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Back Care Management,
Loughborough University, Business School
- Management & Organisation
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| Country: | United Kingdom | Duration: | Unknown |
| City: | Leicestershire | Start Date: | Unknown |
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| Languages: | English |
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Programme Description
The programme is intended for Back Care Advisers/Manual Handling Co-ordinators within organisations and for selfemployed consultants who have responsibility for assessing the risks involved in load movement and advising on the means of eliminating or reducing them. It takes a practical problem-solving approach to Back Care and load movement which is appropriate to the needs of practitioners attending a post-experience programme.
The objectives of the programme are to:
* provide the knowledge and skill necessary for the multidisciplinary role of effectively advising on the problems and risksassociated with load movement and manual handling;
* establish qualifications that give national recognition to the holder´s abilities.
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Contents
This programme is available in the Certificate, Diploma and MSc.
The Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma programmes are part-time and modular in structure, and involve a combination of short courses (in three or two-day blocks), self-study and work-based assignments and projects. Learning and assessment methods are tailored to take account of participants´ circumstances and needs.
The Postgraduate Certificate will normally be completed within 18 months of part-time study and the Postgraduate Diploma within 26 months.
The Masters stage is completed by part-time research for a dissertation, usually based on a work-related project. Candidates for the MSc must attend three short courses in research methods and successfully complete their dissertation over a 24 month period.
Module Titles
Module 1: The Role of the Back Care Advisor
Module 2: Essential Applied Ergonomics
Module 3: Safe Manual Handling
Module 4: Advanced Applied Ergonomics
Module 5: Managing Change
Module 6: Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma Project
Module 7: MSc Research Project and Dissertation
For the Postgraduate Certificate in Back Care Management candidates must attend and successfully complete the assessed elements of modules 1, 2 and 3. A practical workbased project and report complete the requirements of the Postgraduate Certificate award.
For the Postgraduate Diploma in Back Care Management candidates must successfully complete modules 1 to 6.
For the MSc in Back Care Management candidates who have successfully achieved a passing standard for the Postgraduate Diploma may proceed to undertake a part-time research project within an area of Back Care Management.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
As the course will be conducted at postgraduate level, potential candidates should:
* hold a degree from a Higher Education Institution in the UK or Eire; or
* have achieved the academic requirements for corporate membership of a British Chartered professional
institution approved by the University for this purpose; or
* hold another qualification approved by the University.
In practice, the University will adopt a flexible approach to admission requirements, the principal criterion being that a candidate can reasonably be expected to pursue the course successfully.
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