Health & Safety For Home Workers
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Health & Safety For Home Workers
Duration 2-3 hours
Last audited 21st September 2023
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Data published by the Office for National Statistics shows that 28% of working adults reported both working from home and travelling to work between September 2022 to January 2023. With the home being the most common location for an accident to happen, it's essential that home working employees are able to carry out their work activities safely. They must understand the health and safety hazards in their homes and know what controls are needed to manage them effectively.
This course details the most crucial aspects of health and safety present in the home, including display screen equipment (DSE), manual handling, fire safety and electrical safety. It also covers monitoring procedures and regular communication, as well as looking after your well-being and mental health when working from home.
100% online training
Access anywhere
Same day digital certificate
Printed certificate posted next working day
Full audio voiceover
Unlimited assessment attempts
Written in compliance with UK legislation and guidance
Developed by health and safety professionals
Accredited by CPD and assured by RoSPA Qualifications
Downloadable module recaps of key learning points
What you'll learn
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand the importance of health and safety rules and regulations.
- Know your employer’s health and safety duties and your own responsibilities.
- Recognise the safety hazards that are commonly present in homes and know how to create a safe working environment.
- Understand how to prevent and manage slips, trips and falls.
- Know how to correctly and safely set up and use display screen equipment (DSE) and your work environment, so as to prevent discomfort.
- Understand the importance of carrying out manual handling activities with care.
- Know how to use electrical equipment safely and prevent fires from starting.
- Understand what first aid provisions you should consider.
- Understand how to prevent work-related stress and promote positive mental well-being.
Training you can trust
Accredited by CPD
All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Assured by RoSPA Qualifications
This course is also assured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents through their RoSPA Qualifications Assurance System, as providing up-to-date, quality and content-approved training.
Recommended renewal:
1 year
What does this mean? This certificate does not have an expiry date, however, based on industry best practice guidelines there is a recommended renewal period.
Engage and empower
Our in-house Learning Designers develop all of our courses to give you and your learners the most engaging training possible.
Module 1: Introduction to Health and Safety for Home Workers
This module explains who is considered to be a home worker, outlines the legislation that places duties on employers and responsibilities on employees and introduces home working hazards.
Module 2: Safe Working Environments
This module explains the key aspects of a safe working environment for home workers, including the causes of slips, trips and falls and how to prevent these accidents.
Module 3: DSE, Manual Handling, COSHH and DSEAR
This module explains how to correctly set up, use and assess display screen equipment (DSE). It covers the hazards posed by manual handling, and how to carry it out safely, and introduces the risks posed by hazardous and dangerous substances, and the controls required.
Module 4: Electrical Safety, Fire Safety, First Aid, and RIDDOR
This module covers the safety measures that must be in place for electrical safety, fire safety, first aid and the recording and reporting of incidents. It explains the legal duties of employers and what home workers must do to follow these procedures.
Module 5: Monitoring Procedures and Promoting Well-being
This module details the monitoring, communication and feedback procedures that should be in place for home workers. It identifies the common signs of stress and anxiety and the techniques to prevent and manage them.
The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 20 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so that you’ll instantly know whether you passed. If you don't pass don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.
This Health and Safety for Home Workers course is suitable for anyone, at any level of any business who works from home, either wholly or partly. This includes both full-time and part-time staff. The content is written at an introductory level, so no previous knowledge or experience is required.
Written by experts
In partnership with
Neil Murray
Health and Safety Consultant
Neil Murray is a vastly experienced and highly qualified health and safety professional who has held roles such as Senior Health and Safety Executive inspector, and Principal Inspector for Channel Tunnel construction. He has also held senior roles in an international infrastructure business, a major UK water utility company and a major construction group and provided management consultancy to numerous companies across a wide range of industries.
Neil has a wide expertise in many sectors, including construction, civil engineering, manufacturing engineering, water and waste utilities, education, heritage sites, public safety, rail construction and operation, transport, marine, waste management, engineering design and industrial and facilities management services.
Neil is a QSA auditor for RoSPA and also an author of published guidance on health and safety in the construction of the Channel Tunnel, work at height, major project management, and online training courses.
