Course Overview
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Manual Handling
Manual handling remains the singular leading cause of workplace injuries and compensation claims, directly responsible for over a third of reported incidents at work. Employees that suffer from manual handling injuries often face prolonged effects to their wellbeing and work capabilities. Next World’s VR Manual Handing course is designed to teach employees how to safety complete manual handling tasks, including understanding which musculoskeletal systems are at risk, how the Hierarchy of Controls can be used to manage risks, and how to identify dangerous manual handling scenarios.
Learning Outcomes
The central focus of this course is to teach employees correct manual handling techniques and why they’re important.
- Understand the risks and potential musculoskeletal disorders associated with improper manual handling, particularly back injuries.
- Learn and apply the hierarchy of controls to eliminate or minimise hazards related to manual handling tasks, including elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative procedures, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Develop knowledge of proper planning techniques for manual handling tasks, considering factors such as location, available equipment, load weight, load stability, and consulting supervisors when necessary.
- Acquire the skills to perform safe lifting techniques, including maintaining a straight back, using the legs to lift, positioning feet at the width of the load, and avoiding twisting the back.
- Recognise and identify improper manual handling tasks in a workplace setting, demonstrating the ability to assess and suggest appropriate control measures for safer manual handling practices.
Features
- • Explore an immersive warehouse environment as the consequences of poor manual handling occur around you
- • Provide solutions to hazardous situations and watch them take effect
- • Integrated analytics and student performance
- • Completed in under 20 minutes
- • Available in 12 languages
Why Choose Immersive Learning?
Our VR training courses are built from the ground up to offer the most immersive training experience possible. Because of this deep user immersion, VR training has been proven to result in much higher retention rates – up to 80% one year after training, compared to just 20% from traditional training methods.
Immersive learning helps build confidence in trainees abilities and prepares them for real-world situations by allowing them to practice and test their skills in challenging scenarios. A recent PwC study found VR training increased the confidence of participants by 275%.
In addition to providing an immersive and engaging training environment, VR allows trainees to experience the consequences of poor safety while they train and practice their skills in high danger scenarios without any of the normal risks or costs.
Partners who are Inspiring Change
Next World is trusted across various industries and organisation sizes. We work closely with each partner to deliver a truly advanced training program that drives engagement and innovation throughout the company.
