Manual Handling Training
Empowering your employees with the skills they need to work safely
Wesley Health Promotion can provide a tailored manual handling training program for your workplace. We can help you:
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Control and minimise the costs of workplace injuries from manual tasks
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Comply with workplace health and safety legislation
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Enhance employee health and wellbeing.
We will work with your company to develop a set of measurable outcomes, and tailor a training schedule to achieve them.
Manual Handling Training
Our health professionals will visit your workplace to assess typical work practices, and from there they will will develop a competency-based Manual Handling Training program for your workplace and deliver it to small groups of up to 25 employees. Included in the training program are:
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Pre-work warm ups
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Basic anatomy/biomechanics
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Best practice manual handling techniques
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Specific techniques for your worksite
Our health professionals will recommend specific adjustments to typical work practices and provide handouts as a guide and future reference.
Reporting and Evaluation
We can demonstrate measurable outcomes in the following areas:
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Reductions in back injuries
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Positive behavioural changes
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Reduced exposure to health and safety risk
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Decreased absenteeism
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Increased productivity.
For more information about our Manual Handling Training programs, please call Michelle Spillane on 3377 7800 or contact us online.
Wesley Health Promotion also offers onsite health assessments; 15 or 30 minute, one-on-one health checks for your employees. To find out how we can tailor a package of targeted health interventions for your company, call 3234 2609 or contact us online.
