Stress Awareness Training

Course Content

Stress is the adverse reaction that people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them. It can be caused by factors both that work or outside of work; the course is designed to help staff deal with work related stress: that is stress that is linked to the workplace or is made worse by work.

Stress is the second largest cause of work related illness after musculoskeletal problems, and accounts for up to 30% of all absence from work, as many as 1 in 5 people of working age are thought to be affected. None of us are immune so it is important that staff know how to recognise and deal with work related stress.

The course is aimed at raising awareness of likely sources of work-related stress, the range of symptoms and effects it can cause and the options available for its control. The session will prepare staff to look carefully at their own work activities and contribute to the development of strategies to combat work-related stress, in co-operation with managers and supervisors.

This course is aimed at all staff irrespective of their grade. However it will also be beneficial to managers, supervisors, team leaders and health and safety co-ordinators.