Highfield’s Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Short Course is designed to ensure that users of DSE set up their work stations effectively and ergonomically, avoiding the health risks associated with their use.
Highfield’s Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Short Course is designed to ensure that users of DSE set up their work stations effectively and ergonomically, avoiding the health risks associated with their use.
Learners undertaking this course will learn what DSE is, the health risks associated with its use, how to use DSE appropriately and the importance of correct posture and regular breaks. Finally, the course will outline the kind of support employers should provide for users of DSE at work.
Areas Covered
What is DSE?
DSE health risks
Workstation design
Correct working position for DSE
Portable equipment
Identifying risks and safe working practices
Eye tests and eyewear
Assessing DSE
Who Is It Aimed At?
Any employee or manager who works with display screen equipment, such as display screens, laptops, touchscreens and other similar devices. This course can be used as a stand-alone module or included in an induction programme. It may also be useful as part of the on-programme phase of the new apprenticeship standards, helping apprentices integrate into the workforce effectively and efficiently.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge needed.
We take the time to understand what kind of support your business needs to deliver tailored solutions that suit your specific needs. We help you manage your Health and Safety so that your employees can return home to their families safely at the end of the working day.
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Our risk advisers are experienced Nebosh Diploma qualified safety practitioners & chartered members of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health.
Our display screen equipment courses are aimed at users of display screen equipment (DSE) and those responsible for assessing display screen equipment.
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The DSE course aims to provide an awareness of the hazards associated with the prolonged use of DSE, and ways of reducing the associated risks.
This course is aimed at companies who employ users of display screen equipment, or DSE as it’s often called and is intended to be completed by those who will be assessing the DSE set ups of employees. DSE is a term that covers a wide range of equipment.
Under Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations, employers are required to ensure that users of computers and other items of display screen equipment (DSE) are provided with adequate training on how to use these devices and their workstations safely.
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