Conduct Manual Tasks Safely

The program has been structured in alliance with the guidelines, benchmarks, and standards set by federal, state, and territorial laws. It also includes recommended professional practices as dictated in the Code of Practice for Hazardous Manual Tasks. This makes the program an ideal choice of learning for professionals working in industries or with designations like:

1. Aged Care Workers
2. Support Workers
3. Healthcare Workers
4. Registered Nurses

We encourage both students and professionals meeting the eligibility criteria for the program to attend the course.

Manual handling is a highly applied process. As most industry professionals would recommend, it should be learnt, practised, and perfected with in-person learning. While academic standards are helpful, it is essential to acquire feedback on your practices in a risk-free environment. Based on these insights, we have designed the program such that:

1. Learners are not supposed to use any online workbooks or texts.
2. All the learners are given 4 hours of in-person training along with an assessment.

Before you attend the program, you would be required to thoroughly go through the pre-course reading material available in a PDF format. You must download this book, go through the mandatory reading, print a bounded copy, finish the questions available in the text, and bring it to the in-person training.

The pre-training material and workbook will be emailed to each learner as soon as she/he has successfully enrolled on the program. While finishing these materials is mandatory, you have the freedom of pacing yourself and completing all the material at your own pace and in your preferred order. However, please ensure you finish the material before attending the in-person training session. Your prior experience, ability to learn new concepts and academic background will decide the time required to complete all the material.

The skills acquired by the end of the program include many multifaceted techniques, principles, and working procedures. Examining your competence in each of these is critical to award you the necessary accreditation and safeguard the people you treat in the future. Reflecting the significance of these requirements, you will be assessed in a combination/aggregation of the following tests:

1. Simulated Demonstration: A role-playing test where you will perform the manual handling tasks as dictated.

2. Risk Assessment: You will be assessed based on your performance in an assigned project.

3. Accumulated Knowledge Test: All the knowledge you have acquired during the training sessions will be tested by the course instructors as necessary.

The tests are designed to provide you with feedback and help you develop the confidence for putting your acquired skills to use.

The following details are subject to change as per the policies of Nursing Training, government mandates, or industry requirements:

Eligibility Criteria

1. The student should be 14 years or older. All students under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian liable for their safety.
2. Each student must agree to go through the assessment processes, including risk assessment, to be awarded the certificate for the program.
3. The learners must have adequate communication skills required to deliver manual handling measures with industry-observed safety standards.
4. The students must have numerical and reading skills required for thoroughly comprehending the program texts and subsequent material in the applied scenario, including manuals, instruction guides, etc.
5. The students must be physically fit to perform manual handling processes without any hassles or safety concerns to their colleagues or the patient’s health.

Course Fee

The program fee has been set to $125 for all learners. However, the fee is subject to change based on decisions made by the Nursing Training management committee.

The learners are awarded certifications only after they satisfy the knowledge standards based on the assessments conducted by the Nursing Training team. Each task assigned during the assessment process must be accomplished with adequate efficacy, as dictated in the accreditation standards set by the Australian government. Such measures include competence and sufficient knowledge of:

1. Work Health & Safety laws applicable to Manual Handing aligned with industry-recommended and nationally observed codes of practice.
2. Complete understanding of the responsibilities, roles, and duties of employers and employees to ensure safe manual handling. This would also include the varied processes using which individuals are invited in a Workplace Health & Safety consulting session.
3. Structured, compliant, and communicative reporting methods for injury & associated claims in a professional setting.
4. Knowledge of the commonly observed and possible risks of manual handling processes along with their alleviation methods.
5. Showcasing adequate knowledge of postures, force & vibration, repetitive movements, working system, types of manual tasks & associated injuries, and human anatomy & manual task-induced injuries.
6. The learner should demonstrate an understanding of standard bodily functions such as the spine, muscle variants, and lever principles.
7. The students should exhibit safe practices associated with preparing load & environment, choosing stronger muscles, maintaining spinal balance with two hands, managing the load in line with the centre of gravity, height limits, minimal repeating motions, unsafe positions, and the functionalities of mechanical devices.

Alongside the knowledge sections mentioned above, students must also exhibit:

1. Adequate understanding and skills for preparing and executing three or more manual handling tasks in a professional context.
2. The knowledge required to add value to a consultation process for manual handling.

All the students must register here and get a Unique Student Identifier issued by the Australian government. This will help the learner keep a government-recognized track of all the licenses, accreditations, and skills one acquires post-training.

(The students who already have a USI can simply provide the details for the same while registering for the program.)

The students who provide their completed workbook on the day of the in-person learning session and have provided the USI details will be eligible for being awarded a certificate in HTLWHS005 Conduct Manual Tasks Safely. The certificate will be awarded only to the students who exhibit satisfactory performance in the assessment process.

If all the eligibility criteria and terms & conditions are met, students can expect their certificates via their registered email post the day of training.