Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Stress Awareness is a stand-alone Level one qualification. 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.
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
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Definitions of stress.
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Stress as an occupational health hazard.
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Identification of basic workplace stressors.
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Development of basic controls for work-related stressors.
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Responsibilities imposed under UK legislation.
Presented as a minimum four-hour training programme, after which candidates will be required to complete an individual stress self-assessment (30 mins approx plus feedback).
All students who complete the assessment will attain the qualification
