Ergonomics for social workshops (sheltered employment)

Save your back: today and later!

WHAT DOES THIS ERGONOMICS FOR THE SOCIAL SECTOR TRAINING COVER?

Lifting, carrying and pushing are part of very many tasks in a social workshop. It matters when sorting, packing, assembling or boxing. Both for warehouse work and green maintenance.

Incorrect lifting is an important cause of back pain, neck complaints and workplace accidents.

With the right technique and posture, you keep your body healthy. You not only avoid pain now, but also back complaints later!

In this training, we learn, step by step and with plenty of practical exercises:

• Lifting, carrying and moving correctly in a back-friendly way
• Avoiding overload of the back, neck and shoulders
• Recognising risk situations in the workplace and addressing them in time

This is how we go about it:

We work calmly, in accessible language, with plenty of visuals and repetition, and adapt the pace to the group.

We first look together at why the body becomes overloaded. Then we practise with the right aids and the right lifting and carrying techniques.

Through simple exercises, we learn to move well and adopt a correct working posture.

Legislation and responsibilities (mandatory since 25/05/2024)

• 1° the nature of the risks and the biomechanical and other risk factors referred to in article VIII.1-1, as well as the possible health consequences such as MSDs
• 2° the prevention measures taken and the appropriate working methods, as well as the way they are applied
• 3° the role of the hierarchical line in applying and monitoring the prevention measures;
• 4° health surveillance
• 5° the procedure for detecting and reporting MSDs or other health problems caused by musculoskeletal risks at work

Content: adaptable to the target group

• Risks and points of attention
• Definition of ergonomics
  • Basic human anatomy and physiology
• Consequences of physical overload during work
  • Back problems
  • Neck complaints
• Tools and techniques in practice
  • Working posture
  • Lifting and carrying
  • Pushing and pulling
  • Squatting and kneeling
  • Working on steps or a stepladder
• Repetitive work and “micro-breaks”
  • Stretching and muscle-strengthening exercises
• Watch out for tripping and slipping

NO WORDS, BUT ACTIONS!

• This training comprises a half-day of preparation + a half-day of practical training
• Always developed according to your internal situation
• Analysis and in-depth discussion with the trainer on site at your premises
• Theoretical introduction (30%) with plenty of practical exercises (70%)
• Every participant receives an official certificate
• The certificate is valid for 5 years and is registered in the Normec Praxis certificate portal

WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?

The employer ensures that workers and the Committee receive information and appropriate training on musculoskeletal risks at work. (Art. VIII.1-5, Royal Decree amending book VIII of the code on well-being at work concerning ergonomics at work and the prevention of MSDs)

The employer ensures that every worker receives sufficient and appropriate training on the well-being of workers in the performance of their work, specifically focused on their workstation or function. This training is adapted to the evolution of risks and the emergence of new risks and is, where necessary, repeated at regular intervals. (Code, book II, title 3)