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Posted By Paul Price
I have been requested by our H R department on what constitutes a user of a VDU in relation to free eyesight tests we have employees who will use the compuer up to 7 hours a day and others who may use it for 5 minutes every couple of hours .It is my opinion that 2 hours in a day would deem that person a user comments please.
Many Thanks Paul Price
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Posted By Simon Heesom
L26 'Work with Display Screen Equipment' gives guidance on how to identify who your users are, top tip don't make the decision on your own, do a team assessment..
Simon
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Posted By Bob Shillabeer
Regulation 1 (2) (d) states that a user is an employee who habitually uses display screen equipment as a significant part of his normal work.
The Guidance that accompanies the Regulations gives further details of who is a user, I suggest you read the guidance before giving any response to your HR department. HSE also gives advise and more data in a number of leaflets available on its web site.
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Posted By Richard Mathews
Paul
The following is taken direct from L26 Working with DSE:
It will generally be appropriate to classify the person concerned as a user or operator if most or all of the following criteria apply:
(a) the individual depends on the use of display screen equipment to do the job, as alternative means are not readily available for achieving the same results;
(b) the individual has no discretion as to use or non-use of the display screen equipment;
(c) the individual needs significant training and/or particular skills in the use of display screen equipment to do the job;
(d) the individual normally uses display screen equipment for continuous spells of an hour or more at a time;
(e) the individual uses display screen equipment in this way more or less daily;
(f) fast transfer of information between the user and screen is an important requirement of the job;
(g) the performance requirements of the system demand high levels of attention and concentration by the user, for example, where the consequences of error may be critical.
Richard
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Posted By Frank Hallett
Dear all, the very simplistic Guidance should be considered with great caution.
Simple time at a keyboard is only one of the issues to be considered relevant. The need to input data very accurately against time constraints such as in the actions brought soon after the DSE Regs came in illustrate that point very well.
Frank Hallett
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Posted By Paul Price
Many thanks I have something to go on now.
Regards Paul Price
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