The Straight Back to Health Correct Manual Handling and Correct Working Posture Training Program.

Please contact us at any time to arrange training for your staff in lifting and working postures. We will accommodate your training session logistics needs. We are willing to work in with your required schedule. Early starts and late finishes are normal for us. With over 16 years of experience we have trained nationally and internationally, on oil rigs, on ships, at race tracks, in mines, on building sites, in cool rooms, in fact anywhere where people shift loads. Whether they be animate (people, animals) or inanimate (freight etc.) we have the experience to train your people the Backsafe way.

Incorrect Working Posture - Bending and twisting. This work method will permanently damage the lower back over time.

We at Sustain Ability International (SAI), trading as Backsafe/ Straight Back to Health are possibly the only Registered Training Organisation ( # 21382 ) that specialises in Manual Handling Training. We are professionally indemnified to cover any risks that may occur whilst fulfilling your training needs. Our manual handling training complies with: TDT D197A Shift Materials Safely, a unit of competence from the training package Transport & Distribution TDT 02.

Our Training Programs are broken down into the following categories:

Train the Employee / Associate Workshops

This is an on the job training program tailored to the specific needs of your business and employees. These training sessions are conducted in groups of up to twenty people at a time and each session takes between 100 -120 minutes to complete. Groups with lesser numbers can be trained of course, but will be charged at the same session price. Groups with greater than 20 can also be trained where absolutely necessary at an additional cost per head, plus training materials. For larger groups over 25 people a second trainer may be required to get the best result for you and the participants however we usually recommend an additional training session be conducted instead.

Leg Lift / Stomach Toner (See our tri-fold stretch card for details)

Training Materials:
The materials used in the training sessions are one Backsafe / Straight Back to Health Employee / Associate 36 page colour workbook plus cover and one laminated Exercise/stretch tri-fold card per trainee. Please contact us for a proposal and quote.

Travel Expenses for out of the Melbourne or Sydney CBD:

Travel expenses, allowances and accommodation outside the metropolitan area of Melbourne or Sydney are charged at cost. If less than 2 trainings per day are arranged an excessive travel fee will be charged.

Train the Employee / Associate Follow-Up Workshop

Once we have completed our initial training program and after 12 months of application by the trainee, we recommend that the entire workforce go through a revision program and complete the practical exam to become accredited manual handlers in the Backsafe/ Straight Back to Health Program. This accredited unit of competence will be carried forward by all employees and associates who complete the program successfully. This program takes two hours to complete and is comprised of revision and amplification of the reasons and effects of incorrect lifting and manual handling:
· bending forward whilst lifting
· twisting from the lower back or twisting and lifting whilst bent over
· jumping from a raised area to the ground
· reaching out or up and away from the body

Knee Pull Stretch (See our tri-fold stretch card for details)

Correct manual handling techniques are discussed, demonstrated and an understanding is reached as to why the correct techniques have to be employed. We then set up a circuit using the appropriate measures to assess the participant’s new skills and our trained instructor then examines the participant in the “shifting of materials safely” until they pass the test to a 100% result. Each participant is then issued a certificate showing that the participant has passed and is a competent manual handler.

Train the Manager / Supervisor Workshop

This is a one-day workshop for managers/supervisors and safety champions. A Backsafe / Straight Back to Health Program manual and workshop workbook is included. Backsafe / Straight Back to Health Program video tapes and / or DVDs and other training materials are sold separately. For groups of ten managers/supervisors per employer, if trained within the employer's own facility and if no venue costs are incurred by our firm, the cost per trainee is reduced. Groups of more than ten attendees per company will be further discounted and quoted separately.

This is an extensive training in what a manual handling risk is and how to avoid these risks in the workplace. Risk identification risk assessments and risk controls are discussed in detail and all of the applicable laws and codes are also reviewed thoroughly. Attendance at one of our employee / associate two hour sessions is a pre-requisite to this training.

We are often asked will we open pandoras box in regard to manual handling? No it is already open, but we will empty it and close it once and for all.

For immediate service or more details, please telephone Peter Broadbent direct on mobile 0414 460 859 or Glen Broadbent on 0412 731 429..