Who should attend this training
This course is designed to provide DSE assessors with a structured approach to DSE assessments, and will take the delegate from no knowledge to a competency where he or she can carry out the DSE risk assessment in accordance with the DSE regulations. Typical delegates include: H&S advisors, Occupational health advisors, Facility Managers, and significant others responsible for employee wellbeing.
Experience level
Analyst and Coordinators
Duration [days]
1
Poorly designed workstations and repetitive tasks may lead to muskculoskeletal disorders causing aches, pain, swelling and poor performance. Preventative measures have been identified and consist in the correct design of the workstation to suit an individuals needs and a risk assessment approach to demonstrate the need for workstations to be re-designed or relocated in order to reduce the risks caused by stooping, over-reaching and similar actions. Ergonomic studies have indicated that screen positioning and keyboard adjustability are some of the most important factors in providing a comfortable work environment and preventing a broad range of Muscolar Skeletric Disorders’s associated with computer use. This training course will help employers, managers and others to understand ergonomics and human factors in the workplace. It gives industry examples of ergonomics problems and simple, effective advice about how to solve them.
Course topics
- Understanding DSE and the role of DSE Assessors
- How can ergonomics and human factors improve health and safety
- What kind of workplace problems can ergonomics and human factors solve
- The individual’s physical and psychological characteristics
- Principles for workstation design and work posture
- Case studies to show delegates how to carry out DSE risk assessments for different users
- What is a DSE assessment and how it is carried out
- Evaluation and assessment of different styles of workstations and identification of hazards
- Ways of working, good practice and the DSE assessment model
- The DSE regulations in context
- HSE legislation and legal duty of care
Course Objectives
Delegates attending this training will:
- Learn how to be competent users of DSE tools (i.e. checklists and information sheets), enabling them to undertake a sufficient risk assessment of DSE
- Lear how to complete a compliace document
- Understand the risks that DSE users have when working with DSE
