Manual Handling

The Manual Handling Course takes approximately three (3) hours and is intended for individuals who manually handle heavy objects at work. The Manual Handling Course is conducted on-site at our Newcastle premises.

Who Is This Course For?

This course is aimed at workers who will manually push, pull, carry, lift or restrain heavy objects. It is also aimed at site supervisor's, who are required by legislation to identify, assess and control workplace hazards such as risk of injury caused by manual handling.

About the Course

This manual handling course satisfies State OHS Act and Regulation duty of care requirements and State WorkCover Authority Audits. The course contains information on basic principles of safe manual handling techniques and movements of loads when shifting materials on a day to day basis.

It will offer course participants an understanding of OHS, muscle function and risk reduction and control measures.

Participants should be able to speak and understand English as all the course material, training notes and assessments are done in English.

Qualifications

123 Training Solutions conduct Manual Handling courses in partnership with and on behalf of Raise Training (RTO Number: 91655).

Successful participants will receive a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment:

• TLID1001 - Shift materials safely using manual handling methods