How to improve employee awareness of manual handling skills and injury prevention in the workplace.
Prepared by: Shannon Palmer
Presented by: Wellness & Lifestyles Australia
Do you find your staff are continually experiencing issues with manual handling or issues through daily tasks at work? Are staff unsure about what, how and when to perform lifting tasks? Unsure about computer set up? Some common problems that staff or workers report:
- Not sure what manual handling really means
- Staff complaining of excessive strain or aches and pains
- Staff wanting to know what to look out for to prevent injury
You’re not alone. According to a recent survey we conducted, most of our aged care facility members suffer from the same issues. Nearly all aged care facilities experience ongoing issues with manual handling and ensuring that staff are receiving adequate training while at the same time continuing to be themselves responsible for themselves while at work.
That is why Wellness & Lifestyles have created an ergonomics and injury prevention e-learning module, which helps to solve these issues and problems.
What this e-learning module can do for you…
- Give you a basic understanding of OH&S
- Help to identify, control and manage risk.
- Improve understanding of spine structure and function
- Improve understanding of principles of safe manual handling and reduce risk of injury
- Better understanding of office ergonomics
Included in this e-learning module is…
- Overview of OH&S and responsibilities of the employer and employee
- Education about spinal anatomy and function
- Detail of principles of safe manual handling
- Strategies and exercises to prevent injury
- Ergonomic office design
Who should use this e-learning module?
You should go through this online training module if you are concerned that you have not had adequate education about the basics concerning manual handling and ergonomics in the workplace, if you have just commenced as an employee at a site, new to aged care, unsure about how to prevent injuries in the workplace, or would like to learn more about OH&S.
After following some of the basic interventions and solutions in this e-learning module you will notice an immediate difference in how you view the workplace and will have better awareness of the potential issues surrounding you. You will also have a better understanding of how to easily avoid many simple injuries and ensure that you stay as fit and healthy as possible.
Now obviously everyone will be different in terms of how manual handling will affect them. Such as maintenance staff will encounter many different issues compared to administrative staff. However the basics principles and theory behind manual handling applies to all staff no matter what the type of work they do.
This e-learning module is a great way to develop a sound basis for staff to be able to identify risk in the workplace to enable them to better be able to make both themselves and their fellow workers safe and happy at work.
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