Assessing Display Screen Equipment

Course information

Our Display Screen Equipment courses are aimed at users of display screen equipment (DSE) and those responsible for assessing display screen equipment.

A ‘user’, is anyone who regularly uses display screen equipment for a significant part of their normal work. In practice, if you use display screen equipment continuously for more than one hour a day, then you’re a ‘user’.

So what do we mean by display screen equipment? The first thing most people think of is a computer monitor. But that’s not the only thing it refers to display screen equipment could also mean laptops, tablet PCs, televisions, smartphones, CNC control pads, portable diagnostic screens or equipment containing cathode ray tubes, or CRTs.

The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations contain special directives covering DSE safety. Both employers and employee‐users have responsibilities under the legislation.

Duration: 110 minutes

Modules

Introduction
Legislation
Protecting Your Body
Adjusting Your Chair
Adjusting Your Screen
Work Arrangements
Adjusting the Layout of Your Workstation
Adjusting Your Work Environment
Risk Assessment Overview
Principles of Sensible Risk Management
Key Health and Safety Legislation
DSE Hazards and Risks
DSE Assessments
Control and Prevention Strategies
Practical Element

Accreditations

The Assessing Display Screen Equipment course is recommended and approved by the following bodies: