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Workstation DSE Assessment in Education eLearning
Online DSE workstation assessment training for school staff, completing the self-assessment properly, and setting up the shared and hot-desk positions schools actually have.
Who it is for
Who this workstation dse assessment in education course is for
School DSE is complicated by sharing. Staff rooms, shared offices, laptop trolleys and a desk used by three people in a day mean the standard advice about adjusting your chair once does not apply.
- School office and admin staff
- Teachers using laptops and shared desks
- School business managers and finance staff
- Senior leaders
- Staff working from home part of the week
- Anyone asked to complete a DSE self-assessment
Course content
What the workstation dse assessment in education course covers
Six short modules on the assessment itself and on the setups schools actually have.
Who is a DSE user
The test, and how it applies to teaching and support roles.
The self-assessment
Completing it honestly, and what happens to what you report.
Setting up a fixed workstation
Chair, screen, keyboard, mouse and desk, adjusted rather than accepted.
Shared and hot desks
Adjusting a position you did not set up, every time you sit down.
Laptops and trolleys
Making laptop work sustainable, and cheap fixes that remove most of the strain.
Breaks, eye tests and reporting
Changes of activity, the eye test entitlement, and reporting discomfort early
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Say whether you are a DSE user under the Regulations
- Complete a DSE self-assessment properly
- Set up a fixed workstation correctly
- Adjust a shared or hot desk each time you use it
- Make laptop working sustainable
- Explain the eye test entitlement and how to use it
Your legal duty
The law behind workstation dse assessment in education training
The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 require employers to assess DSE workstations, reduce the risks identified, plan work to include breaks or changes of activity, provide eye and eyesight tests on request for users, and give users training and information.
The Regulations follow the user rather than the desk, which is why they apply to shared positions, laptop working and staff working from home part of the week.
- Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
- The duty follows the user, not a specific desk
- Eye and eyesight tests on request for DSE users
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 - risk assessment
Practicalities
How the course works
For employers
Workstation DSE Assessment in Education training for a team
Schools usually need every office-based member of staff assessed, and the assessments collected somewhere they can be acted on.
- 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
For non-school settings, the general DSE course applies. See the general DSE course →
Workstation DSE Assessment in Education eLearning: common questions
It depends on how much of the role depends on a screen. Many are, particularly those with significant admin or planning time at a computer. The course explains how the test works.
That is the module most schools need. A shared position has to be adjusted by each person each time, and the course covers how to do that quickly.
DSE users can request an eye and eyesight test from their employer. The course explains what the entitlement covers.
Yes, in outline, because the duty follows the user. The Home Working Health & Safety course covers the wider home setting.
About 30 minutes, with no time limit: start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued the moment you finish.
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, with completion reporting included.