Did you know that 1/3 of all injuries in Australia happen during manual handling activities?  And did you also know that majority of the injuries can be easily prevented?

Manual handling training sessions are designed to help cut down on work place injuries and reduce the risk of work place injuries for those who need to complete any manual tasks in the course of their work.   Manual handling training can be offered across any industry including office workers, aged care, warehouse personnel, process workers and the construction industry to name a few.

There is often a misconception that manual handling only involves heavy lifting and this is simply not the case!! Manual handling in fact encompasses all physical tasks that your employees may need to complete during their work duties, for example standing to operate machinery, sustained grasping of a power tool or pulling a pallet jack to name but a few.  In our company’s experience it is often not heavy lifting that causes injuries, but poor planning or poor postures which results in a work related injuries occurring.

So why should companies participate in manual handling training?

Manual handling training is often used to educate your staff regarding safe manual handling, and consequently minimize the risk of manual handling injuries.  Manual handling will:

• Provide confidence regarding safe work postures and work procedures;
• Improve work skills and efficiency;
• Help identify manual handling risks and subsequently put strategies in place to improve safety in the work place;
• Assist in identifying workers at risk of injury; and
• Promote active discussion and problem solving by employees regarding their work tasks and posture.

Why Advantage Injury Management Services is the right choice to complete you manual handling training?

Manual handling training is completed at your workplace, in standard working conditions, and using your equipment and processes at a time is suitable for you! The majority of the session concentrates of you normal work tasks, and demonstrating how to perform them with attention to safe manual handling.  All staff participate in demonstrations, as this allows us to assess your staff capacities, as well as correcting their postures and manual handling.  We actively encourage problem solving of difficult tasks during the training session.

Advantage Injury Management Services has a proven track record of reducing the incidence of manual handling injuries following our training sessions and we work in partnership with a number of large and small companies on a regular basis with respect to manual handling training either on a half yearly or yearly basis depending on the company’s needs.  We also provide regular manual handling training when inducting new staff members or with the introduction of new equipment to a company.  Find out more about the benefits of manual handling training or contact 3625 2700 to discuss, or book a manual handling training session.

Blog – D Morris (Occupational Therapist)