Manual Handling Policy Template
Australia and New Zealand

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  Did you know these facts about manual handling?

  • While training for manual handling a company requires a qualified associate or health professional coming to your workplace to conduct specialised sessions with your employees.
  • It is an employer's responsibility to provide manual handling training for their employees, wherever required.
  • Manual handling tasks must be done correctly at all costs to prevent injury to the management and the employees.
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  Manual Handling policy overview

  This Manual Handling policy covers what Manual Handling is and provides guidelines for the professional standards required within your organisation. It deals with the manual handling process expected when your people are dealing with assisting the clients safely, caring for self and others while handling a manual task and appropriate usage of equipment at all times.

  This Manual Handling policy template can be adapted to meet the specific needs of your organisation. You can change as little or as much of the content as you like. Some sections may be governed by state and federal legislation. It is important that you seek your HR or legal advice, maintain this policy as legislation changes and adjust it to meet your requirements.

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  The target audience for this Manual Handling policy

  This Manual Handling workplace policy template is suitable for all your employees, contractors and volunteers. Once you have adjusted the Manual Handling policy template to meet the specific requirements of your organisation you can deliver it to new starters at induction and as refresher training regularly.

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  Topics covered in this Manual Handling policy

  The following topics are covered in this Manual Handling policy:

  • Risk Management
  • Examples of manual handling tasks and the risks
  • Identifying and assessing manual handling problems
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  Duration of this Manual Handling policy

  This Manual Handling policy will take approximately five minutes to complete.

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  Learning outcomes for this Manual Handling policy

  The following learning outcomes will be achieved on completion of this Manual Handling policy:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of safe manual handling practices.
  • Learn how to assess and eliminate manual handling risks at the workplace.
  • Identify hazardous manual handling tasks and implement strategies to reduce the risk of injury.
  • Employers should make sure that the workplace is safe for employees to use.
  • Employees must acknowledge that the Manual Handling policy does not cover every possible event or action and that caution and common sense are required.
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  Business outcomes for this Manual Handling policy

  Once all employees, contractors, and volunteers have completed your Manual Handling policy, the following business outcomes will be achieved for your organisation:

  • Reduce the incidents of WHS risks while manual handling at the workplace.
  • Create awareness by engaging employees with manual handling activities annually.
  • Considering manual handling risks assessment from time to time will create a positive outcome from employees.
  • The duty of care and the safety of employees and management will sustain the reputation of the company.

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