Manual Handling Safety
Cost
$150 + GST per person
Duration
8 hours (1 day)
Purpose
To get a basic understanding about manual handling of goods, materials, and equipment in the workplace
Course Overview
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for people who carry out manual handling tasks. This is for you if you need to lift, lower, push, pull, move, carry, hold, or restrain goods, materials, or equipment in the workplace.
Topics Covered
This course will teach you the types of manual handling risks, injury risk reduction measures, and safe manual handling practices with and without mechanical aids.
You will learn about the use of personal protective equipment, the use of mechanical aids (such as lift tables, hoists, conveyors, chutes, hand trolleys, etc.), the use of ramps, job redesign, and ergonomic techniques among other risk reduction measures for manual handling in the workplace.