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Hand-Arm Vibration (HAV) eLearning
Online hand-arm vibration training covering HAVS and carpal tunnel syndrome, the exposure action and limit values, and why trigger time is the number that matters.
Who it is for
Who this hand-arm vibration course is for
Hand-arm vibration syndrome is permanent, disabling and entirely preventable. It affects anyone using vibrating tools regularly, and the damage is done long before the tingling starts.
- Construction and demolition operatives
- Grounds, forestry and agricultural workers
- Engineering, foundry and fabrication staff
- Maintenance and highways teams
- Supervisors planning tool use and job rotation
- Anyone using breakers, grinders, sanders or chainsaws
Course content
What the hand-arm vibration course covers
Five short lessons covering what vibration does, early signs, action and limit values, assessing and controlling exposure, and health surveillance, then a 12-question assessment.
What vibration does
Hand-arm vibration syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome: vascular, neurological and musculoskeletal effects.
Early signs
Tingling, numbness and whitening fingers, and why reporting early matters.
Action and limit values
EAV 2.5 m/s² and ELV 5 m/s² A(8), and HSE's exposure points system.
Assessing and controlling exposure
Tool data, trigger time, lower-vibration tools, maintenance, rotation, and why anti-vibration gloves are not a control.
Health surveillance
Tiered health surveillance, RIDDOR reporting, and your part.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Explain what hand-arm vibration does to the body
- Recognise early signs and why reporting matters
- Explain the action and limit values and HSE's exposure points
- Identify the controls that actually reduce exposure
- Explain health surveillance and report symptoms
Your legal duty
The law behind hand-arm vibration training
The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 set a daily exposure action value and a daily exposure limit value for hand-arm vibration. They require employers to assess exposure, eliminate or reduce it, provide information, instruction and training, and put health surveillance in place where there is a risk to health.
Gloves are not the answer, and the course says so. So-called anti-vibration gloves do not reliably reduce exposure at the frequencies that cause HAVS. Relying on them instead of controlling trigger time is a common and costly mistake.
- Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
- Daily exposure action value and exposure limit value for hand-arm vibration
- Health surveillance where there is a risk to health
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - sections 2 and 7
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
The same tools that vibrate usually create a noise exposure as well.
For employers
Hand-Arm Vibration training for a team
Trigger time is managed by supervisors as much as by operatives, so training both together is what actually reduces exposure.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so induction is covered
- Completion and expiry reporting for your records
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions built around your own procedures
Hand-Arm Vibration (HAV) eLearning: common questions
Where employees are exposed to vibration at or above the action value, the Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 require suitable information, instruction and training. This course covers the awareness element.
Not reliably at the frequencies that cause HAVS. The course is direct about this because relying on gloves instead of reducing trigger time is a common mistake.
The actual time a tool is in use and vibrating, rather than the length of the job. It is the number that drives exposure, and the one most often overestimated by workers and underestimated by planners.
No. Symptoms may stop worsening if exposure stops early enough, but the damage already done is permanent. That is why early reporting and health surveillance matter.
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit. Start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. It runs in a browser on any modern phone, tablet or computer, with nothing to install.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people need them. Completion reporting is included.
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