Health and Safety Course for Homeworkers

This course helps you learn how to keep homeworkers safe, healthy, and supported. You will explore what kinds of jobs homeworkers do and the risks they may face. The course will guide you in spotting hazards, doing risk checks, and knowing the laws that apply. It also covers how to look after mental health and keep in touch with people who work from home. You will gain the skills to help homeworkers stay safe, happy, and productive.

Course Curriculum

✓ Module 1. Introduction to Homeworkers

✓ Module 2. Occupations Carried Out by Homeworkers

✓ Module 3. Health and Safety for Homeworkers

✓ Module 4. Supporting Mental Health for Homeworkers

✓ Module 5. Health & Safety Hazards

✓ Module 6. Risk Assessment for Work from Home

✓ Module 7. Legal Responsibilities for Homeworkers

✓ Module 8. Monitoring Homeworkers

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this course, you will:
• Explain who homeworkers are and what they do.
• List common jobs that people do from home.
• Spot health and safety risks in home working.
• Show how to keep homeworkers healthy and safe.
• Support mental health for people working from home.
• Name health and safety hazards at home.
• Carry out simple risk checks for home workers.
• Know the legal rules that apply to home working.
• Keep in touch with homeworkers and check on them.
• Share tips and tools to make home working safe.

Who is this for?

This course is for team leaders, health and safety staff, HR officers, and anyone who looks after people working from home. It also suits small business owners and self-employed people who want to understand how to stay safe while working at home.

Eligibility Requirements

You do not need any past training to take this course. You just need a basic understanding of how people work from home and a desire to learn.

Career Path

After this course, you can work in roles that support homeworkers in health and safety. This includes jobs like health and safety coach, HR support officer, or home working advisor. It also helps you grow in team management roles where home working is common.

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