Ergosmart Consulting provides a variety of services aimed at prevention of occupational injuries. We can assist organisations to proactively manage any existing or early signs of musculoskeletal issues and offer preventative services to equip individuals with strategies to maximise their health & wellbeing at work. Our services are customised and flexible to meet the needs of our customers.
Services include:
We also offer remote work from home assessments via Microsoft Teams or Zoom. This can be a convenient way to assess an individual’s home workstation set up, work practices and WHS requirements when in a remote location where travel is prohibitive.
Our Office Ergonomics training services provide participants with the background knowledge and practical skills to analyse their work postures, equipment set up and work processes and encourage behaviour that improves comfort and productivity. The training recognises that correct equipment set up is only part of the control strategy for prevention of injury. Equally as important is how individuals interact with their work and equipment.
Training can be provided in a number of different formats according to an organisation’s needs. Some options for training formats are listed below (these can be used in any combination):
Workstation reviews would normally follow the group presentation to address any particular issues and reinforce the presentation content. Individual reviews take approximately 10-15 minutes. A report is then compiled summarising any identified issues and recommendations from the individual workstation reviews.
For some large organisations, nominated staff can be trained using an ergonomic workstation checklist to provide an “in-house” training and assessment service on an ongoing basis. A more intensive training session would be provided to these individuals following a similar format to the group training above. In addition, the Train the Trainer would involve a significant practical component and competency assessment to ensure that staff are competent in using the workstation checklist with other employees (for example, at induction).
Ergosmart Consulting provides customised and interactive injury prevention training to organisations across a wide range of industries, from manually intensive work in the manufacturing industry to support staff in a corporate office environment. The training objectives, format and content are tailored to suit an organisation, taking into account their own particular task requirements.
Effective injury prevention involves more than just “how to lift”. The focus of our training is on the risk management process, providing participants with information on how to assess hazards and risks in the workplace and then implement appropriate control measures. Training is customised using examples from the workplace to promote higher level thinking regarding risk management specific to the organisation. Participants are also provided an opportunity to take part in relevant practical tasks, as this is often the most effective method of learning.
Injury Prevention Training may also include topics such as basic anatomy and posture, identification of individual risk factors (e.g. do you have tight hamstrings?), specific exercises to target areas under strain, as well as covering areas such as nutrition, fatigue, dehydration, temperature and other general health issues that can impact on safety at work.
Employee participation in the development of a customised program is preferred, as this helps to accurately identify the areas of most relevance, encourages “ownership” of the program, whilst also helping employers to meet their obligations in relation to consultation.
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Ergosmart provides services to help employers of all sizes and industries identify workplace risks and implement effective solutions. Our services include:
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