Training material

Education for employees

This section gives you access to MSD factsheets, guidance, information, training materials and web links aimed at employees.

Leaflets and information

Links

PowerPoint slides

Leaflets and information

Advice for workers with muscle and joint problems, a leaflet from TSO

• Back facts from BackCare
• Working with VDUs leaflet from the HSE
• Canadian leaflet on MSDs
• Hand–arm vibration guide from the HSE
• Advice on back pain for drivers and mobile machine operators
• Steps you can take to help your return to work
• Factsheets about different conditions from the RSI Association
  

Links

• Lighten the load campaign from European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• Better Backs from HSE
• Factsheets from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• Rehabilitation and you – a guide to rehabilitation services in Scotland
• Back pain – HSE advice for employees
• Upper limb disorders – HSE advice for employees
• The RSI Association
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• HSE’s Better Backs campaign
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission has information on disability discrimination, workplace problem solving, and an employment tribunal guide
• NHS Direct
• Small changes, big difference advice from NHS Choices to employees with long-term medical condition
  

Powerpoint slides

• IOSH's MSDs: Employees' training can be downloaded and used for training purposes.  An editable ‘supplementary slide’ may be incorporated to tailor the material to a particular organisation
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Lighten the load campaign materials

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