Manual Handling Training and Lifestyle Seminars
Safe practical manual handling training
Cater to all types of industries e.g. nursing, industrial, clerical
Manutention training
On-site specific training, based on job analysis (videos and slides can be job-specific)
Informative back-care lectures
OH&S legislation
Catering to all trainees e.g. managers, general work-force, injured workers, home carers, students
Attendance and competency certificates issued
Fire safety evacuation training
Train theTrainer programs available
Manuals provided
Copies of SWP PowerPoint Presentation available
Video of sessions optional
Inspirational seminars to motivate your staff to make healthy lifestyle changes
Up to the minute fitness and nutrition advice based on the very latest research
Examples of Manual Handling Programs Available
Manual handling techniques can be rectified through manual handling training and ongoing monitoring of the adaptation of the new techniques.
It takes time to form new habits, therefore the train the trainer model is ideal because there is someone on site continually observing the worker putting into practice the new techniques learnt.
Train the Trainer
Ideally, if a Train the Trainer model is used, selected staff go through intense manual handling training providing them with the skills not only to perform manual handling tasks efficiently themselves, but also to be able to assess their work mates' proficiency.
This way, the training doesn't end when Mary Hill and Tracy Secombe leave, rather there's an ongoing presence and understanding through the trainers of the principles of safe manual handling, relevant to the particular task.
A Train the Trainer session will ideally run for three hours, followed by one shift back on the job for the trainers to follow up on homework set.
The homework includes applying the principles that have been taught during the Train the Trainer session to particular work tasks and this feedback is brought back to part two of the Train the Trainer, which runs for two hours, one to two days later.
Power Point Presentation to all Staff
Mary Hill and Tracy Secombe together will present a session for an hour and a half covering the general principles of manual handling, how injuries occur, the anatomy of the spine and other joints and particularly, applying these techniques and principles to the work place and the particular task.
A feed back sheet will be provided at all training sessions to keep a record of the effectiveness of the training.
The rights to use the PowerPoint Presentation are available with appropriate instructions. This is highly recommended as a tool for trainers to use annually to train staff themselves.
One-on-one Manual Handling Training
Mary will buddy-up with one of the trainers and Tracy with another and together will train staff individually.
This training session will take from 15-20 minutes, depending on how proficient the worker is.
It will include assessing the way the worker already performs his or her task and making recommendations where necessary.
From this assessment, a feedback form will be provided, making recommendations on any physical strengthening or fitness program that the worker needs to undertake or any changes to the ergonomic set-up of the workstation.
An individual's fitness or genetic makeup can mean that they are either compatible or non-compatible with the physical demands of the job.
These things are identified during the one-on-one manual handling training and recommendations can be made about particular stretches or strengthening exercises to improve this compatibility.
Monitoring of the System
Tracy Secombe and Mary Hill will monitor the trainers by perusing the feedback sheets that they are completing weekly. These feedback sheets are based on the assessments of the workers on an ongoing basis.
