This Manual Handling training is intended for support workers to safely and effectively perform manual handling tasks within a residential care setting or in a in home support environment.

Participants must:

• have the physical capacity to perform manual handling tasks safely

Topics covered in this training are:

• Examples of manual handling in the role of a support worker
• Common workplace injuries
• Legislation
• Assessing risk
• Systems approach to manual handling
• Principles of manual handling
• Examples of manual handling equipment
• Warm up exercises

Practical assessments include:

• Correct postures
• Fitting and removing slide sheets
• Sliding a supine person up/down a bed
• Turning in bed
• Sitting to standing from chair
• Sitting to standing from edge of a bed
• Standing transfer from bed to chair/chair to bed
• Hoisting from chair to bed/bed to chair
• Instructing the person to raise themselves from the floor
• Hoisting a person from the floor
• Support an able person to get into a car
• Dismantling a wheelchair

This training is non-accredited, a Certificate of Attendance will be issued on successful completion of the training.

***Please note a minimum of two student bookings are required for this training to proceed. If this is not met, an alternative course date will be offered.