Jan 10, 2018
In our last article, we discussed the importance of using trained assessors to carry out display screen equipment (DSE) workstation assessments. Following on from this, we thought it would be useful to also look at the need for DSE training in light of the way...
Jan 9, 2018
Employers are required by law to protect their workers from the health risks associated with working with display screen equipment (DSE) such as computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. Workers who use DSE on a daily basis for at least an hour at a time are...
Jan 8, 2018
In our last article we explored the evidence proving that people and manual handling training works, providing it is fully tailored. We looked at how an NHS trust had introduced a custom designed lifting aid and tailored training in an attempt to put a stop to a...
Jan 7, 2018
Wood dust is known to cause serious health problems. Carpenters and joiners are four times more likely to suffer asthma than other UK workers. Hardwood dust is especially hazardous as it contains carcinogens known to cause cancer, in particular nasal cancer....
Jan 6, 2018
In our last article we looked at how the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is known to frown upon off-the-shelf manual handling training, and has branded it ‘a waste of time and money’. Having recently issued advice for employers on how to decide the help...
Jan 5, 2018
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently announced that off-the-shelf manual handling training should become ‘a thing of the past’. The HSE has issued new musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) advice to help employers decide the type of help required to...
Jan 4, 2018
As we discussed in last month’s article, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is putting itself behind a campaign called Go Home Healthy. The HSE wants employers to do the right thing by their employers so that they can go home healthy every day. It is pushing...
Jan 3, 2018
Go Home Healthy is one of the Health and Safety Executive’s latest campaigns. The HSE believes that ‘everyone should go home healthy from work’ and says that employers should do the right thing by protecting the health of their workers. Its campaign...
Jan 2, 2018
The start of a New Year is a good time to think about refreshing your skills as a trainer, especially if you deliver training to colleagues or clients in the important areas of manual handling, people handling and evacuation chair operation. In our last post, we...
Jan 1, 2018
The New Year is a great time to kick-start a fresh new training programme. If you are an in-house trainer or a consultant, this is the perfect opportunity, whilst people are in a positive, can-do frame of mind, to introduce refresher training for things like manual...
