🧠 Workplace Mental Health & Stress Awareness

Recognize psychosocial hazards at work, spot the signs of stress in yourself and others, understand the ISO 45003 management approach and the hierarchy of controls for psychological risk, reduce stigma, hold a supportive conversation and signpost professional help, and know the manager and worker duties that protect wellbeing. The course is organized into 7 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 80%). It is free awareness-level training designed for anyone who needs a practical, working understanding of the topic.

What you'll learn

• What are psychosocial hazards?
• Pressure vs. stress — recognising the signs
• ISO 45003: managing psychological health & safety
• Assessing & controlling psychosocial risk
• Reducing stigma & having a supportive conversation
• Roles, duties & the business case
• Self-care, recovery & building resilience

Learning objectives

• Define psychosocial hazards and name the main categories with workplace examples
• Distinguish pressure from harmful stress and recognise signs in four domains
• Explain the purpose and structure of ISO 45003:2021 and how it links to ISO 45001
• Apply the hierarchy of controls to psychological risk, fixing the source first
• Reduce stigma and run a supportive conversation using a structured model
• Signpost professional help (EAP, GP, crisis lines) and act in an emergency
• Distinguish manager, organisation and worker duties and the business case for action