Stress Management Awareness Training

Stress Management Awareness Training provides practical guidance for understanding workplace stress, recognising early warning signs and developing healthier ways to respond to pressure.

The course explores the difference between normal workplace pressure and harmful stress, common workplace stressors, emotional responses, resilience, workload management and sustainable wellbeing.

Learners will explore the HSE Management Standards approach to work-related stress, including demands, control, support, relationships, role and change. These areas are important when identifying and managing workplace factors that can contribute to stress.

The course also covers early indicators of stress, burnout awareness, emotional intelligence, workplace relationships, peer support, healthy coping strategies and practical approaches to managing workload.

Designed for employees, managers, supervisors and organisations, this course encourages a proactive approach to workplace wellbeing and helps learners recognise when additional support may be appropriate.

After completing the course, learners should be able to:

• Define workplace stress and distinguish it from normal workplace pressure.

• Identify common workplace stressors and risk factors.

• Explain the six HSE Management Standards areas.

• Recognise early physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioural signs of stress.

• Identify potential indicators of escalating stress and burnout.

• Explain how workplace culture and relationships can influence wellbeing.

• Apply basic emotional-intelligence techniques when dealing with pressure.

• Identify healthy and unhealthy coping behaviours.

• Use practical workload and prioritisation techniques.

• Apply resilience strategies to everyday workplace challenges.

• Develop healthier boundaries between work and recovery time.

• Create a practical personal wellbeing action plan.

• Recognise when workplace or professional support may be appropriate.