MANUAL HANDLING IN COMMUNITY CARE OR CHILD CARE

Description

This program is designed specifically for people working as office workers, home care workers, personal carers and similar occupations.  The course develops the knowledge and skills required to recognise the manual handling tasks performed in the person’s/group’s workplace, the ways in which these may lead to injuries in workers and safe work practices required to minimise the risk of these injuries occurring.

Content Overview

• Identification of manual handling activities related to the required work tasks
• Recognition of the postures, movements and other factors associated with manual handling tasks which increase the possibility of injury.
• Identification of measures, including safe work practices, to be used in order to reduce the likelihood of injury

Course Duration

3 hours

Trainer/Assessors

PREMIUMHEALTH provides trainers who are registered nurses or ambulance officers that have at least Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training.

Assessment

Students’ performance is assessed.

Award

A Statement of Participation is issued on completion of this course

Course/Unit

Safe Manual Handling PHMH005

Venue

• At your venues in most Australian locations – for which a set   course fee or group minimum applies

Course Fee

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