Working from home has now become an ever-growing trend. With so many people in the workforce now embracing home working, employers must consider the challenges of supporting their home working staff to continue to work safely, just as they would with any employee. Equally, home workers must take care with their own health and safety.
Duration
35 – 50 minutes
Qualifications
Learners will receive an e-learning completion certificate, which is downloadable upon successful finishing the course.
Key Elements
- interactive exercises/gaming
- media-rich content
- interactive 3D scenarios
- content provided by market leading experts
- relevant photography and illustrations
- multi-generational content and style
Suitability
This online training course is suitable for employees of all levels, where an awareness of home working is required.
What is covered
This Awareness of Home Working online training course is packed with current information and engaging activities, looking at what home working is, risk assessments and controls, safe use of display screen equipment (DSE) and mental health and stress.
- Benefits of home working
- What is home working?
- Supporting home workers
- Risk assessments
- Risks and hazards of home working
- Electrical equipment in the home
- Conditions for home working Display screen equipment (DSE) and the correct
use of DSE - Working from home – managing stress
and mental health - The importance of appropriate communication
- Home working policy
- Employer and employee roles and responsibilities
How will I be assessed
Our e-learning is available to use on multiple platforms such as tablets, PCs and laptops. All you need is an internet connection. Learners simply log on to the Highfield Learner Management System (LMS) and work their way through the course, along with the scenarios that provide them with real-life context.
Learners are assessed at the end of the course by multiple-choice questions.
