Official Courses

Pick the course you need from the cards on this page and enrol: it opens in your account straight away, on any device. Nothing under official courses needs a classroom in Ireland or a booked date, so most learners begin within minutes of deciding.

Each certificate is printed with its own verification code. Entered on the verification page of Irish Manual Handling, the code shows who holds the certificate, for which course and since when, so a check takes seconds.

Yes. The certificate is CPD certified and RoSPA approved, and its code confirms the holder, the course and the date online. That is the check employers in Ireland make, from construction and pharma to healthcare, hospitality, logistics and agriculture, and the same certificate is accepted across Ireland, the UK and Europe.

Yes. The courses are online, so the county makes no difference: Dublin, Cork and Galway and every town between them are served by the same courses and the same certificate.

Yes. The duty in Section 10 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 is to train employees for the hazards of their work; how the training is delivered is left to the employer. What an inspector looks for is the record, and each course here ends in one: a dated certificate with a verification code.

The one your work calls for. If an employer, a site or an insurer named a course, choose that one from the cards on this page. If nobody named one, match the hazards of the job to the course names on the cards, from manual handling and manual handling theory to working at heights and abrasive wheels.

Lessons first, then one assessment. The lessons are short and each ends with a knowledge check; the assessment is taken online when you are ready and can be repeated free. Your place is kept on every device, so the course can be spread over several sittings.

Yes. A manager opens the free Employer Dashboard, adds staff by email and assigns the courses. Each person trains on their own device and shift, every certificate appears in the dashboard as it is earned and volume discounts apply automatically.

The course page states the duration before you enrol, and most learners complete a course in one sitting. There is no access window to run out: stop when you need to and continue later from the same lesson.

Try again, as often as you need and at no cost. There is no waiting period between attempts and the certificate is issued as soon as you pass.