Health & Safety Online Courses

Our display screen equipment courses are aimed at users of display screen equipment (DSE or VDU) and those responsible for assessing display screen equipment. A ‘user’ is anyone who regularly uses display screen equipment for a significant part of their everyday work. In practice, if you use display screen equipment continuously for more than one hour a day, then you’re a ‘user’.

Research in this area has shown that up to 80% of work-related accidents are caused by employees' behaviour. Behavioural safety is the name given to several types of programmes that aim to improve an organisation’s safety culture by changing the ‘behavioural safety’ of workers.

The Online Manual Handling Course outlines exactly what constitutes manual handling and covers the regulations and legislation for the workplace.

Working safely is in the interest and concern of all staff, both employers and employees. Health and safety is one of the few areas where the law places specific duties on employees so knowledge of where this applies and how to ensure that it is adhered to is vital to protect individuals and businesses. The course covers a wide range of topics including fire safety, asbestos awareness, working at height, COSHH, PPE and electricity. It also covers schemes for improving safety performance and methods of protecting the environment.

Stress is a real problem for both organisations and their employees. It accounts for a significant proportion of work-related illness each year. Being aware of the signs of stress, some of the triggers and how to manage them can make a real difference to your wellbeing and that of people around you. This course will cover an introduction to stress and why it’s a problem, some of the causes of stress and some ways to minimise the risk of stress.

Heartsaver AED Online Course is suitable for members of the public and employees who wish to learn how to provide CPR and how to use an AED.