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1. ADVICE SHEET 03 DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT Regulations The Health and Safety Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992 require employers to mini mise the risks in VDU work by ensuring that workplaces and jobs are well designed The Regulations apply where staff habitually use VDUs as a significant part of their normal work Other people who use VDUs only occasionally are not covered by the requirements in the Regulations apart from the workstation requirements How ever their employers still have general duties to protect them under other health and safety at work legislation Employers have to 1 Analyse workstations and as sess and reduce risks 2 Ensure workstations meet minimum requirements 3 Plan work so there are breaks or changes of activity 4 On request arrange eye tests and provide spectacles if special ones are needed 5 Provide health and safety training and information June 2007 DSE Advice Sheet USER GUIDE 03 Annex P Carrying out a self assessment STEP 1 Go to Estates Health and Safety Page and click on Estates Services DSE Self Assessment Icon STEP 2 In the top boxes on the self assessment page please enter select the following A Your Name B The Location of your Workstation C The Date on which you are completing the self assessment STEP 3 Carry out the self assessment form completing all questions STEP 4 Enter additional comments on y2. our workstation in the allotted box at the bottom of the page STEP 5 Send the completed form by clicking Submit STEP 6 You will receive a copy of your completed assessment via email If any concerns are raised then a DSE assessor will contact you to discuss these You will receive advice sheets on any issue that can be resolved by simply being provided with the necessary informa tion E Loughborough W University
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