About this course

This course aims to enhance your skills and competencies in manual handling so you may become a Manual Handling Workplace Assessor.

Manual Handling Workplace Assessors assist in meeting the legislative requirements for manual handling across the Sydney Local Health District to achieve a safe workplace.

Who should attend?

This course is appropriate for clinical and non-clinical staff interested in being Manual Handling Workplace Assessors. 

What will you learn?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

1. Understand the role of the manual handling workplace assessor
2. Learn the principles of manual handling
3. Identify factors that influence manual handling risks and management of hazardous manual risks
4. Recognise the correlation between poor manual handling and musculoskeletal disorders
5. Support staff to complete hazardous manual task risk forms
6. Demonstrate manual handling training in your work area
7. Conduct manual handling competency assessments within your work area
8. Assist your work area in the review of safe work practices relating to manual handling. 

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