A short, visual awareness course on the two ways vibration injures workers, hand-arm vibration from powered tools and whole-body vibration from mobile plant. Learn the early warning signs, how exposure builds from vibration strength and time and the practical controls that work: better tools, maintenance, seating and job rotation. Includes diagrams, a real site decision scenario and quick self-checks.
~30 minutes100% online, self-paced6 months access from the day of course start
What You Will Learn
Distinguish hand-arm vibration from whole-body vibration and identify common sources of each on Australian worksites
Recognise the early symptoms of hand-arm vibration syndrome and of whole-body vibration injury
Explain how vibration magnitude and exposure time combine to build a daily vibration dose
Apply the hierarchy of controls to vibration through tool selection, maintenance, seating and job rotation
Describe the WHS duties for managing vibration as a hazardous manual task and a plant risk
Course Content
1. Two hazards, one physics
2. Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)
3. Whole-body vibration (WBV)
4. Exposure: magnitude and time
5. Controlling vibration
6. Apply it: a site decision scenario
Final Assessment - 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
Construction, manufacturing, workshop and plant-operating workers and their supervisors, anyone who uses vibrating hand tools or operates mobile plant and those responsible for managing vibration risk.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It builds vibration hazard awareness only. It does not issue a unit of competency, is not health or medical advice and is not a substitute for a high-risk work licence, the accredited training required to operate certain plant in your state or territory or any health monitoring your workplace arranges.
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$49 per person
$39.00
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST.
Duration
~30 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
Construction, manufacturing, workshop and plant-operating workers and their supervisors, anyone who uses vibrating hand tools or operates mobile plant and those responsible for managing vibration risk.
Level
Beginner
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