Manual Handling

This training provides participants with both theoretical and practical knowledge on the safe and professional application of lifting techniques, while ensuring compliance with relevant safety precautions. The objective is to promote conscious and health-preserving work practices, protect physical resources, and support occupational health management.

Training Content

• Legal regulations
• Workplace-specific situations related to manual tasks within the industry
• Identification, assessment, documentation, and elimination of specific hazards in physical work
• Anatomical fundamentals – stress factors and corresponding response measures
• Recognizing signs and symptoms of chronic injuries or physical limitations
• Physiological challenges and the development of safe, body-friendly work strategies
• Techniques to minimize risks and ergonomic lifting and transport methods
• Lifting and storing loads
• Conducting workplace-related risk and hazard assessments
• Performing a Last-Minute Risk Analysis

Target Group

This training is intended for professionals in the wind energy sector and related fields.

Prerequisites

• Basic Course: No prior knowledge required
• Refresher Course: Proof of a valid GWO Manual Handling Basic Training certificate

Training Conditions

• Maximum number of participants: 12
• Duration: 0.5 days (3.5 hours)

Certification

Upon successful completion, participants will receive:

• A certificate
• An entry in their safety pass
• A registration in the GWO database WINDA

Certificate Validity

• 2 years

Required Equipment

Participants are required to bring appropriate work clothing, safety shoes, and work gloves.