It is a legal responsibility to assess the risks to employees using this type of equipment and to implement appropriate control measures. This course is designed to enable your nominated employees to undertake suitable and sufficient risk assessments and to take effective remedial action.
Computer workstations or equipment can be associated with neck, shoulder, back or arm pains, fatigue and eyestrain. In the worse cases this can lead to repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and work related upper limb disorders (WRULD).
It is a legal responsibility to assess the risks to employees using this type of equipment and to implement appropriate control measures. This course is designed to enable your nominated employees to undertake suitable and sufficient risk assessments and to take effective remedial action.
Who should attend the Display Screen Risk Assessment Course?
The course is for all personnel who are involved in assessing and controlling risks associated with display screen equipment in the workplace.
Duration: 1 day.
Venue: courses can be delivered on site or at selected venues.
Candidates who successfully complete the course will achieve an appropriate understanding of:
Recognise the ethical, legal and financial context of display screen risk assessment
Understand the concepts of hazard, risk and the severity of risk
Identify the staff groups & individuals likely to be affected.
Develop a display screen equipment risk assessment checklist
Evaluate the risks and develop solutions
Record your findings and implement an action plan
Monitor and review the action plan and assess its effectiveness
Decide what further action or data gathering, if any, is needed
Small Company/Sole Trader
Whether you are a sole trader or a small company, you will need to comply with a wide range of health and safety legislation to operate safely and within the law.
Practical and Safe Solutions Consultancy and Training can provide a comprehensive solution for all your company needs at highly competitive rates.
We can:
Assess your company's health and safety status
Propose an action plan for improvement
Provide a health and safety policy if appropriate
Undertake risk assessments for significant hazards
Prepare work method statements
Assist your company to become an approved contractor with registration schemes such as CHAS and Safe Contractor
Offer IOSH approved and bespoke training courses
Provide ongoing professional support and advice
Larger Companies
In this current economic climate, companies face the competing priorities of complying with demanding health and safety legislation and keeping costs to a minimum.
Practical and Safe Solutions Consultancy and Training can help you meet these challenges by providing advice, training and professional services tailored to your company requirements at highly competitive rates.
We can:
Carry out an initial assessment of your health and
safety status
Provide a report on current status and a prioritised
action plan
Provide a fully documented health and safety policy
Develop a team based risk assessment programme
Formulate safe systems of work and control measures
Train employees to ensure competence
Set up an auditing process to ensure the effectiveness of the programme
Champion the concept of continuous improvement within health and safety
This course is aimed at users of display screen equipment, or DSE as it’s often called. DSE is a term that covers a wide range of equipment. If DSE equipment like this is not set up correctly, users are at increased risk from certain disorders.
This interactive self-assessment tool allows you to quickly and easily complete your DSE assessment at home and download or print the completed form all in one place.
Display Screen Equipment (DSE/VDU) course is offered by Lagom Safety Ltd. Lagom Safety Ltd offer a comprehensive suite of Health and Safety training courses for all businesses.
To ensure the correct positioning and work place practices to avoid injury from usage of Display Screen Equipment or Visual Display Units.
This is an extremely well developed up to date course with full interactive learning systems and audio visual as well as practical cases evaluated enabling clear understanding and learning with developed document control systems to take away.
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