TOP 10 MANUAL HANDLING SAFETY COURSES IN NEW ZEALAND

This manual handling course is designed to raise awareness of manual handling and cover concepts of reducing risk.

This course teaches basic knowledge and skills for the manual handling of goods, equipment, and materials in the workplace. As well as the skills and techniques to ensure correct posture and back safety is maintained throughout.

This manual handling course is structured on four simple manual handling techniques. We want to take the first step towards creating good habits and to have these learnings used in every lift our trainees make.

This course is designed to provide trainees with an overview of the causes of back injury and how to prevent such injuries in the workplace. It can be delivered with or without assessment to unit standard 17592.

Operating Manual Covering Safety training is offered by Bison for all skill level. You can request in-person training from Bison anytime.

Manual Handling course training is offered by Working for Health for all skill level. Knowledge is power. Ensuring your staff are informed about your workplace's health and safety hazards will empower them to take responsibility for their own well being while reducing their risk for harm.

Understand the manual handling injuries relevant to your business. Learn optimal body mechanics and improve self-awareness with simple, practical advice to reduce injury risk.

At the successful completion of this course a trainee will be able to: demonstrate knowledge of types of manual handling risks; describe injury risk reduction measures for manual handling; use safe manual handling practices with mechanical aids; and use safe manual handling practices without.

Practical on pushing, pulling lifting and lowering objects. Understanding the spine and spinal injuries and ergonomics.

Identification and understanding of contributors to manual handling injury, understanding the physical make-up of the spine and spinal injuries, practical lifting and moving skills.