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Discomfort, Pain and Injury

Key Information

Duration:1 Day (8 Hours)

Maximum Attendees: 12

Training available nationwide at one of our centres, or your own workplace

Price (excl GST)

$2970 Company Booking

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Ensure ongoing physical performance by understanding how the body functions and effective techniques to combat the risk of injury

Overview

This course will support anyone that is involved in or responsible for the prevention and management of discomfort, pain and injury within your organisation. Gain clarity on effective methods to use, including lifting and moving techniques that will relate directly to common workplace activities and knowledge around combating back and musculoskeletal injuries.

Students need to have 3 months of work experience in the industry prior to doing the course.

Please bring along your ID - We need to verify the identity of students in attendance, please bring ID with you on the day of training.

Key Learning Outcomes:

  1. Describe what is meant by discomfort, pain and injury
  2. Outline the groups of contributory factors that lead to discomfort, pain and injury
  3. Describe the contributory factors that individuals and workplaces need to consider when preventing and managing discomfort, pain and injury
  4. Outline measures used to manage the risks to staff experiencing discomfort, pain and injury

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.

NZQA Unit Standards Included

  • Unit Standards - DPI (Click to see more detail)

    Unit

    Level

    Credit

    Description

    17591

     

    		 3

    8

    Demonstrate knowledge of the prevention and management of Discomfort, Pain and Injury (DPI) in the workplace

     

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Discomfort, Pain and Injury (DPI) Training Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Discomfort, Pain and Injury prevention training in New Zealand.

Discomfort, Pain and Injury (DPI) training teaches workers and supervisors how to identify the causes of musculoskeletal discomfort, pain and injury in the workplace. The course covers body mechanics, workplace risk factors, injury prevention strategies and practical techniques to reduce the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
This course is suitable for workers, supervisors, managers, health and safety representatives and anyone responsible for preventing or managing workplace discomfort, pain and injury. It is valuable across industries including manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing, logistics, construction, education, offices and local government.
Participants learn what contributes to discomfort, pain and injury, how musculoskeletal injuries occur, workplace and individual risk factors, safe manual handling principles, injury prevention strategies, and practical ways to reduce physical strain through safer work practices.
The course includes NZQA Unit Standard 17591 – Demonstrate knowledge of the prevention and management of Discomfort, Pain and Injury (DPI) in the workplace (Level 3, 8 Credits).
Preventing discomfort, pain and injury helps reduce workplace injuries, improve employee wellbeing, minimise lost productivity, lower injury-related costs and support compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Effective prevention also improves staff comfort and long-term physical performance.
Yes. The course explains safe lifting, moving and handling principles alongside body mechanics, ergonomic practices and practical techniques that help reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries during everyday workplace tasks.
Discomfort, Pain and Injury training is beneficial for organisations in healthcare, aged care, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, construction, education, retail, agriculture, local government, office environments and any workplace where repetitive tasks, lifting or prolonged physical activity occur.
Yes. Safety 'n Action offers onsite company training throughout New Zealand, allowing organisations to train teams using workplace-specific tasks and environments to improve injury prevention and safe work practices.
The Discomfort, Pain and Injury course is delivered over one day (8 hours) and can be completed at Safety 'n Action training centres nationwide or as a company booking at your workplace.
Safety 'n Action is one of New Zealand's leading workplace health and safety training providers. This course combines practical injury prevention techniques, experienced trainers and nationally recognised NZQA training to help organisations reduce workplace injuries and build safer, healthier workplaces.

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