time and place to suit you in the form of in-company training.
• This is an effective way of training several delegates at the same time, saving on time and travel costs. The biggest benefit of in-company training is the location.
• Organizing training off-site can be difficult for some employers, especially if you have a large team to get through a course. On-site training means less travel time and are much more convenient for your employees.
• Hosting a course, yourself also means last minute changes can be made to attendees. For example, if someone suddenly becomes free to complete some training, at least they will be in the right place already. 
• You may want to do this so that lessons tie in with your own policies and procedures, or even just change the learning pace to suit your employee's schedules.
• There are benefits to your business too by hosting training in-house; employees do not have to spend unnecessary time away from their jobs and can instead clock back to work as soon as the training is complete.

APPROVAL

• NEBOSH, the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health, is an independent examining board and awarding body with charitable status.
• It offers a comprehensive range of globally recognized, vocationally related qualifications designed to meet the health, safety, environmental and risk management needs of all places of work in both the private and public sectors.
• Courses leading to NEBOSH qualifications attract around 35,000 candidates annually, with exams taken in over 100 countries around the world.
• Only well-tutored and prepared delegates succeed in NEBOSH exams, you can take advantage of our well- tailored training materials and tutorials which improves your chances of high success in NEBOSH exams.

Advantage

• Our instructors are top indigenous and expatriate professionals who have spent large number of years in industry and are therefore able to temper academic theory with practical experience. They are also acclaimed and renowned with impeccable record and experience spanning several years in Health and Safety industry.
• With our multi-media training laboratory and our training facilities, we are ever ready to offer you training programs of the highest possible standards and which meet internationally recognized level of performance.
• Our high pass rate has made us an exceptional NEBOSH Training Center in Africa.
• Whether you are highly experienced or just taking up a new career in Health and Safety, you can take advantage of our comprehensive tutorial and excellent instructorship which put you at good standing for success in NEBOSH exams.
• Only well-tutored and prepared delegates succeed in NEBOSH exams.