Manual Handling Train the Trainer Program
Stop outsourcing safety. Start owning it.
Backsafe’s Train the Trainer Program focuses on building capability where it matters most – inside your organisation.
We equip you & your people to become confident, credible in-house trainers who can embed safe manual handling practices into everyday work.
Choose your industry
Healthcare
This Train the Trainer course is suitable for NDIS, Disability, Aged Care, Allied Health & Similar Healthcare businesses wanting to implement manual handling training internally to their staff.
Generic
This Train the Trainer course is suitable for Construction, Transport, Warehouse and Manufacturing and other industry businesses wanting to implement manual handling training internally to their staff.
The program delivers:
- A fully trained and certified in-house Backsafe instructor
- A practical, easy-to-run training package for real workplaces
- Ready-to-use templates, checklists, worksheets and participant resources
- Tools to support consistent coaching and skill reinforcement
- Clear methods for identifying and controlling manual handling risks
- Complete compliance and record-keeping documentation
- Ongoing support to maintain quality and consistency over time
A key feature of the Train the Trainer program is the personalised coaching conducted by our senior trainers. These sessions allow participants to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, discuss workplace-specific challenges, and apply the Backsafe principles to a range of tasks and scenarios relevant to their own organisation.
Participants consistently report this practical coaching component as one of the most valuable aspects of the program.
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Students can enrol anytime
Undertake online learning at their own pace
Then join personalised coaching sessions for competency checks
Our online Train the Trainer course provides you with the latest evidence-based methods for planning, delivering and assessing manual handling and patient moving training 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.
Course Outcomes
Backsafe Training Plan
- Each participant will be given time and support to start to develop a Training Plan specific to their organisation. This will enable them to get started as soon as they return to their workplace.
Backsafe Training Presentation
- Each participant will be given time to start their training presentation using our extensive range of resources. They will deliver this presentation to the group so that our trainers can give them on the spot feedback and they can take their first step towards becoming a Backsafe Inhouse Trainer.
Backsafe Certification
- Our Train the Trainer Course is a proprietary program created by our team from over 30 years of experience delivering training to many thousands of staff. Each participant who successfully completes the course receives a Certificate of Attainment. This certificate covers the qualification and licensing of each participant to deliver the Backsafe Manual Handling Program inhouse within your organisation utilising our extensive training materials.
Ongoing Trainer Support
- We understand that inhouse trainers will need some ongoing support from time to time to maintain a high-quality delivery of the Backsafe program. We offer all graduates telephone support and group online meetings.
Backsafe Online Academy
- Our online training academy delivers a range of pre & post training information to keep participants up to date with latest industry trends as well as any new resources we develop. Check it out here.
Industry Standards
- Each participant will be given the tools to comply with the Aged Care Quality
Standards or the NDIS Practice Standards.
Choose your industry
Healthcare
This Train the Trainer course is suitable for NDIS, Disability, Aged Care, Allied Health & Similar Healthcare businesses wanting to implement manual handling training internally to their staff.
Generic
This Train the Trainer course is suitable for Construction, Transport, Warehouse and Manufacturing and other industry businesses wanting to implement manual handling training internally to their staff.
Contact information
For any further enquiries, please contact Jane Stewart: jane@backsafe.com.au or 0411 838 033.