RoSPA Level 3 Award for Safer People Handling Trainers

This qualification consists of three mandatory units.

• Unit 1 – Understanding the principles and practices of safe movement of people.
  Develops learner's knowledge of the principles and practices that underpin the safe movement of people in the workplace.
• Unit 2 - Application of safe practices to the movement of people
  Develops learner's knowledge and skills in the application of basic biomechanical principles and safe dignified practices to the movement of people within the work place.
• Unit 3 - Delivering a training session
  Develops learner's knowledge and skills so that they can prepare, deliver and evaluate a training session.

All three units are mandatory and all must be passed to gain the qualification

To find out more about this qualification please download the specification.

Total Qualification Time (TQT): 35 hours
Guided Learning Hours (GLH): 26 hours

Assessment process

• Observation of learners practical skills
• Practical demonstration in the form of a 30 minute micro teach
• Written assignment in the form of a session plan and action plan
• Question and answers
• Completion of a Postural analysis tool -Rapid entire body assessment (REBA)

All assessments are internally marked, verified and sampled as part of our quality assurance procedures.

A video recording device which captures audio will be required to record learners when completing their assessments. Videos must be stored for verification purposes.

In the health and social care sector 37% of self-reported illnesses are work related musculoskeletal injuries and 27% of cases of self-reported non-fatal injuries are caused by lifting and carrying.¹

The risks associated with moving and handling can be reduced to both handlers and service users by providing appropriate training.

1. www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/industry/healthservices/index.htm