Manual Handling Training

Employers have a duty of care to provide a safe working environment under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, which is administered by WorkSafe. Compliance is critical and often overlooked. This two and a half hour course is designed for workers and teams who regularly lift, move, or handle loads as part of their role.

It equips participants with practical, easy-to-apply manual handling techniques that reduce strain, prevent injury, and promote safer daily work practices. Such certification can reduce liability on the employer and ACC costs. The training focuses on building correct habits, not just knowledge. This is why we firmly believe that manual handling cannot be taught online and face-to-face participation is essential.

Participants learn how to assess loads, identify and report hazards, apply safe lifting principles, and consistently use correct techniques in real workplace scenarios. This course is suitable for all staff and does not have prerequisites for the attained certificate.

• Attendees Earn Manual Handling Essentials Certificate
• Available Onsite
• Course duration: 2.5 hours
• Maximum attendees: 15
• Pre-requisites: None

Read why workplace safety training matters, even when it is not a licence.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify and report common manual handling hazards and injury risks
• Apply correct lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling techniques
• Assess loads, environments, and personal capability before lifting
• Use safe body positioning and movement to reduce strain
• Recognise unsafe manual handling behaviours and correct them
• Apply learned techniques consistently in day-to-day work