Hand-Arm Vibration (For Employers)

Exposure to excessive hand-arm vibrations can lead to serious health conditions and permanent injuries. If you employ folks to work with vibrating tools and machinery, you need to understand the associated risks, so you can follow UK legislation and keep everyone safe from harm.

This course will help assess and control those risks. It’ll also show you how to watch out for and report the early signs of damage caused by exposure to hand-arm vibration.

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Who should take this course?

Anyone employing people to work with handheld, vibrating equipment needs to understand how to keep them safe while following UK guidelines.

This course will help employers understand the risks of hand-arm vibrations and how to avoid and report associated injuries.

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By the end of this course you'll be able to:

Recognise how to assess and control the risk to employee health posed by excessive hand-arm vibration, in line with the relevant UK regulations
Identify appropriate steps to take in implementing health surveillance procedures designed to recognise and respond to early signs of physical damage caused by hand-arm vibration.
Explain how to report cases of hand-arm vibration related injuries and medical conditions in line with UK regulations.

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Accessibility

Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary demanding on environment or disabilities. This course comes with transcripts so people have text options for an media, subtitles for all videos and is screen reader friendly with alternative text.

We take a number of steps to ensure visuals and navigation is easy for your people. For more information on the steps we take for accessibility check out how we make our courses.

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This course is an IOSH approved course which gives means you're getting industry best practice content in health and safety.

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