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Training Methods
24 articles
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Mechanical Assistance, Equipment Maintenance, and Good Handling Techniques: The Key to Keeping Your Team Safe
Find out how mechanical assistance equipment and safer lifting and handling training can help to prevent lifting related accidents in the workplace.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
How to Manage Manual Handling Risks in Your Workplace: The Lowdown
Exploring how you can use practical and situation-specific manual handling risk filters to manage Manual Handling Risks in your workplace.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Mastering Manual Handling: The Task
In this Osteopaths For Industry blog post, we’re focusing on how you can reduce risks associated with the “task” of manual handling.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Mastering the Art of Safer Manual Handling: Improve Your Team's Technique
Safe Manual Handling is essential in many businesses. This blog article explains how your can improve your team's technique and safety today.
Employee Wellbeing, Health & Safety, Risk Assessment & Management, Training Methods
Ensuring New Workers Health and Safety: 6 Vital Steps for Employers
6 Vital Steps for Employers to Ensure the Health and Safety of New Workers - Osteopaths For Industry.
Manual Handling, People Moving & Handling, Training Methods, Workstation Safety & DSE Training
Your Feet - It's All About The Base!
Your feet are one of the most overworked, underappreciated, and undervalued body parts, and they deserve your attention!
Clinical Individual Award Presented to OFI Trainer Emma Tarpey
OFI congratulates manual handling consultant Emma Tarpey for her receipt of an AXREM ‘Clinical Individual’ award.
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Maintaining Musculoskeletal Awareness with online education tools
Maintaining on-going education throughout your workforce is imperative, but how should you go about doing this?
Manual Handling, Training Methods
Supporting the HSE Go Home Healthy campaign
Osteopaths For Industry support the HSE Go Home Healthy campaign to ensure employers know the risks of work-related ill health.
The Importance of Good Posture
What is posture? Posture is simply body position. A good posture, whether walking, standing, or sitting, is a body position that minimises strain on the body.
Revolutionary Simplicity in Manual Handling Training
By implementing simple checklists, even in the most intense situations, errors can be dramatically reduced.
Safer Manual Handling - Changing Habits
Why don't we lift with good technique, even though we know we should? The number one answer we always get is 'habit'.