Creating a safe working culture starts with consistent, high quality manual handling training. The All Wales Manual Handling Passport Scheme provides a national standard so organisations can evidence competence, reduce injury risk and meet legal responsibilities. ACI Training & Consultancy delivers a blended, practical pathway to full Passport compliance that supports Healthcare Agencies, Complex Care Providers, Care Homes, Domiciliary Care Providers, Education including Early Years, Dental Practices, Doctors and GPs, Private Hospitals and Aesthetics Clinics.
What the All Wales Manual Handling Passport covers
The Wales Passport Scheme ensures everyone receives the same level of training and assessment. Key learning areas include safer handling principles, ergonomics, spine anatomy, current legislation, organisational policy, communication, manual handling risk assessment, inanimate load handling, bed mobility, slide sheets, assisting standing and walking, managing a fallen person, hoisting, sling application, environmental checks and preventing unsafe practice.
This framework helps teams move and handle people and loads safely, consistently and confidently.
ACI’s blended pathway to Passport compliance
Step 1 — Online theory (Modules A and B)
Learners complete online modules before attending practical training. Topics include:
- Safer handling principles and ergonomics
- UK legislation and local policies
- Anatomy and physiology of the spineRisk assessment methods
- Communication and teamwork
- Inanimate load handling theory
Step 2 — One day face to face practical (Modules B to F)
Delivered by experienced instructors following the official Wales Passport module structure. The day includes:
- Lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling
- Bed mobility and slide sheet use
- Supporting sitting, standing and walking
- Managing a fallen person safely
- Hoisting and correct sling selection
- Environmental checks and unsafe practice prevention
This approach ensures each learner completes all required theory and practical assessments to meet Wales Passport standards.
Who this training is for
Healthcare Agencies and Complex Care
Equip staff quickly with nationally recognised Passport evidence. Ideal for locum, bank and support workers who need portable, consistent training records.
Care Homes and Domiciliary Care Providers
Improve safety, reduce injury risk and support compliance with inspection bodies. Training reflects real residential and home care environments.
Education and Early Years
Adapted manual handling techniques for classrooms, nurseries, SEN environments and early years settings. Focus on child centred handling and safe equipment use.
Dental Practices, Doctors and GPs
Posture, transfer techniques and inanimate load handling tailored to small clinical rooms, repetitive tasks and patient movement in primary care.
Private Hospitals
Ideal for theatres, outpatient services and ward based teams. Reinforces safe patient positioning, use of equipment and governance requirements.
Aesthetics Clinics
Support safe client positioning, couch adjustments, equipment handling and strain reduction for staff carrying out repetitive procedures.
Why choose ACI Training & Consultancy
- Fully aligned to the All Wales Manual Handling Passport Scheme
- Blended model saves classroom hours and speeds up deployment
- CPD accredited training suitable for new starters and refreshers
- Delivered UK wide or at our Care Academy in Chepstow
- Practical scenarios tailored to your sector and environment
- Clear assessment, documentation and competency sign off
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Course formats and booking options
Delivery options
- Training at your location anywhere in Wales or the UK
- Sessions at ACI’s Care Academy in Chepstow
- Flexible scheduling including weekends and evenings
Group sizes and assessment
We welcome small groups and large teams. Each learner is assessed against the Passport modules with certificates and training records provided.
Refresher training
We offer tailored updates for teams who need annual refreshers, return to work assessments or training for new equipment.
What your team will learn and evidence
- Completing dynamic and formal manual handling risk assessments
- Practical safer handling techniques to reduce injury risk
- Correct hoist, sling and slide sheet use
- How to identify and stop unsafe practice
- Documentation that supports NHS manual handling compliance
Answers to Quick Questions we are often asked
What is the Wales Manual Handling Passport and who needs it?
It is a national standard used across Wales to evidence safer manual handling competence. Many healthcare and care based organisations expect staff to hold it.
Can the full Passport be done in one day?
Yes. Online theory is completed beforehand, followed by one full day of practical modules and assessments.
Do you deliver training outside Wales?
Yes. ACI Training & Consultancy provides delivery across Wales and the UK, or you can send learners to our Care Academy in Chepstow.
Is the training suitable for non NHS settings?
Yes. We tailor scenarios and examples for sectors such as Dental, Education, Aesthetics, Primary Care and private clinical environments.
Do staff receive certificates and assessment records?
Yes. We provide certificates and all documentation needed for audits, inspections and client requirements.
How often should staff refresh their Passport?
Many organisations choose annual updates, though frequency may increase where risks or roles change.
Ready to align your team with the All Wales Manual Handling Passport?
Contact ACI Training & Consultancy to arrange onsite delivery, blended learning or group bookings across Wales and the UK.
Email: bookings@acitrainingandconsultancy.co.uk
Telephone: 01291 624451
Frequently Asked Questions
What is covered in the All Wales Manual Handling Passport training with ACI?
Our programme includes online theory and a full day of practical hands on modules, covering risk assessment, bed mobility, hoisting, assisting falls and inanimate load handling with formal competency signing.
How long does the blended Passport training take?
Learners complete the online modules beforehand, then attend a single day of practical assessment.
Can you tailor the course to our sector?
Yes. We adapt examples and scenarios to Healthcare Agencies, Complex Care, Care Homes, Domiciliary Care, Education and Early Years, Dental, Doctors and GPs, Private Hospitals and Aesthetics Clinics.
Do you issue certificates and training evidence?
Yes. Every learner receives a certificate and we supply assessment records suitable for audits and inspections.
Are refresher sessions available?
Yes. We provide refreshers that reflect current risks, new equipment and updated best practice.
Where can training take place?
At your site anywhere in Wales or the UK or at our Care Academy in Chepstow.
