The overall health of a workplace includes both the physical and psychosocial well-being of its workers. By treating mental health and its psychological components equally with the physical environment, a workplace can support their workers’ overall well-being.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of psychological health and safety in the workplace,
• Describe what psychological health and safety is and what psychosocial factors are,
• List the 13 common psychosocial factors at work,
• Be able to identify psychosocial hazards in the workplace,
• Identify responsibilities of workers and employers in the workplace when it comes to psychological health and safety,
• List some potential controls for psychosocial hazards
• Identify the relevant OHS legislation applicable to workplace mental health,
• Source other courses related to workplace mental health, and
• List several sources of helpful information related to workplace mental health.

This is a one-hour online course.