Publication - Advice and guidance

The Scottish Manual Handling Passport Scheme

Published: 8 August 2014
Topic: Health and social care
ISBN: 9781784127053

The Scottish Manual Handling Passport Scheme (SMHPS) is an initiative designed to improve the standard and consistency of manual handling training / education and the systems (process/procedures) that underpin it within Health Boards and Local Authorities (LA) in Scotland.

Supporting documents

Appendices

The appendices identified below are sample forms of the documentation likely to be required by an organisation providing a service involving manual handling education. The sample forms meet the minimum requirements identified in Section 3C

1a - b. Scottish Manual Handling Passport

2. Attendance Records

3. Records of training

4. Training course health declaration forms

5. Training feedback forms

6a - b. Self assessment forms for people and inanimate load handling employees

7a - d. Competency assessment forms for people and inanimate load handling tasks

8a - b. Local manual handling induction checklist

9a - b. Generic risk assessment forms

10a - b. Specific people handling assessment forms