Topic 2: Follow safe work practices for manual handling

Manual handling incidents and injuries contribute a large percentage of the total work related injuries and incidents that take place annually in Australia. In the community service environment manual handling policies and procedures outline how manual handling risk should be managed in compliance with work health and safety (WHS) legislation. This includes but is not limited to identifying and reporting manual handling hazards and ensuring appropriate controls are implemented according to the Hierarchy of Control.

In this topic you will learn how to:

2A   Follow manual handling procedures and work instructions to minimise manual handling risk

2B   Identify and report manual handling hazards in line with workplace procedures

2C   Apply control measures to minimise manual handling risk