• Improved Compliance: Gain a clear understanding of legal responsibilities under PUWER to help ensure your workplace meets regulatory requirements.

• Increased Safety Awareness: Learn how to identify risks and apply safe working practices when using or managing work equipment.

• Stronger Workforce Competency: Build foundational knowledge that supports informed decision-making and safer day-to-day operations.

• Work Equipment Operators: Gain a basic understanding of the legal framework under PUWER, and awareness of their responsibilities regarding work equipment.

• Inspectors and Maintenance Personnel: Receive an introduction to the key requirements of PUWER regulations relevant to work equipment, helping build foundational knowledge.

• Supervisors and Managers: Understand the regulatory responsibilities for compliance with PUWER, and how to ensure these are upheld in work place operations.

• Health and Safety Officers: Become familiar with the scope and purpose of PUWER legislation and how it applies to work equipment in the workplace.

• New Personnel: Obtain an overview of PUWER regulations to build essential awareness of legal requirements affecting work equipment.

• Regulatory Overview: Introduce the key principles of PUWER.

• Legal Responsibilities: Improve awareness of duties related to work equipment use and management.

• Equipment Safety: Explain the importance of suitability, inspection, and maintenance.

• Hazard Awareness: Support the identification of risks and control measures.

• Workplace Compliance: Highlight how following PUWER supports legal and operational compliance.

• Pathway to Competency: Provide a foundation for further training in work equipment inspection and examination.

• PUWER - Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations

Criteria Covered

• Understanding the purpose and intent of the PUWER regulations

• Key definitions and terminology within each regulation

• Responsibilities of employers, employees, and duty holders

• Core requirements for the inspection, maintenance, and safe use of equipment

• Fundamentals of risk assessment in relation to work equipment

• Overview of documentation and record-keeping obligations

Course Content

• To view the full course content please download the Course Information Sheet.

Each participant must pass a theory assessment to demonstrate a solid understanding of the course content.

There are no prerequisites to attend this course.

Total Training Hours: 1hr - Self Paced

Not Applicable for e-Learning

Location: online

• Minimum: 1

• Maximum: N/A

Three Years