Hazardous Manual Task Training for High Care Community Support Workers

This product from Safe Work Practice contains the following Sessions:

Session 1: Theory Behind Hazardous Manual Task Principles (Fundamental Movements and Postures)

• Hazardous manual tasks principles
• Safe postures and movements for static and dynamic tasks 
• Fundamental movements and postures
• Anatomy and common mechanisms of injury

Session 2: Land Based Tasks for Healthcare Workers

• Application of hazardous manual tasks principles to land based clinical tasks 
• Application of safe movements and postures to perform effective land based clinical tasks 
• Natural biomechanics of land-based tasks
• Hazard management in relation to land based tasks
• Anatomy and common mechanisms of injury when performing land-based tasks 
• Aids and equipment available to empower patients/ residents/ clients/ customers to regain independence at land-based tasks

Session 3: Basic Bed Based Tasks for Healthcare Workers

• Application of hazardous manual tasks principles to basic bed based clinical tasks 
• Application of safe movements and postures to perform effective basic bed based clinical tasks 
• Natural biomechanics of basic bed-based tasks
• Hazard management in relation to basic bed-based tasks
• Anatomy and common mechanisms of injury when performing basic bed-based tasks 
• Aids and equipment available to empower patients/ residents/ clients/ customers to regain independence at basic bed-based tasks

Session 4: Hoist Lifter Transfer Tasks for Healthcare Workers  

• Application of hazardous manual tasks principles to hoist based transfers  
• Application of safe movements and postures to perform effective hoist transfers  
• Hazard management in relation to hoist based transfers
• Anatomy and common mechanisms of injury when performing hoist-based transfers  
• The safety implications and risk management to demonstrate proficiency in the safe execution of this task

Session 5: Stand lifter Vs Stand Aid Transfers for Healthcare Workers

• Application of hazardous manual tasks principles to stand aid and stand lifter transfers  
• Application of safe movements and postures to perform effective stand aid and stand lifter transfer tasks 
• Hazard management in relation to stand aid and stand lifter tasks
• Anatomy and common mechanisms of injury when performing stand aid and stand lifter tasks

Session 6: Advanced Bed Based Tasks for Healthcare Workers

• Application of hazardous manual tasks principles to advanced bed based clinical tasks 
• Application of safe movements and postures to perform effective advanced bed based clinical tasks 
• Natural biomechanics of advanced bed-based tasks
• Hazard management in relation to advanced bed-based tasks
• Anatomy and common mechanisms of injury when performing advanced bed-based tasks 
• Aids and equipment available to empower patients/ residents/ clients/ customers to regain independence at advanced bed-based tasks

Session 7: Vehicle Loading for Healthcare Workers

• Hazardous manual tasks principles in relation to vehicle loading and transfers
• Safe postures and movements for vehicle loading and transfers
• Hazard management strategies to load equipment into varying vehicle shapes 
• Common mechanisms of injury in relation to vehicle loading

Session 8: Falls Management

• Hazardous manual tasks principles in relation to assisting with post-fall support  
• Safe postures and movements for providing post-fall support 
• Hazard management strategies to provide post-falls support  
• Common mechanisms of injury in relation to post falls support  

Session 10: Movement of Loads and Materials for Workers

• Application of hazardous manual tasks principles to the movement of loads and materials  
• Application of safe movements and postures to perform effective movement of loads and materials 
• Hazard management in relation to the movement of loads and materials 
• Common mechanisms of injury when performing movement of loads