Homeworkers Health and Safety Training
Give home-based staff the tools to set up a safe workstation and manage lone working risks while working away from the office.
- CPD Accredited
What this course covers
Employers hold the same health and safety duty of care to home workers as they do to office-based staff, including ensuring safe workstation setups. This programme covers the practical steps needed to work safely from home, from ergonomic workspace setup to managing lone working risks.
Learners complete an interactive personal risk assessment as part of the course, with automatic manager notification if concerns arise. The training also touches on maintaining a healthy work-life balance while working remotely.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Identify shared health and safety responsibilities for home working
- Set up a safe and ergonomic home workstation
- Recognise wellbeing risks linked to lone working from home
- Apply measures to reduce injury and fatigue at home
- Complete a personal risk assessment and understand reporting
- Balance home life and work commitments
Designed with these roles in mind
- Employees working from home permanently or temporarily
- Self-employed home-based workers
- HR and health and safety managers
Modules included
6 short lessons that build sequentially. Learners can pause and resume at any point on any device.
- 01 Employer and employee responsibilities for home working
- 02 Setting up a safe home workstation
- 03 Ergonomics, posture and reducing strain
- 04 Lone working risks and personal safety
- 05 Mental health and work-life balance
- 06 Interactive personal risk assessment
How competence is checked
A final assessment, alongside an interactive personal risk assessment, checks understanding before certification.
What learners receive
Learners receive a certificate to download instantly on completing the course.
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
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