a demonstration of manual handling best practices

Manual handling for direct support workers

INDUSTRY

Aged Care, Disability Sector

CATEGORY

Refresher Module

LEVEL

Entry

AVG COMPLETION TIME

35 mins

Expert Led

Developed by Australian Experts

Up To Date

Updated as standards and regulations change

Compliant

Comply with ethical and legal obligations

Self Paced

Complete in the flow of work

What You’ll Learn

  • How to identify manual handling hazards
  • How to apply safe manual handling techniques
  • Conducting manual handling risk assessments
  • The importance of implementing control measures for manual handling risks

Course Overview

This award-winning Australian-designed course is suitable for all support workers in aged care, disability care, home care, and for nurses working in hospital settings. It meets the Aged Care Quality Standards and the National Standards for Disability Services.

Manual handling in a health setting covers a range of activities. As a support worker, you need to be skilled in moving and supporting people safely, both unaided and using appropriate equipment. Incorrect techniques can cause serious injury to yourself, colleagues, or the people you support.

This course covers your workplace obligations, common manual handling tasks, risk factors, assessment of risk, and control measures. It provides practical guidance to ensure safety for yourself, your colleagues, and your clients. As part of a suite of training that won a Platinum LearnX Live! Award, this course equips you with essential knowledge to work safely and confidently in any care environment.

Course Activities

Introduction

  • Introduction to Manual Handling for Support Workers
  • Lessons

  • Manual handling hazards
  • Workplace obligations
  • Common manual handling tasks
  • Common risk factors
  • Body safe principles
  • Evaluating how to improve
  • Assessing the risk
  • Control measures and No lift policy
  • Making a situation safer
  • Conclusions

  • Quiz
  • Meet Your Course Authors

    AC

    Anne Cockrenn

    AMC Resources

    30+ years of experience in aged care and education, combining her background as a Registered Nurse, Trainer, and an RTO owner and Director for 19 years to develop practical, client-focused training resources.

    VC

    Vera Cockrenn

    AMC Resources

    20+ years of experience in NDIS policy development and Indigenous disability advocacy, combined with 15+ years of experience in Community engagement and culturally responsive service delivery.

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