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Lone worker training
The law requires employers to consider carefully, and then deal with, any health and safety risks for people who are working alone.
This lone worker training course aims to provide the learner with relevant knowledge and skills to comply with the legal requirements under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Section 2 (1) and 3 - Lone Working.
"Very informative lone worker training course. There were some good points on how to keep safe when working alone." - Phoenix Boreham, Essex Cares, Saffron Walden
About this Lone Worker Training
As more and more businesses find themselves dealing with risk assessments and health and safety issues, it’s important that we have an educated workforce to avoid any potential pitfalls that may occur through lone working.
Learning objectives for Managers
This lone worker online training will help a manager to:
- Understand who is a lone worker, and what their responsibilities are
- Identify how safe your lone worker is and how to identify and evaluate a job for potential risks associated with it
- Identify the potential hazards that come with a home working job
- Understand the law and legislation behind lone working, and the requirements of law to document and keep records
Learning objectives for Employees
This lone worker online training will help an employee to:
- Understand what ‘lone working’ means and identify the occupations that involve working alone
- Identify the hazards related to lone working and home workers
- Recognise the control measures that can minimise the risks of lone working, and list some practical tips for staying safe when working alone.
Course content for Managers
- Introduction - Learn the legal definition of a lone worker, the health and safety acts that apply to lone working and the responsibilities of the employer and employee.
- Who is a lone worker? - Types of lone workers, fixed site and mobile lone workers, as well as home workers and the types of hazards they can face during the course of their work.
- Personal protective equipment - Components of a lone working risk assessment, how to evaluate a lone working job or a remote area working job, how to question workplace conditions, the importance of medical fitness and communication between worker and supervisor.
Course content for employees
- Lone workers - Learn who is termed as a ‘lone worker’, the jobs they perform and the duties of employers and employees pertaining to lone working.
- Hazards faced by lone workers - The hazards related to lone working and the hazards faced by home workers.
- Control measures - Discover all about the control measures that can minimise the risks of working alone and the risks of working from home.
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Lone Worker Training to suit you
For Managers
This course will provide all managers and supervisors with the information needed to understand the health and safety acts that apply to lone working and the responsibilities of the employer and employee.
For Employees
This course if for those who work by themselves without any close or direct supervision. It will give you an insight into the risks associated with lone working and will point out control measures that can minimise them.
For Health and Social Care
Understand the legal requirements of a business in the protection of a lone worker, and sensible measures that can be taken by an individual when lone working.
Why use Access Learning for Lone worker training?
- Credible content – our courses are accredited, endorsed and designed in partnership with subject matter experts.
- Multi-platform learning - optimised for mobile and tablet, meaning less text and more engaging, easily accessible content.
- True ‘bitesize’ microlearning – making your learning experience more manageable, efficient and relevant.
- Learning pathways - split courses up into digestible topics to make it quicker and easier to find training in the flow of work.
- Accessible - we are working to make our content more accessible and are designing content with reference to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
- Updated and refreshed – Access Learning courses are regularly updated ensuring the most up to date and compliant content.
What customers think about our Lone Worker Training.
"I think the learning outcomes were relevant to my role. Instructions for the course were clear and images were of a great quality, keeping me engaged." - Adam Rendell, Affinity
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