Can safety training in Poland be done online?

Partly. Periodic training for office staff, managers and engineering staff can take the form of guided self-study: materials, consultations and an exam. Workstation instruction and periodic training for manual workers take the form of instruction run by a person. An online course can prepare and reinforce them.

How often is periodic safety training required in Poland?

Office staff at least every 6 years (the Labour Code allows skipping it in low risk categories). Managers, engineering staff and the safety service every 5 years. Manual workers every 3 years, and every year for particularly dangerous work.

Does an Edusimo certificate replace a periodic training certificate?

No. An Edusimo completion certificate confirms that someone completed the course and passed the test. The periodic training certificate is issued by the training organiser after the exam.

How do I see who finished the course?

The company dashboard shows who finished, who is in progress and who has not started, with the test score and date. Certificates download as PDF. The platform is in progress.

Does the course work on a phone?

Yes. Lessons and tasks run in the browser on a computer, phone or tablet, with no install.

Health and safety e-learning for companies Online safety training where people try it themselves

Edusimo online safety training is short narrated lessons and a task after every topic, in the browser on a computer, phone or tablet. You assign the training and see who finished it. Below we explain honestly, for Poland, which training can run online and which needs a person on site.

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What online can and cannot do in Poland

In Poland the form of health and safety training is set by the regulation on occupational safety and health training. The table shows what the rule says and where an online course fits.

Training	What the rule says	Role of an online course
Initial: general instruction	Before starting work. Run by a safety service employee, an employer who performs those tasks, or an appointed employee with up-to-date safety training.	Material for the instruction and a knowledge check. It does not replace the person who runs it.
Initial: workstation instruction	At the workstation, run by a person the employer appoints.	Preparation before the instruction. It does not replace the demonstration at the workstation.
Periodic: manual workers	Instruction at least every 3 years; every year for particularly dangerous work.	Refresher and preparation. A person runs the instruction.
Periodic: administrative and office staff	At least every 6 years. The Labour Code exempts employers in risk category three or lower, unless the occupational risk assessment says otherwise.	Material for guided self-study. The training organiser provides consultations and the exam.
Periodic: managers, engineering staff, safety service	At least every 5 years. A course, seminar or guided self-study, ending with an exam.	Material for guided self-study. The training organiser provides consultations and the exam.

This is a summary, not legal advice. Edusimo courses are in progress, and an Edusimo completion certificate confirms that the course was completed; it is not a certificate of initial or periodic training. That certificate is issued by the training organiser.

Legal basis

Checked: 2026-10-24

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What learning looks like

A lesson takes a few minutes: a narrated slide with subtitles, then a task that checks the topic was understood. A wrong answer shows why at once. Progress saves itself, so people can stop and come back.

How it works

Edusimo lesson player: a slide with narration, subtitles and Next and Back buttons — A lesson in the player: slide, narration and subtitles. Interface in Polish.

Courses on this topic

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Parents at work: pregnancy, leave and protection
What the law protects a pregnant employee from, how much leave mum and dad get, when a parent cannot be dismissed and what they are entitled to after returning. 8 short lessons with English captions (no English voice-over) and a test.
- 18 min
- 8 lessons
- Polish, English, German

Questions and answers

Can safety training in Poland be done online?: Partly. Periodic training for office staff, managers and engineering staff can take the form of guided self-study: materials, consultations and an exam. Workstation instruction and periodic training for manual workers take the form of instruction run by a person. An online course can prepare and reinforce them.
How often is periodic safety training required in Poland?: Office staff at least every 6 years (the Labour Code allows skipping it in low risk categories). Managers, engineering staff and the safety service every 5 years. Manual workers every 3 years, and every year for particularly dangerous work.
Does an Edusimo certificate replace a periodic training certificate?: No. An Edusimo completion certificate confirms that someone completed the course and passed the test. The periodic training certificate is issued by the training organiser after the exam.
How do I see who finished the course?: The company dashboard shows who finished, who is in progress and who has not started, with the test score and date. Certificates download as PDF. The platform is in progress.
Does the course work on a phone?: Yes. Lessons and tasks run in the browser on a computer, phone or tablet, with no install.

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