COURSES FOR HEALTH CARE

From hospitals to hostels, from Nursing homes to private practice, from home carers to Registered Nurses, Manutention is able to make a REAL difference in reducing the risk of manual handling injuries.

One thing that makes Manutention courses stand out from the crowd is that they are so practical and applicable. In the past, manual handling training often consisted of a Manual Handling "lecture" where participants might watch a video, and be told to how to lift safely, but didn't really don't do any hands on work. Whilst it is important to talk about the systems that support a safe work environment, AAMP acknowledges that Manual Handling cannot be completely eliminated from the workplace, even in a "No-Lift" environment. Furthermore, the AAMP also acknowledges that manual handling is a physical skill that takes time to acquire, just like learning to drive. Imagine if you could get your driver's license after attending a lecture and watching a video!

AAMP provides both accredited and tailored courses for all areas of Health Care. Courses are designed to fit within within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), and hence can be recognised nationally. All courses include a focus on the specific work environments in which the participants work, and if required, tailor-made courses can be developed for a specific workplace.

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Manutention for Health Care Level 2
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Overview

This competency-based course has been designed to cater for the needs of people who work in the Australian Health Care System and are involved in people handling. The Course is designed to provide trainees with a practical method for controlling the risks involved in patient handling while operating within an Occupational Health and Safety legislative framework and 'no lift' / minimal manual handling policy guidelines. Graduates of this course can achieve a level of competency in patient handling that enables them to actively reduce the risks involved in patient handling in their workplaces.

The Australian Association of Manutention Practitioners acknowledges that manual handling is a skill that can be learnt. A degree of unlearning is also involved in this process, in that old unsafe work habits must be discarded. This 5-day course, divided into 2 modules, focuses on developing a new awareness of the principles of practical, safe manual handling. This includes developing skills in manual handling assessment and problem solving

Course Assessment

This course has been developed using Australian Qualifications Framework guidelines and is a competency-based course. The assessment process utilises a standards referenced framework that allows for grading of the assessment outcomes. Participants will be fully informed of the assessment process and the competencies expected within the simulated scenarios of the course environment. At this level there are 2 levels of competence. Competent participants may achieve competency as “Manual Handlers/Workers ‘ or ‘Workplace Coaches’ . A “Workplace Coach” may coach in a “one on one” situation only within their workplace.

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Course Aims

The course aims to provide you with:

• An overview of a participatory ergonomics based strategy for the reduction of manual handling injury in health care
• Manutention skills, to effectively use and demonstrate Manutention techniques (ergomotricity) when working and potentially coaching others in the workplace. The long term objective is a reduction of injury through employees having
• Practical knowledge of how injuries occur
• Motor skills, which enable self-protective behaviour. This will enable each individual to take personal responsibility for the control of risk that cannot be controlled by other means

Course Outcomes

At the conclusion of the course, competent participants will be able to:

• Discuss the relevant legislative requirements for Manual Handling
• Apply the basic self-protective behaviours in a range of situations
• Critically evaluate peer performance

And some participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate & provide coaching of self-protective behaviour in the workplace

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RPL/ RCC

Recognition of Prior Learning or Recognition of Current Competencies

Portfolio of training courses attended and number of years working with a “Manutention work environment”

Assessment, by an impartial/ unknown Accredited Manutention Trainer to consist of:

• Candidates practical manual handling skills & Manutention coaching skills ie triple demonstration as per Level 2
• Candidate’s knowledge of theory of manual handling skills, coaching skills, OH&S legislation ie written tests Level 2

Cost: on application. YTD

ACUTE CARE STREAM – MANUTENTION LEVEL 3

Pre- Requisite

Certificate of Competency in ‘Manutention for Health Care Level 2’ as a Workplace Coach

Or RPL/RCC Assessment hich can be recognized as current competency for ‘Manutention for Health Care Level 2’

Course Overview for Acute Care Stream

There are two courses at the level 3 standard in the Acute Care Stream:

Course 1: ‘Specific Gestural Training’

Course 2: ‘Clinical Applications’.

Both courses are 4 days (32 hours) each. To be accredited as a Manutention Workplace Trainer, a workplace-based assessment is completed after both Course 1 and Course 2 have been undertaken. Key criteria must be met to satisfy the competency requirements ’Assess Competence’ and ‘Facilitate Group Based Learning .

The priorities for both courses are:

• Ongoing skill acquisition process - as a training system for habitual change and problem solving
• The pedagogy of skills training
• Task analysis
• Developing training programs for the workplace
• Compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety legislative framework and 'no lift' / minimal manual handling policy guidelines

Course Aims and Outcomes for Course 1 – Specific Gestural Training

COURSE AIMS:

• Review the fundamental postures, gestures and principles of Manutention to develop skills as they apply to Acute Care
• Develop and integrate safe work postures and gestures
• Provide an opportunity to problem solve, learn and practice a range of full load bearing activities, which may occur in life-threatening situations using self-protective behaviours
• Introduce and further develop the theory underpinning Manutention practice and apply it to problem solve to a standard of competency recognised by AAMP
• Provide an opportunity for self-review of the practice of Manutention teaching and practice
• Provide an opportunity for peer review.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the conclusion of this course you will be able to:

• Perform all exercises and tasks in the SGT course
• Analyse exercise and task sequences using the Manutention pedagogy
• Demonstrate complex exercises and tasks that incorporate those principles
• Critically evaluate the presentation of a peer within the course

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Tailored Manutention Courses for your workplace

Any work area could benefit from Manutention training.

Contact your local state office of AAMP to find out how we can tailor a course for you.

AAMP can assist you in locating a variety of training options from short courses of only a couple of hours, to longer certified courses that will help make your workplace self sufficient in managing Manual Handling risks.

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