Assessment Task 2: Develop safe manual handling information

The safe manual handling procedure should include as a minimum:

• The importance of correct manual handling
• Statistics on safe manual handling incidents for Grow Management Consultants for 2016 to
• emphasise the value of the procedures (the Operations Manager has indicated you will need
• to remind him to provide this)
• Preparing for manual handling
• Checking the load before lifting
• Moving into position and correct body posture
• Manual handling methods

Finally, the Operations Manager would like you to research safe manual handling procedures for the office and develop the document based on your research.

Complete the following activities:

1. Plan safe manual handling procedures information document

The first part of the assessment requires you to plan your document and then seek approval from the Operations Manager for the proposed safe manual handling procedures information document.

Send an email to the Operations Manager addressing all of the following points:

• Confirm the purpose of the document
• Identify the format in which you consider it is best to present the document (for example,
• as a handout to be provided to staff, as a poster or a power point presentation) and why.
• Identify types of formatting that could be used to improve the appearance/readability of
• the document.
• Identify the software you will use to develop the document (e.g. Microsoft Word or Power
• Point)
• Provide an outline of the structure and content of the document (e.g. include key headings
• and a summary of the information that will be included). The structure must be logical and
• include all of the requirements for inclusion as per the scenario information.
• Request additional information required as per the scenario information.
• Outline style guidelines, which will be adhered to as per the company's Workplace
• Information Procedures and Style Guide.
• Identify at least one area of additional information that could be included to
• Seeking approval to proceed with the document as outlined.

Your assessor will email you with any feedback and approval to proceed. Your assessor will also provide you with the required statistical information.

2.Develop and check first draft of safe manual handling procedures information

Research and draft all of the required content for your safe manual handling procedures information document as approved by the Operations Manager.

Ensure that the safe manual handling procedures information document is developed in your own words using clear and concise English. It must follow the Workplace Information Procedures and

Style Guide, and include all of the required graphics, including the company logo and graphics showing images of safe working procedures.

When you have completed the safe manual handling procedures information document, save it according to the naming conventions, and in the required folder as documented in the Workplace Information Procedures and Style Guide. Note that at the end of the assessment, you will be required to provide a screen shot of the final folder and files. The files should show all versions of the newsletter from draft to final.

Now that you have developed the first draft, you are required to review your safe manual handling procedures information document against the document checklist provided in order to check your draft. Complete the checklist using handwritten notes.

In completing the checklist, you should also consult the Grow Management Consultants document naming conventions and ensure that the document is saved in in the required folder.

When you have completed the checklist and made changes to your draft as per your notes in the checklist, you should save an updated version of your safe manual handling procedures information document in the relevant folder. You should also scan your document checklist and upload the image into your folders.

Finally, you must send the first draft of the safe manual handling procedures information document to the Operations Manager (your assessor), as well as your checklist, as email attachments. The Operations Manager (your assessor) will provide you with feedback via email that you will need to action in the final part of this task. The feedback will be in the form of tracked changes and/or comments.

3. Finalise the safe manual handling procedures information document

The final part of the assessment requires you to review the tracked changes and/or comments to

your safe manual handling procedures information document sent to you by the Operations Manager. Make the changes required and save a word version of the document in the relevant file.

Make screen shots of the final folder and its contents that show all versions of the safe manual handling procedures information document from draft to final. Ensure that your folders and files are set up and named as set out in the Workplace Information Procedures and Style Guide. Send the screen shots to your assessor as attachments.