Recognise the additional risks that can arise when someone works without close supervision. This course introduces lone-working hazards, responsibilities and the role of risk assessments and policies. It helps staff understand why clear arrangements and preparation matter when working alone.
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Awareness of Lone Working
Recognise the additional risks that can arise when someone works without close supervision.
Course highlights
- Who counts as a lone worker?
- Home working and working alone
- Additional lone-working risks
- Assessing lone-working tasks
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Course overview, learning outcomes and assessment
Course overview
What you will learn
01
Who counts as a lone worker?
Recognise different situations in which someone may work alone or without close supervision, including less obvious workplace examples.
02
Home working and working alone
Understand how home working can involve lone working and why arrangements need to reflect that situation.
03
Additional lone-working risks
Explore hazards that can become more significant when a worker does not have immediate support from other people.
04
Assessing lone-working tasks
Understand how risk assessment helps identify hazards and consider suitable arrangements for people working alone.
05
The PET approach
Explore the PET approach introduced in the course and how it supports consideration of a lone-working situation.
06
Staying safe while working alone
Recognise measures that can help manage lone-working risks and why preparation and clear arrangements are important.
07
Employer and employee responsibilities
Understand how employers and employees contribute to safe lone-working arrangements and the responsibilities each needs to recognise.
08
Lone-working policies
Learn the purpose of a lone-working policy and how it helps communicate the arrangements staff are expected to follow.
09
Reviewing arrangements with a checklist
Use a checklist to consider lone-working arrangements and identify matters that may need further attention.
Who is this course for?
Lone workers, remote staff and managers responsible for them.
Course outcome
After successfully completing the required learning and assessment, the learner will receive the course outcome shown below.
- Certificate
- Downloadable Highfield completion certificate after successfully completing the course.
- Assessment
- Online assessment using multiple-choice questions.
- Course recognition
- Highfield e-learning with a completion certificate.
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- Each learner receives individual access
- Immediate or scheduled start date