Manual Tasks for Health-Care Workers
Course Overview
Manual tasks are commonplace every day within the health-care industry. If you think about the number of times you bend, lift, twist, pull or push an object, it is easy to understand why these injuries occur. Occupational manual handling injuries cost industry millions of dollars per year. Those affected experience pain and lifestyle restrictions from injuries that may have otherwise been prevented.
Legislative obligations in Australia require employers to consult with their employees and to assess all manual handling tasks within their workplace. This package provides learners with an understanding of manual handling hazards and the types of injuries that often occur for health-care workers. The package will also introduce risk management strategies that can be applied to health-care work environments.
Key Content- What are manual tasks?
- What are manual handling injuries?
- Objectives of the manual handling Code of Practice.
- Anatomy of the spine and supporting structures.
- Injuries sustained by particular types of work.
- Identification of manual handling hazards.
- Assessing manual handling risk factors.
- Introduction to risk management strategies.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this package, learners should be able to:- Identify the major structures of the body affected by heavy manual work and repetitive work.
- Match common injuries with various manual handling tasks.
- Identify key risk factors associated with manual handling.
- Make decisions about "good", "better", "best" risk management solutions to common manual handling hazards.