Patient Handling Training Course Certified People Handling Course Ireland

No workplace in Ireland injures more backs than health and social care, and no task causes more of those injuries than moving and handling people. Behind nearly every incident is the same story: a transfer that was never assessed, a hoist that was never checked, or a technique that was never taught. The course takes that risk apart step by step, then shows you the controls that remove it. This course teaches moving and handling people the way it actually happens at the bedside. Five modules take you from the principles and legal duties through person centred risk assessments, safe practice and the complete equipment toolkit to the techniques themselves: assisted sitting, standing and walking, rolling, repositioning and helping a fallen service user, with dignity and independence protected at every step. Real care scenarios and clear photographs make each lesson practical.

Section 8 and 10 is the short answer. The 2005 Act requires every Irish employer to give staff the information, instruction and training they need to work safely, and in care that means people handling training for everyone who assists or moves a service user. Our course is written directly against that wording, which is why it satisfies the duty rather than merely gesturing at it.

Anybody who moves, positions or assists people in a health or social care setting: care assistants, healthcare assistants, nurses, home carers, hospice and day centre staff, family and voluntary carers, and the owners, managers and supervisors responsible for their safety. No previous experience or qualifications are needed.

The Patient Handling Training Course is €35.00 per person, and that is the full price. Team bookings get a volume discount applied automatically, and any 5 different courses cost just €100 flat (except our premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses, which keep their own price), with one invoice and one account for all your records.

Yes, the whole course is online and works on any phone, tablet or laptop. There is no classroom day and no fixed start time: register, log in and begin the Patient Handling Training Course whenever it suits you, at home or on a break at work. Progress saves automatically as you go.

About 1-2 hours, and you do not have to do it in one sitting. Progress saves as you go, so you can stop after a lesson and pick it back up on another device. Your certificate is ready to download the moment you pass.

You download your Patient Handling Training Course certificate as a PDF the moment you pass the exam, day or night. It shows your name, the course, the date and a verification link, so an employer or inspector can confirm it in seconds. A copy stays in your account whenever you need to print it again.

Renewal is recommended every three years, or sooner if your role or the people you care for change. We track the date for you and send a reminder before it lapses, so no certificate in your team expires without anyone noticing. The refresher is the same short online course, so staying compliant never costs a working day.

Nothing bad. You can retake the exam as many times as you need at no extra cost, and you can revisit any lesson before trying again. Most learners pass first time, because the questions test exactly what the course just taught.

This course is assessed by examination rather than by a practical, because the competence it builds is judgement rather than technique. You get unlimited attempts at the exam, at no extra cost.

Yes, and the platform is built for it. One company account covers every employee, shows you at a glance who has finished and who has not, stores every certificate in one place and gives you a single invoice for the lot. Group bookings get the volume discount applied automatically in your cart, and any 5 different courses cost just €100 flat (except our premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses, which keep their own price).

They do. We are an official accredited provider and the certificate carries a verification link an inspector can check in seconds. It is accepted by employers in Ireland, the UK and across the EU, and behind it stand our accreditations: HSA Compliant, QQI Assessed, CPD and RoSPA Accredited.

Moving and handling people from start to finish, across five modules: the principles of assisting and moving people and the legal duties behind them; risk management, from skeletal fragility to the risk factors and common injuries; safe practice built on communication, ergonomics and human movement patterns; the complete equipment toolkit, from electric profiling beds, bed rails, hoists and slings to slide sheets, wheelchairs, turning aids, handling belts and transfer boards; and the techniques themselves, including assisted sitting, standing and walking, rolling, repositioning and responding to a fallen service user.

Manual handling covers inanimate loads: boxes, tools and equipment. Patient handling, also known as people handling, covers human beings, which adds everything a load never has: communication, consent, dignity, changing conditions, unpredictable movement and specialist equipment like hoists and slide sheets. Irish care employers usually request both certificates, and both courses live on this platform with instant certificates.

There are 15 multiple choice questions covering all five modules, each with three answer options. The pass mark is 75 percent, so you need 12 correct answers out of 15. No clock runs during the test, and if an attempt falls short you can review any module and retake the exam free of charge as often as you need. The certificate is issued the moment you pass.

The instant you pass. The certificate is generated automatically, emailed to your inbox and stored on the Certificates page of your account. Most learners go from enrolment to a verifiable certificate in a single sitting of about 2 hours.

Anybody whose role includes patient handling activities in a health or social care setting: care homes, nursing homes, hospices, day centres, primary care centres and home care services. That covers care assistants, healthcare assistants, nurses, home carers and paid, unpaid or voluntary staff, plus the managers and supervisors responsible for their teams.

Thoroughly. A full module walks through the equipment: the checks that come before every use, electric profiling beds and bed rails, mobile and ceiling hoists with their slings, slide sheets, wheelchairs, turning aids, commodes, shower chairs, bath seats, handling belts and transfer boards. The techniques module then shows the equipment working at the bedside. Your workplace should still familiarise you with its exact models, exactly as the HSA recommends.

Yes. Everything runs 100 percent online, so a carer in Sligo receives exactly the same accredited course and recognised certificate as one in Dublin. Begin on a work laptop, continue on your phone between care visits and finish at home; progress follows you automatically, and the certificate is accepted by employers and inspectors across Ireland, the UK and the EU.

Through the free Employer Dashboard: enrol staff in bulk, assign the Patient Handling Training Course to each person, watch live progress and keep every certificate in one screen, with each one issued automatically as people pass. Discounts apply themselves at checkout, no codes needed: 15 percent off any 3 different courses, 10 percent off 10 or more courses, 20 percent off 50 or more, and any 5 different courses for a flat 100 euro (excludes the premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses).