How long does the course take and is it online?

The course takes about 45 minutes, is 100% online and self-paced, and you can complete it on any device. Access period: 6 months access from the day of course start. You receive an instant, verifiable certificate of completion after passing the assessment.

How much does it cost?

The Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety course is $39 AUD (including GST) per person. Discounted team seats are available for businesses.

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Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety

Name: Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety
Price: 39 AUD
Availability: InStock

Understand what makes a manual task hazardous and how to prevent the sprains, strains and back injuries that remain Australia's most common workplace injuries. Based on the model Code of Practice 'Hazardous manual tasks', this course covers risk factors, musculoskeletal disorders, the real place of safe lifting technique and the controls that actually work, with the legal detail flagged for your own state or territory, a workplace decision scenario and quick self-checks along the way.

~45 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start

Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety

What You Will Learn

Define a hazardous manual task and identify the characteristics that make manual tasks hazardous under the WHS Regulations
Describe common musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and how they develop through both gradual wear and sudden overload
Recognise the risk factors of force, posture, movement, repetition, duration, vibration and work environment in everyday tasks
Explain safe lifting principles and, critically, why technique training alone is not an effective control
Apply the hierarchy of controls to manual tasks, prioritising job redesign and mechanical aids over behaviour-based controls

Course Content

1. What is a hazardous manual task?

2. Musculoskeletal disorders: how bodies get hurt

3. Risk factors: force, posture, repetition, duration and vibration

4. Safe lifting principles, and their limits

5. Controlling manual task risks: redesign, aids and systems

6. Apply it: a manual task decision scenario

Final Assessment - 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available

Who This Course Is For

All workers whose jobs involve lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, holding or restraining loads, including warehouse, healthcare, trades, retail, hospitality and office workers, plus the supervisors who plan their work.

Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It does not issue a unit of competency and is not a substitute for licensed or accredited training required for high-risk work in your state or territory.

Suggested next course

Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety belongs to a core WHS set we selected for Australian building and construction work. Next in that set is Bullying, Harassment and Respect at Work. Check which courses your own site or role actually requires.

$49 per person

$39.00

Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.

Duration	~45 minutes
Format	100% online, self-paced
Lessons	6
Assessment	10 questions (80% to pass)
Certificate	Instant, verifiable
Access period	6 months access from the day of course start
Who it’s for	All workers whose jobs involve lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, holding or restraining loads, including warehouse, healthcare, trades, retail, hospitality and office workers, plus the supervisors who plan their work.

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Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety

~45 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start