Become a Manual Handling Trainer today - Train the Trainer
This Train the Trainer course is suitable for Construction, Transport, Warehouse, Manufacturing and other industry businesses wanting to implement manual handling training internally to their staff.
Participants: Must be willing to learn and have the knowledge and commitment to create a safe workplace. We can up skill those with limited training experience – contact us for information about our Trainer Essentials Course.
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How the course is delivered
The Backsafe Train the Trainer Program combines self-paced learning with live expert-led coaching sessions to apply the Backsafe principles to a range of tasks and scenarios relevant to your own workplace.
Delivery can be online or onsite, depending on your organisation’s size and risk profile:
- Online delivery is ideal for organisations training fewer than six staff
- Onsite delivery is recommended for organisations training six or more staff, or those operating in higher-risk environments
How we assess competency
Core knowledge and practical competency are assessed through a combination of learning, workplace application and demonstration of training capability. Each participant is required to
- complete online learning
- attend two live online training workshops
- submit a series of workplace tasks.
- deliver an in-house manual handling training session
This approach ensures participants don’t just understand the content – they can apply it, assess it, and confidently teach it in their own workplace.
What we cover in our course
Backsafe Core Knowledge
- Spinal care, movement awareness and injury prevention
- How injuries occur and their whole-of-body impact
- Safe manual handling techniques
- Psychosocial risks and their link to MSDs
Backsafe Risk Management System
- WHS legislation, Codes of Practice and responsibilities
- Identifying, assessing and controlling manual handling risks
- Compliance documentation and record-keeping
Backsafe Training System
- Defining required skill levels and competency standards
- Assessing practical competency
- Developing organisation-wide and targeted training plans
This structure ensures graduates don’t just complete the course – they leave with foundational information, practical systems, documented controls and the confidence to train others effectively.
Students can enrol anytime
Undertake online learning at their own pace
Then join personalised coaching sessions fo competency checks
Our online Train the Trainer course provides you with the latest evidence-based methods for planning, delivering and assessing manual handling for in house staff.
We will help you to:
Build your knowledge in safe work practices & good body biomechanics.
Develop your skills in identifying, assessing and controlling manual handling risks.
Give you tools to coach & train others to achieve lasting behaviour change.
Show you how to measure and track your impact across the organisation.
- Workplace Health and Safety Consultant
- Director Workplace Health and Safety ANZ - O’Brien Glass
- National Workplace Health and Safety Manager - National Tiles
Course Outcomes
Backsafe Certification
The Backsafe Train the Trainer Course is a proprietary program developed from more than 35 years of experience delivering manual handling training to thousands of workers.
Participants who successfully complete the course receive a Certificate of Attainment, authorising them to deliver the Backsafe Manual Handling Program in-house using our comprehensive training system and materials.
Backsafe Online Academy
Graduates receive ongoing access to the Backsafe Online Academy, which provides pre- and post-training resources, industry updates, and newly developed tools to keep in-house trainers current and confident over time.
Backsafe Trainer Resources
Each participant is equipped with a complete Trainer’s Kit, including:
- Hard-copy materials such as the Backsafe workbook, stretch cards and workplace posters
- Access to an extensive digital resource library, including checklists, worksheets and training templates and more
This ensures trainers have everything they need to deliver consistent, high-quality training.
Backsafe Risk Management System
Participants develop a customised, organisation-specific risk management plan, including compliant documentation for:
- Manual handling hazard identification
- TILE identification and assessment
- Workplace manual handling risk assessments
- Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS)
- Standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Backsafe Training Plan
Each participant creates a practical training plan tailored to their organisation, enabling immediate rollout of manual handling training upon course completion.
Backsafe Training Presentation
Participants also develop a customised training presentation, using Backsafe’s proven resources and frameworks to ensure consistent, engaging delivery.
Ongoing Trainer Support
We recognise that effective in-house trainers need support beyond initial certification. All graduates receive access to ongoing telephone support and group online sessions to maintain quality, confidence and consistency in program delivery.
Organisation Outcomes
- Reduced risk of injury when handling plant, materials, tools, and equipment
- Increased worker confidence when performing manual handling tasks
- Clear identification and control of high-risk manual handling activities
- Consistent application of safe manual handling practices across work areas and shifts
Backsafe Resources
- We will post each participant a Trainer’s Kit with the following training resources.
- Backsafe Workbook x 20 copies
- Backsafe Stretch cards x 20 copies
- Backsafe Posters x 20 posters
Backsafe Checklists & Templates
Each participant will also receive the following digital resources.
- The True Costs of Musculoskeletal Injuries Fact Sheet
- Manual Handling Observation Checklist
- Manual Handling Observation & Assessment with Answers
- Standard Operating Procedure Template
- Training Session Plan 2 hours Template
- Backsafe Training Smooth Delivery Form
- Training Logistics Checklist
- Backsafe Workshop Flyer
- Discomfort Survey
- Backsafe Core Exercise Workbook
- Training and Risk Feedback Form
- Identify and Assess Risk Factors for Work-related Stress Worksheet
- Physical and Psychosocial Risk Factors Infographic Poster
- And more ….
How it works
We have different options depending on your organisation’s training needs and logistics.
ORGANISATION PROGRAM
Your Workplace. Your Systems. Your Solutions.
Designed for organisations seeking a fully customised training experience. Training, coaching and workplace activities are tailored specifically to your policies, procedures, equipment, work environment and manual handling challenges, ensuring maximum relevance and impact for your team.
- Minimum 6 – Maximum 20 Participants
- We start with a pretraining meeting to undertake brief training needs analysis and discuss current policies, procedures and training regime – to make sure we address all your training needs and incorporate all relevant information to strengthen existing activity or establish new WHS systems as needed.
- Participants access our Backsafe Online Academy to start their personal learning and workplace tasks.
- We come onsite and deliver the practical element of the training tailoring to your workplace and work tasks.
INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM
Learn from others. Apply to your workplace.
Ideal for individuals or small groups.
- Participants access our Backsafe Online Academy to start their personal learning and workplace tasks.
- Participants join coaching sessions with learners from a variety of organisations, bringing diverse perspectives and experiences. While the session is delivered in a group format, participants are supported to apply the Backsafe principles and workplace tasks directly to their own organisation, creating a rich and highly valuable learning experience.
Your Trainers
Peter Broadbent has been working in the safety training sector for over 35 years working with some of the largest organisation in Australia and overseas. During this time Peter developed Backsafe which is a proactive injury prevention training program which has now been delivered to tens of thousands of employees in a range of different industries with a range of different job tasks.
Peter has trained carers from the healthcare, aged care and disability sectors so that they become aware of their body position and health implications whether they are caring for adult patients in the home, hospital or healthcare facilities and child and adult clients in residential care and disability facilities.
Peter’s goal is to reduce the incidence and severity of musculoskeletal injuries resulting from manual handling hazards when lifting and moving materials, equipment and transferring people.
Jane Stewart has been a trainer for 20 years. Jane has been instrumental in the development of the Backsafe Train the Trainer course creating the associated resources and now our online academy to house our patient moving videos and other tools and templates.
Contact information
For any further enquiries, please contact Jane Stewart: jane@backsafe.com.au or 0411 838 033.