Online course

Office and hybrid working safety

Health and safety for offices and hybrid teams: the office environment and welfare, slips, trips and everyday hazards, working from home and hot-desking, wellbeing and isolation, first aid and fire in shared buildings.

  • 3units
  • 9lessons
  • 1.5 hoursto complete
  • 3 yearssuggested refresher

Included with every paid plan, from £79 a year.

What the course covers

  1. The office itself

    Temperature, space, lighting and welfare, everyday office hazards, and office electrics.

    • Temperature, space, light and welfare
    • Everyday office hazards
    • Office electrics
  2. Hybrid and home working

    Employers' duties for home workers, setting up at home, hot-desking, and lone working.

    • Home working: who's responsible
    • Setting up at home and hot-desking
    • Lone working and isolation
  3. People and emergencies

    Wellbeing at work, first aid in offices, fire and evacuation in shared buildings, and a worked example.

    • First aid in offices
    • Fire and evacuation in office buildings
    • Worked example: a hybrid office

Assessment and certificate

  • A short quiz after each unit, with the reason for every answer.
  • A final assessment of 15 questions; the pass mark is 70%.
  • Pass it on a paid plan for a certificate of completion with a QR code anyone can check.

This is online awareness training, not an accredited qualification. It doesn't on its own show someone is competent for a task. Awareness course: it isn't first aid, fire marshal or DSE assessor training.