Ergonomic Assessment and Training for Remote Workers

The majority of our members and the wider nonprofit community are working in some form of flexible and blended manner. As part of blended work practices, remote working continues for a proportion of time and the onus on employers to provide an ergonomically safe working environment is of critical importance.

Employers have a responsibility to ensure employees have a safe working environment, whether in the office, at home or a blend of both. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, employers must evaluate the health and safety of workstations, with particular focus on physical difficulties and eyesight issues in order to ensure compliance.

Brought to you in partnership with Adare Human Resource Management, a preferred service provider of The Wheel, members of The Wheel can now avail of preferential rates in the cost of remote Ergonomic Assessments and Display Screen Equipment (DSE) training.

The cost for Ergonomic Assessments and DSE Training, will be provided at a preferential rate per person, with a minimum of 5 assessments required. (See contact details below).

Assessments and Training will be carried out virtually.

What is Involved?

A typical modern workstation comprises of a desktop computer or laptop i.e. Visual Display Unit (VDU) or Display Screen Equipment (DSE), chair, telephone and desk. Under the legislation, it is the employer’s duty to examine and assess the standards of health & safety of an employee’s workstation and take any corrective action necessary. Similarly, a competent person must carry out the ergonomic risk assessment of an employee’s workstation. A person is deemed to be competent if he or she possesses sufficient training, experience and knowledge appropriate to conduct a workstation assessment.

As an employer, you are legally obliged to carry out Ergonomic Assessments of your Employees workspaces & DSE Training. To ensure legislative compliance, we are teaming up with recognised field leaders, Adare Human Resource Management, to provide our Members with Ergonomic Assessments and DSE Training.

1. DSE TRAINING

Adare Human Resource Management will provide you with online training for all relevant employees to ensure that they understand and manage their workstations correctly and in a responsible manner in line with the legislation and recommendations from the Health & Safety Authority (HSA).

Employees will be taken through a series of exercises to help identify potential risks.

2. ERGONOMICS ASSESSMENTS

After the completion of the DSE training, employees will then take part in an online ergonomic risk assessment.

An individual report will be produced for each employee. The report, which will be sent directly to the employer, will include guidance on corrective actions that should be taken, as provided by Adare Human Resource Management's Senior Health & Safety Consultant.

Book your place now by contacting Adare Human Resource Management via email: info@adarehrm.ie or via telephone on (01 561 3594)

To avail of preferential rates, please outline that you are a member of The Wheel.