The Ergonomic car driver assessment pack consists of:

• Guide on how to set the vehicle up - explanatory diagrams
• How to assess driver and vehilce using the risk assessment form
• What to assess - driver, vehicle, work and workplaces
• Giving advice to the driver
• Selecting a new vehicle

The pack comes as a series of PDF files and is available for unlimited use in a single organisation.

 The Laptop and PDA training pack is a cost effective way to keep staff safe while ensuring that the organisation meets its statutory duties (DSE Regulations, Manual Handling Regulations, Lone Working ...)

• Two Quicktime films, one PDA, and the other the Laptop
• An instruction sheet for the PDA and for the Laptop (supplied as a PDF file)
• A short PowerPoint presentation that Line Mangers can give to users to ensure that the DSE regulations are met

Unlimited usage within one single organisation.

 The DSE user training pack is designed to help the user and consists of the following

• A short film / animation demonstrating how to set the workstation up correctly
• An information sheet demonstrating posture and correct workstation set-up
• A visual checklist which the DSE user can to check against should he or she suffer from discomfort when working

The pack is designed to educate the DSE user and is very easy to use, unlike many online training courses where solutions are not always evident.

The pack is designed by Duncan Abbott, Principal Ergonomist at enricoSmog ergonomic practitioners, who is based the material to fill areas that have not been properly addressed.

The material is supplied on a DVD and unlimited use is permitted within an organisation. The material will be licensed to one entity.

The DSE assessor training pack is designed to upgrade the DSE assessors knowledge, it is based in part on the very popular and successful Advanced DSE assessor course run by enricoSmog ergonomic practitioners.

The package consists of the following

• Key facts about the body the assessor should know (animatic)
• How to do a standard assessment (film / animation)
• What to do when workers report discomfort or pain? Assessors are introduced to a visual checklist, and animatic going over the different parts of the body (neck, upper back, upper limbs, lower limbs, pelvis)
• Video of how ergonomic products work including anatomy of a chair, how to measure a person up, and different types of products

DSE assessor pack is designed to upgrade a DSE assessor knowlege and expertise. The material can be used stand alone or integrated into a companies Continuing Professional Development programme,

The material is supplied on a DVD and has unlimited use in a single location.

 Return to work assessments handbook and presentation

The pack consists of a handbook (electronic copy), and two PowerPoint presentations one for safety advisers the other for line managers.

Handbook covers

• What the Fit Note means to the safety adviser
• What are the differences between short term adjustments required by the new Fit to Work forms and the long term reasonable adjustments required by the Disability Discrimination Act
• What the assessment should cover
• A template for RTW assessments
• Short case studies
• Where to go for extra help

Presentations provided in PowerPoint format

• What the safety adviser needs to know in order to carry out RTW assessments
• What the Line manager needs to know in order to accommodate RTW workers

RSI prevention pack

Far too many DSE users are given insufficient information in relation to RSI / WRULD prevention. Yet it is a legal requirement to ensure that DSE users are given sufficient training and information to prevent risk of injury.

The pack consists of 

• A PowerPoint training slide showing RSI / WRULDs, how to set up the workstation correctly and how to adopt the correct posture for (neck, shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrists, thumb and fingers). This is provided with speaker notes. The slide show is for 1^st level training and awareness
  
  
  
• A short training film (Quicktime movie) can be used as a training aid for the DSE user to educate them about the need of correct posture and desktop layout etc so that the risk of MSDs can be minimized. The film can be used as 2^nd level training where the DSE user can refer to this as a visual reference to check his or her posture and layout
  
  
  
• Information sheets showing the correct position of the upper limbs, (shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrists, thumb and fingers) with reminders how to use DSE correctly. The information sheets can be used as a visual reference to remind DSE users to check his or her posture and ensure that the desk layout is correct.

The pack comes in electronic format  and has unlimited use per organisation