Manual Handling

Manual Handling

Summit Health & Fitness recognises that manual handling injuries are preventable. Our training offers a practical guide for employers, workers and self-employed people to help prevent manual handling injuries in the workplace by implementing risk management procedures.

Manual Handling by Summit Health & Fitness

Clinician Background

Michael Russo is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist who graduated with his Masters in Exercise & Sport Science from the University of Sydney. Michael has 10 years experience and has implemented manual handling strategies for a range of settings, which include office, warehouse, manufacturing & community.

Trainning

Summit Health & Fitness ensures that workers become aware of safety issues and perform their jobs competently, consistently and safely. Training is essential to develop a safer workplace and our aim is to help manage the risk associated with manual handling, which will help you:

  • Identify tasks that involve manual handling activities
  • Identify the manual handling risks in those activities
  • Assess how dangerous the risks are
  • Eliminate or control those risks.

Overview

  • 01

    Common injuries in the workplace

  • 02

    What is low back pain?

  • 03

    Identifying potential risk

  • 04

    Injury prevention

  • 05

    Getting fit for work

  • 05

    Manual handling demonstration

Summit Health & Fitness delivers on-site training to individuals or groups, alternatively our manual handling training can be incorporated into staff orientation procedures.

Enquiries

To organise manual handling training or obtain further information please e-mail mrusso@summitfitness.com.au