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Global Working from Home Safety training

Six microlessons on working safely from home: slips and trips, setting up your workspace, manual handling, fire and electrical safety, risk assessments and reporting, and lone working and wellbeing, with a certificate of completion.

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About this course

What the Global Working from Home Safety course covers

This course covers health and safety for people who work from home, in any country, in six microlessons. It covers slips, trips and falls at home, setting up a safe and comfortable workstation, safe manual handling, fire and electrical safety, risk assessments and incident reporting, and lone working and wellbeing.

Learning outcomes

What your people will be able to do

  • Identify and reduce common slip, trip and fall hazards at home
  • Set up an ergonomic workstation to reduce strain and eye fatigue
  • Assess manual handling tasks and the controls they need
  • Lift, move and carry loads safely to avoid strain
  • Complete self risk assessments and report incidents promptly
  • Put lone working controls and wellbeing routines in place
Course contents

6 microlessons

Each microlesson is a short, TikTok-style video lesson.

1Common Hazards at Home: Slips, Trips, and Falls
2How to Set Up a Safe & Comfortable Home Workspace
3Safe Manual Handling at Home
4Fire and Electrical Safety While Working From Home
5Risk Assessments and Incident Reporting
6Lone Working & Wellbeing When Working Remotely

  1. Common Hazards at Home: Slips, Trips, and Falls: Common causes of slips, trips and falls at home and simple ways to prevent them.
  2. How to Set Up a Safe & Comfortable Home Workspace: Setting up your chair, desk and screen at home to reduce strain.
  3. Safe Manual Handling at Home: Quick task, individual, load and environment checks and safe lifting at home.
  4. Fire and Electrical Safety While Working From Home: Fire and electrical hazards in a home workspace and how to prevent them.
  5. Risk Assessments and Incident Reporting: Shared responsibilities, home risk assessments and reporting incidents.
  6. Lone Working & Wellbeing When Working Remotely: Staying safe when working alone and looking after your wellbeing.
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Certificate

A certificate for every learner who completes it

Learners finish every microlesson. 5Mins then issues a certificate of completion for Health & Safety: Working From Home (Global).

  • Certificates and e-signatures stored against each learner
  • Audit-ready records, ready whenever an auditor asks
  • Completion shows on the Compliance Dashboard in real time
Audience and regulation

Who it's for and the law it covers

Who it's for

  • Employees who work from home all or part of the week
  • Hybrid workers who split their time between home and the office
  • Managers of remote and hybrid teams
  • HR and health and safety teams who support home workers

Laws covered

  • Local health and safety law. Employer duties for home workers differ by country, so check the rules where your people work. In the UK, for example, employers have the same duties for home workers as for other workers, and in the EU the Framework Directive 89/391/EEC sets employers' general duties.
How it runs in 5Mins

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  • RepeatRecurrence

    Set the course to repeat, for example every 12 months, and 5Mins re-enrolls people for you.

  • CertifyCertificates

    Certificates and e-signatures are issued and stored for every completion.

  • ProveAudit-ready records

    See who is complete, at risk or overdue on the Compliance Dashboard, and prove it any time.

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compliance completion and pass rate since go-live

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  • Automated reminders and reporting

Since go-live, our compliance completion and pass rates are 100%, and it's the quickest we've ever got there. Automated reminders and reporting save us about a day per course.

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less session time, from 2.5-3 hour sessions to modules of 25 minutes at most

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Our compliance sessions used to be two and a half to three hours in a room, and we could fit in three or four a year. Now we cover one topic a month, and I can see exactly what people are retaining.

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completion on mandatory training, up from 20%

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  • Manager view of each team's progress

We were sitting at 20% completion on our mandatory training. We're now at 80%. People finish short lessons between calls, on mobile, and managers can see where their teams are, so chasing completion is no longer a one-person job.

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  • Rolling refreshers through the year

When I engage with the FCA, I can show that every team has had training tailored to their role, that it's up to date, and that it runs throughout the year, with a full log of who's done what.

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Your questions answered

Questions about Global Working from Home Safety training

How long is the Global Working from Home Safety course?

It's made up of 6 microlessons, each under 5 minutes. Learners can finish it in one sitting or spread it over a few days, and 5Mins sends reminders until it is done.

Is there a certificate?

Yes. Learners get a certificate of completion once they finish every microlesson. The record is stored in 5Mins for audits.

How is this different from the UK and EU versions?

The topics are the same, but this version isn't tied to one country's law, so it suits teams in different countries. The UK version covers UK law and the EU version covers EU health and safety directives.

Does the course cover wellbeing?

Yes. The final microlesson covers lone working risks, check-in arrangements and routines that help people manage isolation and keep healthy boundaries.

How often should staff take working from home safety training?

Train people when they start working from home and refresh it when their setup or role changes. In 5Mins you can set the course to repeat, for example every 12 months.

Can I try the course first?

Yes. Request a free sample lesson and book a short demo with our team. After your demo, we'll share sample lessons with you so you can see the format for yourself.

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