Ergonomics Training

Offices vary from multi-storeyed, air conditioned buildings to small areas that are part of warehouses, factories, hospitals and homes.

While hazards in the office may not always be as obvious as those in factories, office workers may also face a range of health and safety issues, including poor job design, prolonged repetitive work, moving heavy loads, inadequate lighting and cramped or unsafe work areas.

This Training is designed to help employers and employees take a fresh look at their workplace.

Requirements

• Client to provide lunch and morning tea

Venue

• Client to provide venue

It Aims To:

• Raise awareness of health & safety issues in the office

• help identify existing & potential health & safety problems

• encourage consultation on health & safety issues

• help employers meet their legal responsibilities in relation to health & safety

• offer solutions & advice

Objectives

• Participants should be able to recognise manual handling risks in tasks, & in consultation, decide the best way to minimise them

• Provide the definition of manual handling

• Explain the manual handling regulation in the OSH & WHS Regulations

• Apply the principles in the Code of Practice for identifying hazards & assessing risks in their workplace

• Discuss & apply the process for controlling manual handling risks