Manual handling training that means fewer injuries.
Practical, on-site manual handling training for NSW workplaces — delivered by clinicians who spend their working lives treating the injuries that poor technique causes.
Practical training, not a slide deck.
What manual handling training at your workplace covers.
Practical, not theoretical
Staff practise on your equipment, in your workplace, on your real tasks.
Risk Assessment
Identifying the hazardous manual tasks specific to your site.
WHS Aligned
Built around the hazardous-manual-task duties in NSW WHS law, not just lifting technique.
Clinician-led
Taught by physios and OTs who treat these injuries, not by a slide deck.
Body stress injuries are among the most common — and among the most avoidable.
Sprains and strains from lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling are among the most common injuries our clinicians treat, and among the most avoidable. They are also expensive, because the cost is never just the claim — it is the lost productivity, the backfill, the reduced duties and the experienced worker who never quite comes back to full capacity.
Our manual handling training is delivered on site, in the environment where the risk actually lives. Staff learn how the spine and joints are loaded and injured, how to identify a hazardous manual task before it hurts someone, and how to plan and perform a lift safely — then practise it on the equipment and tasks they use every day.
It is taught by occupational therapists and physiotherapists who spend the rest of their working week treating exactly these injuries. That is the difference between training that gets nodded at and training that changes what people do on Monday.
From referral to a report you can act on.
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Enquiry
Tell us your industry, your site, roughly how many staff and the tasks that concern you.
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Workplace review
We look at the real tasks and equipment so the training addresses your actual risks.
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Training delivery
An on-site, practical session — theory kept short, technique practised properly.
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Recommendations
Where we spot a risk that training alone will not fix, we tell you and suggest what will.
The things people actually ask us.
Is manual handling training a legal requirement?
Not by name, and we would rather tell you that than sell you something on a false premise. NSW work health and safety law requires an employer to eliminate or minimise the risk of hazardous manual tasks so far as is reasonably practicable, working through the hierarchy of controls, and to provide training and supervision so workers can competently implement those controls. SafeWork NSW is explicit that “how to lift” training on its own is not an effective way to protect workers. That is precisely why our session is built around identifying and controlling the hazardous tasks in your workplace — not just technique.
Which industries is it suited to?
Any workplace where staff lift, carry, push, pull or hold objects or people — warehousing and logistics, manufacturing, construction, aged care and disability support, healthcare, hospitality, retail and cleaning.
Do you deliver the training on site?
Yes. Training is delivered at your workplace, using your equipment and your real tasks, because technique that works in a training room does not always survive contact with a loading dock.
How often should staff be retrained?
It depends on your risk profile and your own WHS policy. Higher-risk workplaces typically refresh more frequently, and retraining is worth considering whenever tasks, equipment or staff change.
Does the training cover equipment?
Yes — where your workplace uses aids such as trolleys, pallet jacks, hoists or slide sheets, we cover their safe and correct use as part of the session.
What does it cost?
It depends on your site, your staff numbers and how tailored you need it. Tell us what you need and we will send you a quote.
Other ways we can help.
A multidisciplinary team that meets weekly — one plan, many disciplines.
Let’s start with a conversation.
Call our intake team or send a referral — we reply within one business hour, every weekday between 9 am and 5 pm Sydney time.