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Online Workplace Ergonomics Awareness

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Duration:Online Self-Pace Learning

Online Learning, completed in your own time at a location of your choice.
Once you have signed up to your course, you have 60 days of accessibility to complete your assessment.

Price (excl GST)

$85 Per Person

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Master workplace ergonomics to boost health and productivity. This online course teaches you to optimise your workstation, improve your posture, and adopt simple habits to prevent injury and support long-term physical wellbeing.

This practical eLearning course introduces the essentials of workplace ergonomics, helping you create a healthier and more comfortable work environment. Learn how to optimise your workstation, improve posture, and adopt simple habits that reduce strain and prevent injury. By applying these strategies, you’ll enhance your wellbeing, boost productivity, and support long-term physical health wherever you work

Key Learning Outcomes:

  1. Identify ergonomic risk factors in their workspace and recognise early signs of physical strain or discomfort.
  2. Apply effective ergonomic principles to set up and adjust their workstation, including posture, equipment positioning, and movement habits.
  3. Implement practical strategies such as stretching, regular breaks, and safe work practices to prevent injury and support long-term physical well-being.

Entry Criteria:

  1. All students are required to have a level of written and oral English equivalent to NCEA level 1 (year 11) or IELTS 5.5 or higher, to be eligible to attend our courses. The person responsible for making bookings or authorising attendance on the course must agree to these Terms and Conditions prior to acceptance of their student(s) onto the course. Where a student does not meet our English language requirement a reader/writer must be supplied by the student or the person responsible for authorising the student’s attendance. The reader/writer cannot be another student attending the same course.

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Online Workplace Ergonomics Awareness Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the Online Workplace Ergonomics Awareness course in New Zealand.

The Online Workplace Ergonomics Awareness course teaches workers how to create a safer, healthier and more comfortable workspace. Participants learn practical ergonomic principles for setting up workstations, improving posture, reducing physical strain and preventing common workplace injuries such as musculoskeletal disorders. The self-paced online course can be completed from anywhere and is suitable for both office and remote workers.
This course is suitable for anyone who spends long periods sitting at a desk, working on a computer or performing repetitive tasks. It is ideal for office workers, remote employees, administrators, customer service staff, managers, students, home-based workers and employers who want to improve workplace wellbeing and reduce ergonomic risks.
You'll learn how to:
  • Identify ergonomic hazards in your workspace
  • Set up your workstation correctly
  • Improve posture while sitting and standing
  • Position monitors, keyboards and office equipment correctly
  • Recognise early signs of strain and discomfort
  • Reduce the risk of neck, shoulder and back pain
  • Use stretching, movement and regular breaks to improve wellbeing
  • Apply ergonomic principles whether working from the office or home
The course provides practical strategies that can be applied immediately in everyday work.
Good workplace ergonomics helps reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries, eye strain, fatigue and repetitive strain injuries. An ergonomically designed workspace can improve comfort, productivity, concentration and employee wellbeing while reducing absenteeism and workplace injury costs. Ergonomics is an important part of creating a safe and healthy workplace.
Yes. The course includes guidance for both office-based and remote workers. Participants learn how to create an ergonomic home office, correctly position equipment and adopt healthy working habits even when using temporary or flexible workspaces.
This is a self-paced online course that allows participants to complete the training at a time and place that suits them. After enrolment, learners have 60 days to complete the course and assessment.
Yes. The course explains how to correctly adjust your workstation, including monitor height, chair position, keyboard placement, desk setup and movement habits. These practical techniques help reduce physical strain and support long-term musculoskeletal health.
Yes. Safety 'n Action offers this course for individuals and organisations across New Zealand. Businesses can enrol teams to improve workplace wellbeing, reduce injury risks, support employee health and create more productive work environments through consistent ergonomics training.
Yes. Safety 'n Action is one of New Zealand's leading workplace health and safety training providers. This ergonomics awareness course has been developed by industry professionals to provide practical knowledge that helps workers create safer work environments and supports workplace health and safety initiatives. It is a non-unit standard awareness course.
Safety 'n Action delivers practical, flexible online health and safety training that fits around work schedules. The Workplace Ergonomics Awareness course provides real-world strategies that help learners improve workstation setup, reduce discomfort, prevent injury and support long-term physical wellbeing. With self-paced online access, participants can complete training anywhere in New Zealand while gaining practical skills that can be applied immediately at work or home.

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