Online training course - Heat Stress

The 'Heat Stress at Work' training course considers the dangers associated with working in a hot and humid environment and explains what can be done to reduce the risk associated with heat stress. This includes heat stress safety, heat stress training and heat stress monitoring.

Course modules :

• Introduction
  Looks at the different factors which can lead to heat stress.
• Workers at Risk
  Considers the working environments where heat stress is likely to be a problem.
• Causes of Heat Stress
  Explains the causes and symptoms of heat stress.
• Effects of Heat Stress
  Looks at the five forms of heat stress; heat rash, fainting, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
• Preventing Heat Stress
  What you can do to reduce the risk of heat stress.
• Risk Assessment
  Explains what a heat stress risk assessment will need to consider.
• Self Test
  20 questions covering each of the previous modules. A certificate is offered if the test is passed.

The Heat Stress training course is for:

Employers, managers, employees, the self-employed or any persons responsible for dealing with employee welfare when working in hot conditions.

Heat Stress course timing:

The 'Heat Stress at Work' course takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. You are purchasing one copy of this course, with one attempt at the test at the end.

Click on the pictures to view sample pages from the course.

Tracking of progress takes place on every page of the course. Therefore, if there is a failure for any reason, you can log in again and carry on with the course until completion.

Self Assessment

The course contains an interactive self assessment with mutiple choice questions to test your understanding of the contents of the course. On successful completion of the test, you will receive a downloadable certificate of competency which you may print.