HLTWH005 Manual Handling Training
Course Fee: $120.00
Next Course Date: Friday, 21st January 2022
Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm
Course Delivery: Online learning and 5 hours on-site training
Location: Level 1, 823 Wellington Street, West Perth
What does the course involve?
HLTWH005 Conduct Manual Tasks Safely
This unit offers essential manual handling skills for existing health care workers, such as nurses, support workers and aged care workers. It aims to provide hands-on manual handling techniques and an understanding of the risk management approach when supporting your clients.
This course is for individuals who are employed within the Health Care sector and looking to upskill or refresh their skills in manual handling.
What you will learn
- Identify manual tasks involving risk
- Legal requirements and responsibilities
- How to prepare for and safely complete manual tasks
- Contribute to safe work practices
- Recover a client from the floor using a portable hoist
- Transfer a client in and out of a vehicle
Unit of competency
On successful course completion, participants will receive a nationally accredited Statement of Attainment.
Course delivery
This course will be delivered online and one day in class. Participants must complete the mandatory online training modules before attending a one-day class for the practical assessment.
- Next Available Class Dates:
Cost: $120.00
Course Delivery: Online learning and 5 hours of on-site training
Class Date and Time: Friday, 21st January 2022 from 9 am – 2 pm
Location: Level 1, 823 Wellington Street, West Perth
Cost: $120.00
Course Delivery: Online learning and 5 hours of on-site training
Class Date and Time: Friday, 18th February 2022 from 9 am – 2 pm
Location: Level 1, 823 Wellington Street, West Perth
Cost: $120.00
Course Delivery: Online learning and 5 hours of on-site training
Class Date and Time: Friday, 18th March 2022 from 9 am – 2 pm
Location: Level 1, 823 Wellington Street, West Perth
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*The course fee payment will be processed by our admin prior to course commencement. Your enrolment is only confirmed once you have paid the course fee and received a confirmation of enrolment via email.
Manual Handling FAQs
Manual handling involves using your body to handle any object or client. Manual handling is a broad term and covers a wide range of activities including lifting, pushing, pulling, holding and restraining. Manual handling training teaches you how to safely perform these tasks, identify hazards and reduce injury from manual handling.
Unlike first aid training, your manual handling training Statement of Attainment does not expire. However, if it’s been 12 months since you undertook manual handling training, it’s always a good idea to retake this one-day training course to refresh your skills!
Healthcare workers are often required to manually handle patients and heavy medical equipment, which can lead to musculoskeletal injuries if appropriate training is not undertaken. Musculoskeletal injuries can be extremely painful and may require time off work for recovery. Prevention is always better than cure, so it is important that all healthcare workers receive appropriate manual handling training.
All healthcare workers can benefit from manual handling training, including::
- Disability support workers
- Aged care workers
- Nurses
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Staff in the aged care or NDIS community
Carers looking to increase their skills - Informal carers such as family and friends