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    • Home
    • About
    • Physiotherapy
    • Workplace Health
      • Onsite Physiotherapy
      • Job Task Analysis
      • Risk Assessment
      • Ergonomic Assessments
      • Ergonomics Training
      • Manual Handling Training
      • WHS Projects

  • Home
  • About
  • Physiotherapy
  • Workplace Health
    • Onsite Physiotherapy
    • Job Task Analysis
    • Risk Assessment
    • Ergonomic Assessments
    • Ergonomics Training
    • Manual Handling Training
    • WHS Projects
Manual Handling Training Cairns

Manual Handling Training Cairns

Our Onsite Manual Handling Training, led by a physiotherapist and occupational health consultant with extensive experience in mining, defence, and high-risk industries, is designed to enhance workplace safety. This training equips workers with the essential knowledge and practical skills to minimise the risk of musculoskeletal injuries that can arise from manual handling tasks.

Benefits

TaskFit Manual Handling Training provides employees with the knowledge and practical skills to safely perform lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling tasks. Participants learn to identify workplace hazards and assess associated risks, apply the Hierarchy of Controls to reduce injury, and plan tasks effectively to minimise strain. 


Training improves posture, movement techniques, and overall task efficiency, helping to prevent musculoskeletal injuries (MSDs), support employee wellbeing, and enhance engagement. It also demonstrates your organisation’s commitment to Work Health and Safety (WHS) compliance, while reducing injury-related costs and maintaining a productive, safe workforce.


The training can be tailored to meet the specific demands of your workplace and job roles.


Learning Outcomes

Distinguish between hazards and risks.

Identify hazardous manual tasks and common risk factors

Explain how manual handling injuries occur

Apply the hierarchy of controls to reduce risk

Demonstrate safe lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling techniques.

Recognise the limits of team lifting and safer alternatives

Apply practical techniques for lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, and carrying in ways that reduce

Workplace Physiotherapy

Info

● 1hr presentation including theory and practical components focusing on preventing musculoskeletal injuries


● Option to include worker manual handling assessments


● Delivered at your workplace to enhance workplace safety

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TaskFit

Email: admin@taskfit.com.au Phone: 0422 954 346 Occupational Health Physiotherapy Cairns, Far North QLD and Australia's East Coast

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