Understand the health and safety considerations of working from home. This course explores workstations, electrical equipment and suitable working conditions, alongside communication and wellbeing. It helps home workers and managers recognise their responsibilities and the value of clear support arrangements.
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Awareness of Home Working
Understand the health and safety considerations of working from home.
Course highlights
- Understanding home working
- Support for home workers
- Assessing the home workspace
- Electrical equipment
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Course overview, learning outcomes and assessment
Course overview
What you will learn
01
Understanding home working
Explore what home working involves and the potential benefits that need to be considered alongside suitable working arrangements.
02
Support for home workers
Recognise ways employers can support staff working from home and why clear support arrangements matter.
03
Assessing the home workspace
Identify common hazards in a home-working environment and consider them as part of a workplace risk assessment.
04
Electrical equipment
Understand the importance of safe electrical equipment use when carrying out work at home.
05
Suitable working conditions
Consider the conditions needed for a suitable home workspace and how the environment can affect work and wellbeing.
06
Screen equipment at home
Explore appropriate setup and use of display screen equipment within a home-working environment.
07
Stress and mental wellbeing
Recognise the stress and mental-health considerations that can arise when working from home.
08
Keeping in contact
Understand why regular communication matters for home workers and the people managing or supporting them.
09
Home-working policies
Recognise how a home-working policy helps set out expectations, working arrangements and available support.
10
Shared responsibilities
Understand the responsibilities of employers and employees in maintaining suitable home-working arrangements.
Who is this course for?
Home and hybrid workers, and the managers who support 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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- One quotation and invoice
- Each learner receives individual access
- Immediate or scheduled start date