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DSE Principles

The rules, the steps and the habits that keep the work safe, and the mistakes to avoid.

The five principles of DSE are: sit supported, keep the screen at eye level, keep wrists straight, move every hour and report discomfort early. They are the rules a course teaches and a supervisor checks, and together they are what good practice looks like.

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The rules are in Chapter 5 of Part 2 of the General Application Regulations 2007 (Display Screen Equipment, Regulations 70 to 73) and Schedule 4. They require the employer to have every workstation analysed, to correct the risks found, to plan screen work so that it is broken up by breaks or other tasks, to train the user and to pay for an eye and eyesight test.

The employer. If the test shows that glasses are needed for screen work alone, the employer pays for a basic pair too.

Yes. An employee who habitually uses a screen as a significant part of their work is covered wherever the work is done.

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Everything the HSA expects for DSE users appears in the syllabus: adjusting chair, desk and screen, keyboard and mouse technique, lighting and glare, laptop and hot desk arrangements, eye care and eye test entitlements, break routines and home working ergonomics. Lessons draw on genuine Irish office scenarios, keeping the content grounded rather than abstract.

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Consultant fees, scheduling battles and lost working hours come standard with classroom ergonomics workshops. Going online removes every one of those costs. Staff complete the training at their desks or from home, without waiting around for scheduled dates in Dublin, Cork or elsewhere. Enrolment is open constantly, and display screen equipment training starts the moment you join.

Employers switch to our DSE course online because it satisfies Chapter 5 duties completely while slashing the training budget. Clean dashboards and live reporting mean managers can evidence compliance to any auditor in seconds. Add the automatic bulk discounts and no accredited DSE training in Ireland comes close on value.

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Passing the assessment triggers immediate generation of your digital DSE certificate, ready to print or download. Aligned with Irish legislation and industry standards, it stands as a recognised display screen equipment qualification throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe.

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For your business, that translates into a clean, verifiable DSE training record covering every screen based employee, which is precisely what the regulations demand.

Licensed, Chartered (CMIOSH) health and safety consultants holding NFQ Level 6 and QQI Level 6 qualifications wrote every module of this DSE course, drawing on years spent assessing real Irish workstations. Forget anonymous voiceovers: your teachers rank among the best qualified safety professionals Ireland has.

Clear theory, HD video, genuine case studies and interactive quizzes weave through the display screen equipment training. You will discover the right chair height, the correct screen position, keyboard and mouse placement that spares your wrists, and quick stretches and habits that reverse the toll of long screen days, all demonstrated practically so each lesson is usable straight away.

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Whenever you change desks or rearrange the home office, the workstation setup module is there to revisit, which turns the DSE course into a living resource instead of a box ticked once.

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Companies come back yearly because the DSE course simply delivers: dependable compliance, tidy reporting and certificates every employer knows on sight.

Under Irish law, anyone spending a significant portion of the working day at a screen is a DSE user, and their employer carries a duty to train them. That description fits most of the modern Irish workforce.

Day to day, our DSE course is completed by office employees, administrators, accountants and finance teams, IT professionals, call centre agents, designers, customer support staff, managers and the enormous population of remote and hybrid workers now spending part of each week at a home desk nobody ever set up properly.

For complete desk based compliance it pairs perfectly with our Office Health and Safety course, and thanks to the automatic multi course discounts most companies simply take both. Our friendly Irish team is a quick message away whenever you want help choosing the right mix.

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DSE Principles

The rules, the steps and the habits that keep the work safe, and the mistakes to avoid.

The rules of safe practice

  • Sit supported: back against the chair, feet on the floor or a footrest.
  • Keep the screen at eye level: and at arm's length.
  • Keep wrists straight: with the keyboard and the mouse within easy reach.
  • Move every hour: short breaks from the screen prevent more than long ones cure.
  • Report discomfort early: an ache is a sign that the workstation needs to change.

The procedure, step by step

  1. Adjust the chair: feet flat, thighs level, lower back supported.
  2. Set the screen: top of the screen at or just below eye level, about an arm's length away.
  3. Place the keyboard and the mouse: close to the body, forearms level, wrists straight.
  4. Deal with glare: screen at a right angle to the window, blinds where needed.
  5. Change position often: stand, stretch or do another task for a few minutes in every hour.

What the regulations require

Chapter 5 of Part 2 of the General Application Regulations 2007 applies to every employee who habitually uses display screen equipment as a significant part of their normal work. The employer must:

  • analyse each workstation to evaluate the risks to eyesight, physical problems and mental stress,
  • put right what the analysis finds, to the minimum requirements of Schedule 4,
  • plan the work so that screen time is interrupted by breaks or changes of activity,
  • provide information and training on the workstation and its risks,
  • provide an eye and eyesight test, and special corrective appliances where the test shows they are needed for screen work.

Sit supported

back against the chair, feet on the floor or a footrest.

Keep the screen at eye level

and at arm's length.

Keep wrists straight

with the keyboard and the mouse within easy reach.

The accredited DSE Course covers the risks of screen work, how to set up a workstation and what the law requires, in about an hour online, with a CPD certified certificate the moment you pass. Good practice lasts when it is taught properly. Enrol today and download the official certificate the moment you pass. If the course card shows a reduced price, it is a limited time offer.