Psychosocial risk sits under Psychological Risk which in turn sits under the Health part of Health & Safety. It is set out in the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015 and is also directly impacted by the Employment Relations Act 2000 and the Privacy Act 2000.

New Zealand is experiencing a sizeable shift in managing our psychosocial hazards, in part due to the high suicide rates, and in part, it makes good business sense.

Learn how to identify, assess, and manage psychological risks in your workplace using a practical, proven framework. Designed for New Zealand business managers, this training provides the tools and confidence to create a psychologically safer, healthier, and more productive workplace. 

• Gain a clear understanding of psychosocial hazards 

• Learn how to apply a robust risk framework in your business  

• Learn techniques to align the Directors / Board; Senior Management / other areas of the business

• Learn techniques to drive worker participation

• Understand how continual improvement is applied

• Learn techniques to improve team wellbeing and performance 

• Ultimately, learn how to build a safer, healthier workplace

This training is practical and will draw on your business' processes including risk assessments, risk register, competency register, etc. It is ideally suited to people working with staff, health and safety, HR, quality, administration, etc.

Delivery: Online via TEAMS

Time: 2 hours

Max class size: 12 attendees

NZQA (NZ) units: None

Prerequisite: None

Certificate of completion issued at the end of the training