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Visual display unit (VDU) & workstation course
Available online, this is an awareness course for people who regularly work with display screen equipment (DSE).
The law for working with VDUs is covered by The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations.
These regulations apply to any staff member who habitually work with VDUs at work. Employers must minimise risks from working with VDUs and that means ensuring employees have good training, work in a well designed workplace and have well planned job tasks.
The course is broken down into an introduction, four modules and a workstation self-assessment. The self-assessment produces a report which the employer or occupational therapist can use to identify problems with staff workstations or VDUs.
On completion of the course, an awareness certificate can be printed out.
Workstation and VDU's main modules are:
- Module 1
Who do the regulations apply to?
The law, workstation regulations, VDU regulations, laws for the self-employed - Module 2
What makes a good workstation?
Analysing workstations, minimum requirements, planning work patterns, arranging eye tests, providing information - Module 3
Risks to health, and common questions
Problems and solutions, common questions, RSI, stress, aches and pains - Module 4
Adjusting your workstation
Modifying your workstation, chairs, VDU, document holders, lighting - Module 5
Self assessment
A self-assessment of your workstation, print-out report
