People Moving and Handling Refresher - Level 2 - Blended Course

Book our People Moving and Handling Refresher - Level 2 Blended Course for £59.99 per person. This blended course combines online learning with a face-to-face practical training and assessment session at The Mandatory Training Group's Coventry Training Centre. After purchase, you will receive immediate access to the online knowledge component through ComplyPlus™ LMS. Once you have completed the online learning and assessment, you can then book your practical session in Coventry, where you will practise relevant skills under trainer supervision. The certificate is issued after successful completion of the practical session.

Course title - People Moving and Handling Refresher - Level 2 Blended Course

Format - Blended learning: Online course + Coventry practical assessment

Online component - Immediate access after purchase

Practical session - Face-to-face practical training and assessment in Coventry

Practical duration - 3 hours

Price - £59.99 + VAT per person

Venue - The Mandatory Training Group's Coventry Training Centre, HDTI Building, Coventry University Technology Park, Swift Road, Coventry, CV1 2TT

Accreditation - CPD Certification Service (CPDUK)

Certification - Digital CPD certificate after successful completion of the face-to-face session

Certificate validity - 2 years

Certificate access - Downloadable from your ComplyPlus™ LMS account

Accessibility - Contact us in advance for reasonable adjustments

Framework alignment - Aligned with Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) Moving and Handling Level 2 requirements, supporting Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health and Safety Executive (HSE), and safer handling practice expectations

Group bookings - Available for employers/organisations, subject to venue suitability and equipment.

This is a blended People Moving and Handling Refresher learning course, not an online-only course.

• You will be able to download a separate certificate for completing the online element on any day suitable for you
• Your face-to-face certificate is issued only after you have successfully completed the practical session and competence checks at our Coventry Training Centre. You can download it from your ComplyPlus™ LMS account.
  

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You will receive immediate access to the online knowledge component. This covers safer people-moving and handling principles, risk assessment, safer handling techniques, use of moving and handling equipment, communication during handling activities, injury prevention, and course-specific knowledge required before attending the practical session.

You are recommended to complete the online assessment before attending the practical session in Coventry.

You will attend a 3-hour face-to-face session, where you will complete trainer-led demonstrations, practical activities, supervised practice and competence checks.

After successful completion, you can download your CPD certificates from your ComplyPlus™ LMS account.

This People Moving and Handling Refresher Level 2 blended course supports you in applying essential knowledge and skills required for safer people moving and handling within health and social care environments, including safer handling principles, dynamic risk assessment, correct moving and handling techniques, safer use of handling equipment, reducing the risk of injury, and maintaining the dignity, safety and well-being of individuals during handling activities.

The Coventry practical session then gives you the opportunity to apply this knowledge through supervised practice, demonstrations, and competence checks using relevant equipment, scenarios, and workplace-based moving-and-handling activities.

This blended approach helps trainers and employers evidence both knowledge and practical competence.

The practical session focuses on applying safer people moving and handling techniques safely and effectively in line with workplace procedures, CSTF Moving and Handling Level 2 requirements, and current safer handling guidance.

This People Moving and Handling Refresher blended learning course is suitable for:

• Care assistants and support workers
• Healthcare assistants and nurses
• Domiciliary, home care and supported living staff
• Care home, nursing home and hospice teams
• Hospital and community workers
• Staff assisting people with transfers or repositioning
• Health and social care staff who need CSTF-aligned Level 2 refresher training.
  

The aims of this People Moving and Handling Refresher blended training course are to:

• Refresh learners’ knowledge, confidence and practical competence so they can move and assist people safely, legally and with dignity in health and social care environments
• Support learners to understand responsibilities, recognise moving and handling risks, apply safer handling principles, use equipment appropriately, follow person-centred approaches, and actively promote safer practices that protect staff and people receiving care during handling activities.
  

This People Moving and Handling Refresher blended course will:

• Refresh learners' knowledge of key moving and handling legislation and regulations
• Support learners to recognise risks affecting staff and people receiving care
• Reinforce safer moving and handling principles, including posture, ergonomics and dynamic risk assessment
• Explain person-centred moving and handling approaches that support dignity, comfort, independence, and mobility
• Provide practical experience using moving and handling techniques and equipment
• Reinforce employer and employee responsibilities for safe systems of work, reporting and escalation procedure
• Support employers with evidence of CSTF-aligned training and assessment
• Strengthen confidence to apply safe moving and handling practices in workplace settings.
  

By the end of this People Moving and Handling Refresher blended learning course, you will be able to:

• Identify moving and handling risk factors and responsibilities under relevant health and safety legislation
• Apply safer moving and handling principles, including posture and ergonomic approaches
• Carry out dynamic risk assessments before undertaking handling activities
• Select suitable risk controls and resources following the assessment process
• Demonstrate safe, dignified approaches that promote independence and functional mobility
• Apply person-centred risk assessment principles when choosing safer handling techniques
• Demonstrate practical moving and handling skills relevant to their role
• Demonstrate safe use of equipment, including hoists, slings, slide sheets, transfer aids and chairs.
  

The online People Moving and Handling Refresher component covers:

• Introduction to people moving and handling in health and social care
• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
• Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
• RIDDOR reporting awareness
• Employer and employee responsibilities
• Moving and handling risk factors
• Musculoskeletal injury prevention
• Safer moving and handling principles
• Ergonomics and posture awareness
• Dynamic risk assessment
• Person-centred moving and handling plans
• Communication, consent, dignity and independence
• Normal human movement and functional mobility
• Unsafe or controversial techniques to avoid
• Local policy, reporting concerns and escalation.
  

During the People Moving and Handling Refresher practical session, you will complete supervised activities, demonstrations and competence checks covering:

• Safer moving and handling techniques
• Person-centred approaches to assisting people
• Supporting dignity, consent, communication and independence
• Repositioning and mobility support
• Safe use of handling aids and equipment
• Hoists, slings, slide sheets, transfer aids and chairs, where relevant
• Dynamic risk assessment before and during activity
• Recognising when to stop, reassess or escalate
• Applying safer handling principles in realistic care scenarios
• Trainer-led feedback and practical competence observation.

The practical session takes place at The Mandatory Training Group’s fully equipped Coventry Training Centre, where you are supported by experienced trainers and assessors and use relevant equipment for demonstration, practice and assessment.

Assessment includes both online and practical elements. You are assessed through:

• Completion of the online knowledge assessment
• Active participation in the Coventry practical training session
• Trainer-led questioning and practical discussion
• Observation and assessment of safer people moving and handling techniques
• Demonstration of safe handling principles and correct body mechanics
• Application of dynamic risk assessment and safer handling control measures
• Safe use of moving and handling equipment, where relevant
• Competence checks using practical scenarios, workplace-based activities and safer handling techniques in line with CSTF Moving and Handling Level 2 requirements.
  

This People Moving and Handling Refresher blended course is externally reviewed and accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK). On successful completion of both the online learning and face-to-face practical assessment, you will be able to download a digital CPD certificate confirming completion of:

• People Moving and Handling Refresher - Level 2 Blended Course, which covers online learning + face-to-face practical assessment
• The certificate is valid for 2 years from the date of completion
• Earlier refresher training may be required where there are changes to legislation, safer handling guidance, employer policy, equipment, workplace procedures, moving and handling risk assessments, learner responsibilities, workplace risks, or following incident reviews and identified competency concerns.
  

The practical session takes place at:

• The Mandatory Training Group, HDTI Building, Coventry University Technology Park, Swift Road, Coventry, CV1 2TT
• Telephone: 02476 100090

The centre is located within Coventry University Technology Park, close to Coventry city centre and Coventry railway station, with on-site parking available for learners.

Practical sessions are delivered in small groups using relevant equipment for demonstrations, practice, assessment and competence sign-off.

We also offer group training for organisations at their own premises, subject to venue suitability, location, risk assessment, and availability of appropriate moving and handling equipment.

This option may be suitable for:

• Care homes, nursing homes and residential care providers
• Domiciliary care and supported living services
• NHS, private healthcare and community healthcare providers
• Recruitment and staffing agencies supplying care staff
• Organisations requiring practical, safer people-moving and handling refresher training for teams
• Workplace teams need an auditable, practical competence assessment.

Training can be adapted to reflect local moving and handling policies, workplace procedures, risk assessments, available equipment, staff responsibilities, service user needs, and role-specific safer-handling risks, in line with CSTF Moving and Handling Level 2 requirements.

• Blended learning: Online knowledge + Coventry practical assessment
• Immediate online access after purchase
• Practical session at our Coventry Training Centre
• CPD-accredited certificate
• Certificate issued immediately after completing the practical session
• Small-group practical training
• Experienced trainers and assessors
• Suitable for workplace compliance evidence
• Group training available for organisations
• Delivered through ComplyPlus™ LMS, developed by our parent company, LearnPac Systems.

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