Manual Handling Training & Education

Our team of experienced Occupational Physiotherapists have been providing manual handling training sessions for employers and their employees since 2013. ​We offer our manual handling training in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo. 

The focus of our manual handling training is to teach your employees how to perform manual tasks as safely as possible. We also teach your employees how physical stresses accumulate and present as symptoms (i.e. pain or injury), so that they can better recognise physical symptoms as soon as they occur, helping them to prevent little niggles progressing to fully fledged injuries. 

If you have any questions, or would like to make a booking, please complete the form at the bottom of the page or contact us directly on (03) 9088 2003 or info@theergonomicphysio.com.au.
Training Content

Injury Prevention & Manual Handling Fundamentals

We start our training sessions by teaching your employees the following:
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  • ​Discussion and education of key injury prevention principles.
  • Discussion of how manual handling injuries occur, and the different types of manual handling injuries, such as traumatic and accumulative/repetitive injuries.
  • Education regarding common postures and body positions that often lead to a manual handling injury. 
  • How to prepare the body to perform manual handling tasks easier and safer. 
  • Postural techniques and tips to make manual tasks easier.
  • Education and demonstrations to safely perform the key manual tasks of lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, dragging, twisting, and reaching.

Task Specific Education 

Once we have taught your employees the fundamentals of injury prevention and the key principles of manual handling, we move on to focusing on the specific tasks that your staff perform in their daily workplace duties. 

This includes demonstrations and discussions of the exact tasks that your staff perform at work, so that they can better understand how to implement the injury prevention and manual handling principles that they have just learnt, in their daily workplace duties. ​
​Course Duration

Please allow 1 - 1.5 hours for your training session. 

However, if operational demands mean you need a shorter training session, please contact us so we can advise you of your best option.


Training Location 

Our manual handling training courses are delivered onsite at your workplace.

​We deliver our manual handling training in Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and surrounding areas. 

Please note - we do not deliver manual handling training for individuals. We only deliver manual handling training for workplaces/organisations. Individuals looking to arrange online manual handling training for themselves are suited for our online manual handling training course.

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Industries

We have experience delivering manual handling training across most industries including manufacturing, health and aged care, personal care, maintenance and gardening, warehouse, aviation, automotive, veterinary, agriculture. Please contact us to confirm that we are experienced in your industry and if we are not, we will recommend someone who is. 


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. 

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With the right training, manual handling injuries ARE PREVENTABLE.