Manual Handling for Disability Support Workers

In the disability support sector, there are many hazardous tasks that can lead to injury if the correct manual handling procedures are ignored. This Manual Handling for Disability Support Workers is an overview to manual handling in the disability support industry and provides a range of procedures and techniques to reduce the risk of injury. Once the course is completed you will have learnt what is manual handling, the common causes of a manual handling injury, how to conduct a manual handling risk assessment, and the risk control measures that can be applied to reduce or eliminate the risk of injury.