Hand-Arm Vibration: Look After Your Hands
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Recognise the early signs of HAVS and carpal tunnel syndrome and explain the exposure action and limit values and the points system.
- Assign to
- Anyone who uses powered hand tools
- Duration
- 20 minutes
- Evidence
- 10-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Recognise the early signs of HAVS and carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Explain the exposure action and limit values and the points system.
- Reduce your exposure in practical ways.
- Report symptoms early and attend health surveillance.
The course
- 01What HAVS is
- 02How exposure is measured
- 03Reducing exposure
- 04Health surveillance
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Rewrite Warren’s daily exposure sheet”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “How HAVS creeps up” and “Two winters for Warren”.
How you know they finished
The 10-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 10-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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