About this course

Exposure to vibration may not sound dangerous but the effects of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome can be severely disabling if you ignore the symptoms and carry on without being able to recognise when your exposure exceeds a safe level.

This concise and effective online Hand Arm Vibration Awareness training course will help you to recognise the early warning signs, so that something can be done before it’s too late and damage becomes permanent.

There are a number of comprehensive sections each one looking at the risks and dangers and how working with vibrating tools and machinery can affect your health.

We explore the term Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome and explain exactly how each stages of this illness progresses and the dangers. We also look at Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which is another factor to consider.

We also cover in detail the regulations along with safe exposure levels and exposure limits to seek to help reduce and prevent Hand Arm vibration Syndrome.

This accredited eLearning course also looks at what your employer should do to keep you safe along with your own actions and what you can do to help yourself to stay safe.

Under this section we also include a vibration exposure look-up table, and link to various tools to give you an idea of how long you can safely use a particular piece of machinery, and more importantly, at what point you must stop in order to prevent damage to your health.

The course is fully interactive with mission sections to test your new found knowledge along with a self-assessment test paper.

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Course Content

This module covers in detail all aspects of working safely for those involved in sectors such as construction and manufacturing or those using heavy machinery.

The Hand Arm Vibration Training course is fully interactive with mission sections to test your new found knowledge, along with a self-assessment test paper.

Identify causes of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
Cover the subsequent health problems that can be caused by HAVS
Show how to look out for early signs of HAVS
Advise trainees how to assess tools that pose HAVS risks, in order to use them safely
Understand how to calculate safe time working limits
Clarify safe usage levels of equipment associated with HAVS risks

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Who this course is for

This course will be invaluable for all workers who use or come into contact with hand-held tools or machinery that has the potential to cause harm due to machine vibration.

Construction operatives
Tradespeople
Production operatives
Groundworkers

This course is also suitable for those who are deemed as Duty Holders with dedicated content including information on Hand-arm vibration at work as detailed by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which places a duty on building managers to protect people from exposure to asbestos and much more.

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How it works

Once setup you can login from your device securely to ClickHSE, our award-winning online health and safety learning management system.

You can complete the course at a time to suit you and use bookmarks to return to your page should you need to take a break.

At the end of the course you will be presented with an assessment of multiple choice questions and will need to score 80% to be awarded the course certificate.

You can re-take the course or assessment as many times as you like during the lifetime of your course subscription.

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Course Certification

On completion of the course the trainee will be awarded a fully personalised certificate which can be printed on the day and is also saved within our secure training platform ClickHSE.

Copies can be made available should a copy be required in the future for your evidential proof of training.

This course is also CPD accredited providing credits for your Continuing Professional Development.

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