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Moving and Handling: Essential Techniques
Health & SafetyLevel 1

Moving and Handling: Essential Techniques

A back injury in care is rarely one sudden lift. It builds over years of small hauls and stoops until an ordinary movement, on an ordinary shift, ends a career. This course shows you what the law asks of you and your employer: why nobody should ever take most or all of a person's weight, what the handling plan in the care plan is for, how to recognise the equipment that does the lifting so your spine doesn't have to, and where this training stops. It will not teach you to perform transfers; no online course can do that safely. It will make you the worker who reads the plan before every move and speaks up the moment something looks wrong.

1 hour 19 minutes
Created by Sophie Barber Updated 10/2026 English
Part of Mandatory Training · Course 11 of 15
  • 100% online, any time
  • On any device
  • Accredited certificate on completion
  • Learn by doing
  • Storytelling built around your routine
  • Audio and alt text throughout
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What you'll learn

Identify the basic principles of safe moving and handling.
State why manual lifting of a person is not an acceptable technique.
Describe the purpose of a moving and handling risk assessment.
Recognise common moving and handling equipment and its general purpose.

Course content

5 modules

What the law asks before anyone is moved: avoid the risk, assess what remains, reduce it. You'll identify your own legal duties and the risks that end careers in care.
Why no technique that takes most or all of a person's weight is ever acceptable, the harm the old lifts cause, and what to do when someone starts to fall.
The risk assessment behind every safe move: what it is for, what the handling plan records, and your job as the worker who reads it, follows it and reports when it no longer fits.
Recognise the equipment that does the lifting: hoists, slings, slide sheets and more. You'll identify what each is for, the checks anyone can make, and when to stop and report.
The graded assessment: ten questions drawn from a thirty-question bank covering the whole course. Show what you can now identify, state, describe and recognise.

Specialist

Sophie Barber

A qualified teacher, examiner and content creator, Sophie has over 10 years experience developing resources for examination boards to ensure that they are using effective learning tools. An ex-medic, Sophie has a huge passion for the healthcare profession and the importance of delivering quality care.

Training you can trust

How this course works. You will work through self-paced modules, check your understanding with knowledge checks, and finish with a short assessment. On passing, your CPD-certified certificate is available to download immediately, ready for your CQC evidence file or employer records.

Recommended renewal: every year. Your certificate is valid for 12 months. Skills for Care's minimum for most topics is every 3 years. Refresher periods by topic

Accredited by CPD

All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Frequently asked questions

There is no deadline: a one-off purchase gives you lifetime access to the course, including updates, so you can complete it at your own pace across shifts.
Yes. Every course is accredited by the CPD Certification Service, and the certificate states the course, the level and the date you passed.
Yes. It works on phone, tablet and computer, and your progress syncs between them.
Your certificate is generated the moment you pass the final assessment, ready to download or print.