Reading List

These official sources support the course and are useful when carrying out local risk assessments, staff induction, supervision and refresher training. The course follows HSE manual-handling guidance for Great Britain, HSENI guidance for Northern Ireland, and children's homes guidance for the residential care context.

Manual-handling guidance

• HSE: Manual handling at work
  Great Britain overview on avoiding hazardous manual handling, assessing tasks that cannot be avoided and reducing risk.
• HSE: Manual handling at work - A brief guide
  Practical summary of safer handling techniques and legal duties.
• HSE: Manual handling assessment charts (MAC tool)
  Guidance on how load, posture, grip, carrying distance and other factors affect risk.
• Children's homes regulations, including quality standards: guide
  Relevant England guidance for residential children's homes.
• HSENI: Manual handling
  Northern Ireland manual-handling guidance and signposting for risk assessment.

For day-to-day work, follow your employer's local risk assessment, task method and equipment instructions first, then consult these sources for additional background.