Training / Education

Over the last 15 years, Connect has developed a portfolio of training programmes, which can be provided on request as a one-off project or as part of a regular strategy for managing and preventing musculoskeletal problems in the workplace.

These training programmes have the added benefit of being delivered purely by Occupational Physiotherapists and exceed the minimum standards imposed on companies through HSE regulations.

The training programmes include:

• Display Screen Equipment (DSE) ‘User’ Training
  
  Reduce the number of office based staff on the sick or at work with problems. This training programme emphasises the importance of users recognising, self managing and reducing the likelihood of problems associated with DSE use.
  

• Display Screen Equipment (DSE) ‘Assessor’ Training
  
  Completing a significant amount of DSE Assessments within your company is no easy task. Have you considered having Workstation Assessors within departments? This training programme allows assessors to achieve a level of skill and competency to complete assessment in line with DSE regulations.
  

(refresher programmes are also available)

• Advanced Display Screen Equipment (DSE) ‘Assessor’ Training
  
  Are you an Occupational Health Advisor or Health & Safety Officer? Would you like to increase your skills further? This training programme allows candidates to have the ability to solve more complicated problems more effectively.
  

• Manual Handling Training
  
  How many members of staff undertake manual handling tasks? Whether it is regular heavy lifting or frequent and repetitive handling of light loads, this programme is designed for your business. The programme is designed to ensure that Manual Handling Operation Regulations are fulfilled and incorporates a ‘practical shop floor’ element bespoke for your company.
  

(refresher programmes are also available)

• Musculoskeletal Awareness Training For Managers
  
  Did you know that 10% of any company’s profits are lost due to musculoskeletal conditions?
  Do your managers effectively manage musculoskeletal conditions to attempt to reduce this figure?
  This training programme aims to give managers a greater understanding of how to identify, manage and prevent musculoskeletal problems within the workplace, as well as the benefits of managing them efficiently and effectively.

• Work Related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULD’s)
  
  Education for Production Line Operators
  Do you have a need to reduce / prevent upper limb disorders? Some may say not, but this is an excellent education programme aimed at packaging / production line operators to give them a greater understanding of how they can recognise, self manage and prevent disorders occurring in the workplace.
  

• Production Line Risk Assessors Training
  
  How competent are your production line risk assessors in identifying the risk of musculoskeletal problems within the workplace? This training programme is designed to enhance the skill level and ability of new or existing assessors enabling them to identify and reduce the risk of upper limb problems, more effectively. It has a theoretical and practical component and has proved particularly popular with food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and electronic companies.