My DSE workstation
If you work with a screen, here you check your workstation against the legal checklist and ask your employer for an eye test. It exists only for people in companies in Ireland and the United Kingdom (in Ireland, the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007, Part 2 Chapter 5 and Schedule 4; in the UK, the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992).
1. Where to find it
In your menu, “My DSE workstation”. If your account is not linked to an employee record, the screen says so and you must ask your administrator to link it. “Workstation self-assessment” shows when you last completed it and the button “Start the self-assessment” (“Complete it again” if you already did it).
2. Completing the self-assessment
Answer the 19 questions, in six blocks (display screen, keyboard and mouse, desk and chair, environment, software and work routine, and your wellbeing), about the workstation where you use the screen most. Each one is answered “Yes”, “No” or “Not applicable”; if any is missing, the screen says how many are unanswered. Click “Save self-assessment”.
3. Findings
After saving, “Findings” lists what needs fixing, each with the action your employer will follow up and whether it is “Action open” or “Action closed”. Your answer about discomfort does not appear in the list and is not written in the action. If there are many findings or a serious one (for example, an unstable chair), the health and safety lead reviews your workstation in a full ergonomic assessment, and the screen tells you when it has been opened. Complete the self-assessment again if you change workstation or equipment.
4. Eye test
“Eye test” explains your entitlement: you can ask your employer for an eye test, and the employer pays for special corrective appliances you need for screen work. The result stays between you and the optometrist. Click “Request an eye test”; the button is disabled while you have an open request. Each request shows its status (“Requested”, “Approved”, “Completed” or “Declined”), the dates, whether corrective appliances were approved and when the next test is due.