Specialists in Manual Handling for Childcare Professionals

The childcare sector is one of the highest manual handling injury risk sectors in Australia. This is due to the repetitive nature of the manual handling activities performed by childcare professionals, often in awkward or prolonged positions, and usually stressing the same parts of the body. 

At The Ergonomic Physio, we have taken the time to learn and understand the manual handling tasks performed in childcare centres. We specialise in delivering highly practical and task-specific manual handling training in a childcare setting. 

When delivering our training sessions, we quite literally move through the centre room-to-room, discussing and demonstrating the specific manual tasks that childcare professionals perform on a day-to-day basis. This ensures the training is practical and relevant. 

To cater for the busy hours of a childcare centre, we accomodate flexible timing of training sessions, offering sessions before and after hours, weekends, and standard business hours. 

​Please see below for more information on what is covered and to place your enquiry. 
Training Content and Structure

Our manual handling training sessions are tailored to focus on the specific manual tasks performed by childcare professionals in their day-to-day work. We do not offer powerpoint presentation type sessions. Instead, our training sessions are highly practical and relevant to the manual handling injury risks experienced by staff in the childcare sector. 

Our sessions are split into two parts. The first part focuses on injury prevention education and understanding manual handling techniques and principles. The second part of the session then focuses on the specific manual handling tasks performed by staff in a childcare setting. 

Part One - Injury Prevention Education and Manual Handling Techniques

  • Education regarding how manual handling injuries typically occur. 
  • ​Education regarding injury prevention principles, helping your employees to understand what is actually happening in the body when an injury develops and how to respond to signs and symptoms to stop little niggles progressing into a fully-fledged injury. 
  • Education on manual handling risk assessment and identification of manual risks.
  • Practical training and demonstrations of key manual handling techniques, including - lifting and putting items down, twisting and rotation, carrying, pushing, pulling, team lifting and carrying.
  • Practical training and demonstrations of high-risk postures, and postural tips to make manual tasks easier and safer (includes bracing and core activation).
 
Part Two - Task-Specific Manual Handling Training

  • Practical training and workshop of the specific manual handling tasks that your employees perform (***this is the most important part of the session as it is 100% specific to the manual tasks that your staff perform***).
  • During this part of the session, we will walk through the childcare centre with staff, going room-to-room, discussing and demonstrating the specific manual tasks that they perform on a daily basis. 
  • Discussion of risk mitigation and risk elimination for the manual tasks performed by employees.
  • Q and A to answer any further questions related to manual handling tasks. 


​Course Duration

We can tailor the length of our manual handling training sessions to suit the time that you have available. However, due to the high injury risk nature of the childcare sector and the large number of manual tasks typically performed by childcare professionals, we recommend allocating 2.5 - 3 hours for your training sessions. 

As noted above, we offer flexible hours to accomodate the busy nature of childcare centres. We offer our childcare manual handling training sessions in regular business hours, before or after hours, as well as on weekends. 


Our Trainers

All of our trainers are qualified and experienced Workplace Physiotherapists who specialise in workplace injury prevention. All of our trainers have a minimum of 10 years experience in workplace injury prevention. 


Training Location 

Our manual handling training courses are delivered onsite at your workplace. This ensures the session is as practical and relevant as possible for your staff.


Certification

You will receive a certificate from us at the competition of the training session, listing all participants and confirming their participation and competency in manual handling. ​


Any Questions?

Please contact us on (03) 9088 2003 or [email protected] if you have any questions or require additional information. Alternatively, please complete the form below to receive a quote.