COURSES OFFERED

Stress Risk Assessment/
Management

Course Schedule:

Course Aim:

To enable the candidate to carry out assessments of stress in the workplace and implement effective management methods to control it.

Duration:

Two days

Suitable for:

Managers and responsible persons.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, the participant will be able to display and understanding of:

  • The impact of stress in the workplace
  • Definitions of stress
    • Stimulus-based definitions (external input as stressor)
    • Response based definitions (internal processes as a response to stressor)
    • Interactionally based definitions (internal representations of external events)
  • The outcome of stress on individuals
    • Physiological effects
    • Psychological effects
    • Behavioural effects
  • Persons at risk:
    • Type A personality
    • Stress prone personality characteristics
  • Identifying stressors in the workplace
    • Environmental (i.e. temperature, noise etc)
    • Organisational culture (i.e. policies and practices that may  exacerbate stress)
    • Interpersonal (i.e. poor relations at work)
    • Workload (i.e. pace and control over workload)
  • The ABCs of Quantifying Stress
    • Affect (emotional reactions to stress)
    • Behavioural changes
    • Cognition
  • Persons at risk:
    • Type A personality
    • Stress prone personality characteristics
  • Recording assessments:
    • Proforma check list approach
  • Management of stressors
    • Self management
    • Organisational Culture Management
    • Management of individuals
  • Monitoring stress

Assessment Criteria:

There will be a written test to assess the understanding of the trainees and they will be assessed on the practical element. The training involves candidate participation.

Candidates will receive a full assessors pack including software with recording format.

The course is designed to enable the participant to go away with the tools to effectively implement assessments. This may entail support from your organisation to enable this to happen.

Cost:

Dependant on your specific training needs. Please call us on 01604 472277 to get a quote for your manual handling assessor training.

Inclusive of:

  • Training needs analysis
  • Course materials
  • Workbooks for each trainee

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