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Health and Safety

Assessing Display Screen Equipment

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Assessing Display Screen Equipment is run on demand — tell us when you'd like to attend and where, and we'll arrange a date and venue that works for you. Single delegates and group bookings both welcome.

UK-wide venues + online Group discounts available

Overview

Every employer with screen-based staff has duties under the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992: analyse workstations, reduce risks, plan work breaks and provide eye tests on request. Someone has to do that analysing competently, and this course trains the in-house DSE assessors who carry the duty day to day, in offices and, since hybrid working became normal, in home workstations too.

The course covers the health problems poor workstations cause, from musculoskeletal disorders to visual fatigue and stress; the regulations and who counts as a DSE user; and the practical assessment craft: chair, desk, screen, keyboard and mouse setup, laptops and docking, lighting and glare, and the conversation with the user that surfaces problems a checklist misses. Delegates practise real assessments and leave able to run a competent DSE programme, including homeworker assessments done remotely.

DSE assessment sits naturally with the broader risk assessment skill set: the Introduction to Risk Assessment course covers the general method, and office-based safety leads often hold IOSH Managing Safely. Browse related courses under health and safety training.

Who this course is for

  • Staff nominated as workplace DSE assessors
  • HR, facilities and office managers who own the DSE duty
  • Health and safety coordinators adding DSE competence
  • Employers with hybrid and homeworking staff to assess

Requirements

  • No formal entry requirements
  • Familiarity with everyday office equipment
  • For online delivery, a reliable connection and webcam

What you'll achieve

  • A DSE assessor certificate for your training records
  • Competence to assess workstations under the 1992 Regulations
  • Practical setup knowledge from chairs to laptops and docking
  • A workable approach to homeworker and hybrid assessments
  • The judgement to escalate cases needing specialist input

Syllabus

Health effects
Musculoskeletal disorders, visual fatigue and stress.
The Regulations
DSE users, employer duties, breaks and eye tests.
Workstation setup
Chair, desk, screen, input devices and posture.
Laptops and hybrid work
Docking, home workstations and remote assessment.
Assessment practice
Casework with real workstations and users.
Running a programme
Records, reviews and when to escalate.

Assessing Display Screen Equipment FAQs

Anyone who habitually uses display screen equipment as a significant part of their work, which in a modern office is nearly everyone, and since hybrid working, their home setups too.
Yes. The Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992 require employers to analyse workstations and reduce the risks found. Trained assessors are how employers discharge that duty competently.
Yes. Remote assessment of home workstations is covered in practical terms, reflecting how most organisations now work.
Typically one day including the practical casework. In-company sessions can assess your own workstations as part of the training.
Enough to cover your sites, departments and homeworkers with capacity for new starters and reviews. Many organisations train one or two per department or floor.
Prices for DSE assessor training vary by location, group size and whether you book a public date or an in-company course. Where live dates are shown at the top of this page, the price against each date is the full cost of a place. Otherwise send an enquiry from this page and we will come back within one working day with options and pricing.
Yes. DSE assessor training is often delivered to whole teams at once, and in-company delivery is usually the most cost-effective way to train several people. Request a quote through our <a href="/for-employers/">employer booking page</a>, with purchase order support included.
The course runs on demand as well as on any public dates shown at the top of this page. Send an enquiry with your preferred timing and location and we will confirm available options within one working day.

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