Ergonomics and manual handling

Too much sitting can affect your health, so it’s important to set up your workspace ergonomically and learn how to move more throughout your day.

Why movement matters

We've created online resources to help you set up an ergonomic workspace and incorporate more movement into your day.

This video shows you what to consider when planning your work.

Staff can access the interactive ergonomic principles module in myDevelopment.

Click on the Browse for Learning tile.
Select Occupational Health & Safety from the topics menu on the left. You may need to expand the list first by clicking View all.
Click on the Ergonomic principles tile.