Lone Worker Training Course Working Alone Safely, Certified Across Ireland

Thousands of people in Ireland spend their working day alone: on the road, in empty buildings, in other people's homes and on remote sites. When something goes wrong for them, there is no colleague to raise the alarm, which is why the law treats working alone as a risk that has to be assessed and controlled, never ignored. The course takes that risk apart step by step, then shows you the controls that remove it. This course treats lone working the way the HSA does: as three different jobs with three different risk profiles. Six modules move from what lone working is and the duties the 2005 Act creates, through the lone working risk assessment and the hierarchy of control, into the specific hazards of a fixed workplace, off-site and field work, and mobile work, before finishing with the safe systems that keep lone workers connected: check-in monitoring, lone worker apps, panic alarms and emergency procedures. Real scenarios and clear photographs carry every lesson.

Section 19 is the short answer. The 2005 Act requires every employer to assess workplace risks in writing, and for lone workers that assessment is the document that decides whether a job may be done alone and which controls must come first. Our course is written directly against that wording, which is why it satisfies the duty rather than merely gesturing at it.

Anybody who works without direct supervision for part or all of their day: community nurses and home carers, service engineers, surveyors and field staff, drivers and couriers, cleaners and security officers, shop and hospitality staff who open or close alone, farm and forestry workers, estate agents and social workers, and the owners, managers and supervisors who send them out. No previous experience or qualifications are needed.

The Lone Worker Training Course is €35.00 per person, and that is the full price. Team bookings get a volume discount applied automatically, and any 5 different courses cost just €100 flat (except our premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses, which keep their own price), with one invoice and one account for all your records.

Yes, the whole course is online and works on any phone, tablet or laptop. There is no classroom day and no fixed start time: register, log in and begin the Lone Worker Training Course whenever it suits you, at home or on a break at work. Progress saves automatically as you go.

About 2 hours, and you do not have to do it in one sitting. Progress saves as you go, so you can stop after a lesson and pick it back up on another device. Your certificate is ready to download the moment you pass.

You download your Lone Worker Training Course certificate as a PDF the moment you pass the exam, day or night. It shows your name, the course, the date and a verification link, so an employer or inspector can confirm it in seconds. A copy stays in your account whenever you need to print it again.

Renewal is recommended every three years, or sooner if your role, route or working pattern changes. We track the date for you and send a reminder before it lapses, so no certificate in your team expires without anyone noticing. The refresher is the same short online course, so staying compliant never costs a working day.

Nothing bad. You can retake the exam as many times as you need at no extra cost, and you can revisit any lesson before trying again. Most learners pass first time, because the questions test exactly what the course just taught.

This course is assessed by examination rather than by a practical, because the competence it builds is judgement rather than technique. You get unlimited attempts at the exam, at no extra cost.

Yes, and the platform is built for it. One company account covers every employee, shows you at a glance who has finished and who has not, stores every certificate in one place and gives you a single invoice for the lot. Group bookings get the volume discount applied automatically in your cart, and any 5 different courses cost just €100 flat (except our premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses, which keep their own price).

They do. We are an official accredited provider and the certificate carries a verification link an inspector can check in seconds. It is accepted by employers in Ireland, the UK and across the EU, and behind it stand our accreditations: HSA Compliant, QQI Assessed, CPD and RoSPA Accredited.

Working alone from every angle, across six modules: what lone working is, the three types of lone worker and the duties the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 creates; the lone working risk assessment step by step, from spotting hazards to the hierarchy of control and dynamic risk assessment; the dangers of working alone in a fixed workplace such as a shop, office or kitchen; off-site, remote and field lone working, from home visits to site inspections; mobile lone working for drivers and couriers; and the safe systems of work that hold it all together, including check-in monitoring, lone worker apps, panic alarms and emergency procedures.

Yes, working alone is perfectly legal in Ireland. What the law demands is proof that it is safe: under Section 19 of the 2005 Act the employer must complete a written risk assessment, and that assessment decides whether a task can be done by one person and what controls have to be in place first. Section 8 then obliges the employer to provide the information, instruction, training and supervision the lone worker needs. This course is how employers meet that training duty.

There are 15 multiple choice questions drawn from all six modules, each with three answer options. The pass mark is 75 percent, which means 12 correct answers out of 15. The test has no time limit, retakes are free and unlimited, and the certificate is generated the moment you pass.

Immediately after passing. The certificate lands in your email automatically and stays available on the Certificates page of your account, complete with a unique code any employer or inspector can verify online. Most learners finish the whole course in a single sitting of about 2 hours.

Anyone who spends part of the day working without direct supervision, and anyone responsible for people who do. That includes community nurses and home carers on their rounds, engineers and surveyors on site, drivers and delivery couriers, cleaners and security officers outside normal hours, retail and hospitality staff who open or close alone, farm and forestry workers, estate agents, social workers and the managers who plan their work.

In depth. The final module is dedicated to safe systems of work: timed check-in procedures and what happens the moment a check-in is missed, lone worker apps, panic and personal alarms, designated contacts, escalation chains and emergency procedures everyone understands. You finish knowing exactly which layer of protection fits each kind of lone work.

Yes. The course is 100 percent online, so a courier in Donegal gets exactly the same accredited training and recognised certificate as a facilities manager in Dublin. Start on any device, pause whenever the job interrupts and pick up where you left off; your progress saves automatically and the certificate is accepted across Ireland, the UK and the EU.

Use the free Employer Dashboard: enrol your drivers, engineers, carers or security staff in bulk, assign the Lone Worker Training Course to each one, follow live progress and collect every certificate from a single screen. Discounts apply automatically at checkout with no codes: 15 percent off any 3 different courses, 10 percent off 10 or more courses, 20 percent off 50 or more, and any 5 different courses for a flat 100 euro (excludes the premium HACCP Level 3 and Health and Safety for Managers courses).