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  • Health & Safety
  • 40 languages
  • 15m

Learning outcomes

  • Learn about and work towards compliance with The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
  • Learn how to recognise the early signs of HAVS and what to do to make sure the damage doesn't become permanent
  • Understand employer responsibilities and what you can do to keep others safe

Covered in this course

Course contents

This training course is broken down into 2 sections

  1. 1
    What is Hand-arm Vibration?
  2. 2
    Understanding Your Responsibilities

About this course

Regular exposure to vibrations can lead to a number of debilitating conditions; the two most common are Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).

Both conditions can cause numbness, weakness, pain, and, if left untreated, loss of control in a person’s hands; it’s important that you’re able to recognise the early warning signs and know when your exposure exceeds safe limits so you can act before the damage becomes permanent.

Both you and your employer have a responsibility to make sure that you’re safe at work. Your employer is responsible for monitoring and limiting your exposure to vibrations, for making sure that you’re properly trained and have all the information you need to stay safe, and for providing protective equipment. You have a duty to follow their safety instructions and to properly use/ wear any safety equipment they provide. Understand your responsibilities as an employee or employer and avoid HAVS with our Hand/Arm Vibration Awareness Training.

This is a core Health & Safety course designed for workers in the Construction and Manufacturing industries, or more generally, anyone who works with heavy machinery likely to expose them to regular vibrations.

People at risk of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome may also be interested in our Personal Protective Equipment Training and/or our General Workshop Safety Training.

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The importance of Hand Arm Vibration Awareness (HAVS) Training

It's important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.

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Italian
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Romanian
French
Polish
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Hand Arm Vibration Awareness certificate

Download and print

Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.

This Hand Arm Vibration Awareness Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.

As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.

What does my certificate include?

Your Hand Arm Vibration Awareness Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.

Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.

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I like the course

I liked the content, length and explanation in the media with external links to HSE reference. Its informative enough to explain the risks of HAVS and simple measures that can be put in place to reduce the risks. Very understandable.

Good course.

This course was excellent; I'm enjoying it. It developed my skills and knowledge. Thank you very much for making me find this course interesting.

INFORMATIVE

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Good training

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Informative

Positive information to aid staff members

short and easy to take in

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Good course

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good course

well detailed and documented, very well presented

Why is this training important?

Compliance

It’s important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.

The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations are based on a European Union Directive and were brought in to make sure that workers are protected from risks to their health from high levels and frequent exposure to vibration.

The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 require that:

  • Risks from vibration are controlled
  • Information, instruction and training are provided for employees, explaining the risks and what is being done to control them
  • There is suitable health surveillance
  • The exposure action values and limits are adhered to

The employer shall ensure that risk from the exposure of his employees to vibration is either eliminated at source or, where this is not reasonably practicable, reduced to as low a level as is reasonably practicable.

The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005, Section 6 (1)

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