A core interactive course on musculoskeletal injury prevention: 11 scenarios spotting the lifting, reach, and repetition patterns that wear a body down and practising the adjustments, validating 7 competencies. It targets the injuries that build slowly and are noticed late.
Musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) — injuries to the muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, joints, and discs — happen in every kind of work, and they build up cumulatively over time rather than in a single accident. This course teaches every worker to recognize the types of MSI by body region (back strains and disc injuries, neck and shoulder disorders, elbow epicondylitis, and wrist/hand repetitive strain injuries such as carpal tunnel and tendinitis) and their early warning signs; to spot MSI risk in a task by identifying the risk factors (force, repetition, awkward and static postures, contact stress, and vibration) and judging the level; to reduce the risk through the hierarchy of controls and good work design for variety and recovery; and — crucially — to act early: report early symptoms while they are still reversible, support early intervention, and understand modified or stay-at-work duties and a graduated return-to-work. There is no single safe maximum weight; risk depends on the whole task. The online theory establishes the Trained state; the employer records the site confirmations (a task risk assessment, a control applied, early-reporting understood, and a task review) as the Observed state, signed off as Competent. This course complements the Ergonomics & Manual Material Handling course and is not medical advice.
Equip every worker to recognize musculoskeletal injuries and their early signs, assess and control MSI risk in their tasks, and act early — reporting symptoms while reversible and supporting early intervention and stay-at-work — so that preventable, cumulative MSIs do not become disabilities.
Workers whose jobs involve lifting, repetitive motion, awkward postures, or sustained force in warehousing, care, trades, and manufacturing.
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for one year. Review training at least annually and whenever tasks, tools, or work organization change. This course is not medical advice. No exact mandatory theory-hour minimum is set in Manitoba law — industry/provider standard applies.
About 1 hour 10 minutes online, over 5 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
One year from the day you pass. Review training at least annually and whenever tasks, tools, or work organization change.
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006; SAFE Work Manitoba; and 2 more listed on this page.
Workers whose jobs involve lifting, repetitive motion, awkward postures, or sustained force in warehousing, care, trades, and manufacturing.