Display Screen Equipment Online E-learning Course

Our display screen equipment training courses have been developed to provide employees with an informative approach to the risks associated with DSE work and the knowledge of how ergonomic principles can be adopted to reduce some of the risks encountered.

This interactive course uses HTML 5 and can be used on ALL devices, including mobile devices. This course is also available as a fully editable version so you can tailor the course to your exact requirements.

You can see a list of the full course content below.

The courses look at potential health effects from incorrectly set-up display screen equipment and how good posture and simple effective solutions can be adopted. The courses also gives training and an overview of the Display Screen Equipment Regulations to meet your training requirements.


Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will have learned about:

  • The safe use of display screen equipment (DSE)
  • The extent of the potential health hazards from work with display screen equipment
  • The legal requirements for managing display screen equipment
  • Steps that can be taken to make sure you can work in a comfortable position

Display screen equipment (DSE) course content

Interactive module
  • Good Practice
  • Right of Access
  • Key Points
  • Further Information
Display Screen Equipment (DSE) Training (non-interactive version)*
  • Assessing your workstation
  • Introduction
  • Employer’s duties and your responsibilities
  • Posture
  • Key aspects of posture
  • Test yourself
  • Workstation
  • Your computer
  • Helpful aides
  • Work activity
  • Test yourself
  • Apply your knowledge
  • Laptops
  • Introduction to laptops
  • Laptop hazards
  • Laptop actions
  • Test yourself
  • Health risks
  • WRULD
  • Mouse finger
  • CTS
  • MSDs
  • Eyesight effects
  • Reducing eye strain
  • Exercises
  • Summary
  • Test yourself

* the non interactive version does not include RoSPA Assurance.


Who should complete this course?

The training course is designed for employees with little or no knowledge of Display Screen Equipment, so is ideal for induction and refresher training.

  • Prior Learning? – None required
  • Pre Course learning? – None required
  • Certification – All learners who successfully complete the module will be issued with a certificate of learning
  • Duration - Approximately 30 minutes

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