Certificate On Completion
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% Online Course
Accessible to anyone with an internet connection
Bulk Enrolment Support
We support bulk enrolments for organisations with 100s and even 1000s of team members
Saves Your Progress
Allows you to complete in bite sized modules
2 hours CPD
2 hours of Continuous Professional Development
Qualified Instructors
Experienced Physiotherapists
About the Manual Handling Training Course
Our online manual handling course is suitable for individuals and organisations.
Individuals that purchase our course tend to be: Individuals receive a certificate of completion automatically on completion of all modules and quizzes.
Organisations that partner with us tend to be:
- NDIS providers
- Community Aged Care providers
- Residential Aged Care providers
- Hospitals
- Allied Health providers
Organisations have access to a compliance tool to monitor team member completions and activity.
We created our online course for community aged care and disability organisations. They have reported to us that the difficulty of scheduling face to face manual handling training for their mobile workforce.
Our online course can be completed anywhere, on any device and saves your progress. This is particularly important for mobile workforces. It allows training to be completed in the field between clients or in the event of appointment cancellations.
We are able to coordinate bulk enrolments of an organisations workforce and have discounted rates for bulk enrolments – click here to enquire.
Outcomes for Manual Handling Training
- Decrease your risk of sustaining manual handling injuries
- Increase your confidence with providing manual handling care
- Increased safety for those that you are caring for
- Develop a framework for approaching manual handling tasks
- Identify specific techniques for use in manual handling tasks in the aged care and disability sector
- Identify the most appropriate movement patterns for bending, leaning and reaching tasks
Skills You will gain
Injury PreventionManual Handling TechniquesPreventing Overuse Injuries Manual Handling CommunicationStand AidSlide SheetsSling LifterFloor TransfersManual Handling Training Syllabus
Course Content
Enrolment Options into the Online Manual Handling Training Course
Individual License
Our training is suitable for:
- Disability support workers
- Aged Care support workers
- Nurses
- Allied Health professionals
- Family caring for loved ones
If you are an individual, consider talking to your workplace about our Online Manual Handling Training course. See if they will fund the course for you or reimburse for your continuing professional development.
Buy Now $60.00 + GST
Multiple Licenses
We partner with organisations such as:
- Aged Care Providers
- NDIS Providers
- Allied Health Providers
- Hospitals
We take care of your teams enrolment and technical support.
Please contact us for bulk license pricing.
Contact UsOur Manual Handling Instructors
Our online manual handling course is instructed by Emily Steel (B Physiotherapy):
- Operations Manager (Community Therapy)
- Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Member
Emily is an experienced Physiotherapist who developed a passion for delivering manual handling training to carers supporting residents in residential aged care facilities.
Emily led the development of our manual handling training alongside a team of our experienced Physiotherapists who came together to create and film the training.
Anyone that has the pleasure to work alongside Emily is truly blessed as she is always as happy and approachable as in the picture that you see of her!
Outside of work, Emily spends time with her beautiful family and has a passion for leading an active lifestyle.
Manual Handling Training Video Module Example
It is always important to try before you buy so we have enabled access to one of our videos.
The following video details the safe manual handling practices around supporting someone to roll in bed.
Online Manual Handling Training Certification
On completion of our course, you will receive a certificate of completion.
We are able to provide organisations that bulk enroll their team with compliance reports for their mandatory training records.
FAQs about the Manual Handling Training Course
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Is this course suitable for disability support workers?
Yes, our online manual handling course is suitable for disability support workers and NDIS providers.
Our manual handling course covers a range of tasks, such as hoists, which you will find in our syllabus.
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Is this course suitable for aged care support workers?
Yes, our online manual handling course is suitable for aged care support workers.
Our manual handling course covers a range of tasks, such as hoists, which you will find in our syllabus.
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Is this suitable for NDIS providers?
Yes, we partner with many NDIS providers around Australia from small organisations to enterprise level.
There is no limit to the amount of staff that we can enrol with our system.
Organisations also have access to our compliance reporting tool to monitor completions and activity.
You can enquire for bulk license pricing.
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How do I know if my employer will accept a Manual Handling certificate from Community Therapy?
Each organisation is responsible for meeting the training needs of their organisation and any industry mandatory standards.
Online training is a mainstream method of meeting mandatory training needs now.
We partner with aged care and NDIS providers with our online manual handling training course and have experienced no issues with the acceptance of our certificate or course.
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Is this suitable for Aged Care providers?
Yes, we partner with many Aged Care providers around Australia from small organisations to enterprise level.
There is no limit to the amount of staff that we can enrol with our system.
Organisations also have access to our compliance reporting tool to monitor completions and activity.
You can enquire for bulk license pricing.
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Do you provide additional manual handling services?
Yes, we support organisations with consultancy to review:
- manual handling policy and procedure
- manual handling safe work method statements
- manual handling charts
- manual handling risk management
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How long is my certificate valid for?
Your certificate expires 365 days after completion.
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I'd like to sign up my organisation. How does this work?
Please contact us with your request and we will provide a bulk-license quote.
We organise bulk enrolment of your team, all we require is a spreadsheet of your staff’s names and emails.
Staff are then granted access to our training.
We are able to grant access to compliance reports for your mandatory training reporting needs.
