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As human beings, ironically, it is often the body’s more vital functions that we take for granted – for example, the beating of our heart, or the movement of our rib cage inflating our lungs. Unless something goes wrong, we almost forget about the role these vital functions play in keeping us alive. Even in areas […]

As a trainer in the field of Manual Handling training, it is deceptively easy to reinforce the message that we are simply biological machines that need educating in the ‘reality’ of basic mechanics. Staff may have already been exposed to outmoded and prescriptive approaches to training which they know to be too simplistic to make […]

It’s all very well updating your training methodologies, but if you’ve got no evaluation process in place you have no idea of what’s working and what isn’t. Make sure you build a robust review system involving both management and operative/worker feedback. This should run concurrently with each stage of the programme. OFI suggests that this […]

Hands-on practical skills training is an absolute must. Too much spoken information can lead to a lower rate of learning retention. This is why our team of instructors, each a fully qualified osteopath or physiotherapist, use mixed training methods in their sessions, striking the right balance between verbal and physical instruction. We develop our spoken […]

Have you ever left a training session feeling fuzzy about the connection between how to do a correct procedure, and why it is necessary to do it that way? Then it wasn’t one of OFIs courses! Our instructors have honed their training skills over more than 25 years, and go to great efforts to ensure […]

Make your manual handling courses more engaging by refreshing your training methods. Let’s face it: The mention of “Manual Handling training” is hardly likely to instil joy in the hearts of your employees. So how can you make your training courses more engaging? What is the essential ingredient of a stimulating training session that engages […]

Make courses more engaging by customising training to suit your delegates. Research has yielded compelling evidence that tailored education to suit differing roles or recipient groups (i.e. management or operatives) is more effective. Tailored training works! For example, in the case of Manual Handling, it is clearly important to educate and promote risk awareness among […]