Stress Awareness
is a stand-alone Level 1 qualification, which complements the CIEH Foundation
Certificate in Health and Safety in the Workplace programme. It 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. While the level of the qualification is aimed
at general workers, it would provide a suitable introduction to the issue of
work-related stress for more senior staff.
Successful completion
will prepare students to look carefully at their own work activities and contribute
to the development of strategies to combat work-related stress, in co-operation
with their managers and supervisors.
This unit of study
can be delivered as a stand-alone qualification and there are no specific pre-requisites.
Topic areas
covered
- Definitions
of stress.
- Stress as an
occupational health hazard.
- Identification
of basic workplace stressors.
- Development
of basic controls for work-related stressors.
- Responsibilities imposed under UK
legislation.
Objectives
By the end of the
programme the student will be able to:
- explain what
is meant by the term stress and in particular work-related stress.
- explain the
importance of controlling stress in the workplace.
- explain the
typical stress related factors in the workplace.
- identify stress
in colleagues and themselves.
- advise on and
implement controls in the workplace to reduce stress.
- monitor colleagues and themselves in relation to stress
at work.
