This unit standard is for people providing services in a health or wellbeing setting.
It is primarily designed to meet the requirements of workers who support people in the community in homes where only assistive equipment is available.
People credited with this unit standard are able to, in a health or wellbeing setting: demonstrate knowledge of organisational and personal factors that influence risks associated with moving and handling people, responsibilities for self-care when moving and handling people, assistive equipment and equipment used for moving and handling people; support a person to use assistive equipment; and support people to move using normal movement patterns.
