Ergonomic Training For Office Staff

"8 out of 10 people who use a computer will suffer a soft tissue injury as a direct result of using a computer." Comcare

Proactive workstation assessments enable an organization to ensure that their employees are set up at their workstation in a safe and correct manner. They usually involve a shorter assessment and more concise report.

Our experienced trainers will work with you to develop a program for your workplace. This can include undertaking a workplace assessment or task analysis to identify areas of risk and designing training to use practical examples and case studies relevant to the participants' work and work environment.

Manual Handling Training

Training to assist employees develop correct manual handling techniques, and gain knowledge of risk assessments, back care plus personal health and well-being.

Programs are tailored to the individual workplace and include a strong emphasis on practical tasks that the workers are required to perform in order to improve transference of techniques into daily work practices.

Our experienced trainers will work with you to develop a program specifically for your workplace. This can include undertaking a workplace assessment to identify areas of risk and designing training to use practical examples and case studies relevant to the participants' work and work environment.

Training is generally held over 2 hours but we can reduce or extend the course duration to meet your requirements.

Stress Management

Reducing high stress and anxiety levels in the workplace can create a positive environment which helps increase productivity. Stress and anxiety management training can be tailored to the workplace. Topics can include: Recognizing warning signs of high stress levels at work, tips to reduce stress through taking care of self, prioritizing and organizing work load and breaking time wasting habits.

Our stress management workshops aim to equip people with the information and tools to help them detect and manage stress and conflict within the workplace.. Workshops are offered as an individual service or can be incorporated into a broader health and well being program.

Fatigue Management

Fatigue in the workplace has been proven to not only decrease performance and productivity within the workplace, they simultaneously increase the potential for accidents and injuries to occur.

Our customized training programs are tailored to your organization where we work with you to identify the causes and consequences of fatigue at work and how to prevent this on an individual and organizational level.

During training, staff are trained to identify signs and symptoms of fatigue and educated on what to do if this is noticed in the workplace to prevent injury and loss of efficiency.

Rehabilitation strategies for supervisors and line managers

Whilst most larger employers have accredited return to work coordinator managing employees return to work programs, often through shift work, increasing work loads and geographical constraints, supervisor and line managers within an organisation are often the main point of contact for employees return to work. Establishing a positive, supportive and coordinated approach through empowering and informing these managers is vital to ensuring the success of injured worker’s safe and durable return to work.

IHS offers on site training to organisations requiring additional support for supervisors and line managers on strategies to support injured workers on their return to work