Simone Eggers graduated as a Physiotherapist in 1996 from University of Queensland. After 11 years of private practice and public health roles here and abroad, she was drawn into manual handling as way of preventing injuries on a larger scale. She has been employed by Gold Coast Health Services (Queenland Health) in the role of Manual Handling and Ergonomics Coordinator for the past 7 years. This is her first presentation at a National Conference and she is very excited.