Manual Handling Training for Warehouse and Logistics Workers

No. Australian WHS law does not set a weight limit for lifting. Whether a task is hazardous depends on the risk factors — how heavy the load is, but also how often you lift it, from what height, in what posture, how far you carry it and in what conditions.

Some workplaces set their own guidance figures, for example requiring two people or a mechanical aid above a stated weight. Those are workplace controls, not law, and the course explains how to treat them.

Yes. Module 6 covers pushing versus pulling, starting and stopping loaded pallet jacks and roll cages, floor condition, ramps, dock lips and tail lifts. Module 7 covers pre-use checks and defect reporting for manual and electric pallet jacks, hand trolleys and sack trucks, roll cages, conveyors, scissor lift tables, vacuum lifters and step platforms.

It is theory training. Your site still needs to train you on its own equipment and authorise you to use it.

No. Operating a forklift or order-picking forklift requires a high-risk work licence issued by your state or territory regulator, plus site training. This course does not provide or replace that. It treats forklifts as mechanical aids operated by licensed people, and focuses on the manual tasks that happen around them.

Yes. Many agencies and host sites ask new starters to show manual handling theory training before their first shift, and the course covers what labour-hire and casual workers are owed by both the agency and the host. It does not replace the site induction the host must still give you.

Yes. Loading a van in delivery order, tail-lift operation on slopes, roll cages at the kerb, hand trolleys on stairs, working alone and what to do when a customer premises is unsafe are all covered, along with fatigue and lifting straight after a long drive.

Most learners allow approximately 45–60 minutes across the eight modules. The training and assessment are free to complete; you pay A$49 only if you pass and want the Certificate of Completion.

75% on the 20-question assessment. Attempts are unlimited, and a retry only asks you to revisit the questions you got wrong.

Many logistics employers and labour-hire agencies accept it as evidence of manual handling theory knowledge, alongside their own site induction, equipment training and competency checks. Individual employers set their own requirements, so check with yours if you are unsure.

Every certificate has a unique number that an employer can verify online or by scanning the QR code.

No. Site induction, practical training on the site's own aids, licences where the law requires them, supervision and the site's procedures remain essential. This course gives you the theory those things build on.

No. This is non-accredited online workplace training and issues a Certificate of Completion. It is separate from the nationally recognised HLTWHS005 Conduct manual tasks safely unit and does not provide a Statement of Attainment.