safe work practice
Educating the workforce to perform tasks safely
Our Services
Hazardous Manual Tasks Training
‘Hazardous Manual Tasks Training’, formally known as ‘manual handling training’ is our specialty!
Job Dictionary
A ‘job dictionary’ is a collection of the physical demands of jobs within your organisation aimed at reducing the physical risks to workers.
Train The Trainer Programs
Our ‘train the trainer’ programs offer an additional level of training to larger organisations that wish to train their staff internally.
Ergonomic Workstation Assessments
We offer a variety of services to assist you with maintaining a healthy posture in your working environment.
Online Education
We have adapted to an online based learning model for those unable to host or attend face to face training due to COVID restrictions.
About US
Together with current clinical director by Lisa Harman (physiotherapist), Safe Work Practice’s team of highly experienced physiotherapists and occupational therapists offer a specialised range of Occupational Health Services with a strong client-centred approach.
When talking about risk management, once the risk is identified and risk assessed, one needs to follow the Hierarchy of Controls to guide their hazard reduction/management process.
The best way to reduce the risk of a hazard, is to eliminate it completely. Whether it be replacing a manual 'human task' with a machine, or omitting the step completely through automation.
Substitution is when the hazard is still present, but the risk can be reduced by substituting something to lower its impact. This might mean using a trolley to transport materials rather than carrying them.
You can see by the inverted triangle that the items at the top are most effective at reducing risk, compared to the ones on the bottom.
Keep following this process until you have come up with a solution/s to reduce the risk of the hazard in your workplace. You can learn more about Hierarchy of Control here
www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/Hierarchy_of_Controls_02.01.23_form_508_2.pdf ... See MoreSee Less
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Pre Employment Assessments 👨🔧
Pre employment assessments (PEA's) are typically a physical evaluation of your physical capacity and/or fitness to work against the physical demands of a job.
PEA's might involve:
➡ Taking a thorough medical history relevant to your physical performance
➡ Performing range of joint movement exercises
➡ Performing a range of functional tasks (squat, lunge, kneel, movement of material objects)
This information is then provided to the employer that can consider whether you meet the physical requirements of their job and whether your physical performance increases their liability should you become injured at work. ... See MoreSee Less
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Safe Operating Procedures
Safe Operating Procedures are a set of instructions that a PCBU must provide to their workers in order for them to understand how to perform tasks in their job role. There is legislation both Nationally and at a state level, that provide guidance on the scope of instruction that is required by a PCBU.
As WHS health professionals, we spend a lot of time working with organisations on creating customised SOP's for their organisation. We have our own library (job dictionary) with SOP's that align with our manual handling training, to provide a generic set of instructions for the task. However, workplaces are required to ensure that their SOP's are specific to their organisation. As such, we work with businesses to use our existing templates as a base to modify to the organisation's specific needs to reduce the cost and time to produce a high quality set of instructions.
If you'd like a preview of the quality of our SOP's, please feel welcome to view this example or reach out at info@safeworkpractice.com.au for more examples and information on how we could assist your organisation with this necessary set of instructions. #safeoperatingprocedure #SOP #healthcare #healthcare #adelaide ... See MoreSee Less
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