Manual Handling Healthcare - An Introduction

Course Overview 

An introduction to manual handling in the healthcare industry and provides a range procedures and techniques to reduce the risk of injury.

Learning Objectives 

After completing this training program, you should be able to:

• Define what is manual handling
• Recognise the common causes and the various types of manual handling injuries
• Perform safe lifting actions by using the correct techniques
• Identify the manual handling hazards in your workplace 
• Utilise the various risk management controls to reduce the risk of injury

Target Audience 

Aimed at all staff in the healthcare industry.

Business Outcomes  

With manual handling, prevention is far better than cure. Trouble is, your workers could be doing damage to their musculoskeletal system without even knowing. Educate them now with this essential self-paced training program.