NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work

NEBOSH partnered with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to create the NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work

According to NICE, 3.7 million working days are lost each year in the UK because of work-related stress, anxiety and depression, costing £28.3 billion. This qualification will ensure learners are trained in HSE’s current approach to managing and controlling stress at work. Upon completion, learners will have the knowledge to be able to recognise the causes and effects of stress; identify work-related stress risks within your workplace; and apply suitable interventions to prevent and reduce stress.

The course is suitable for anyone responsible for managing people or for managing workplace stress and is designed to help delegates identify and reduce workplace stressors to create a positive, healthier workplace.

By adopting the principles taught in this qualification you can empower your employees to create a positive workplace and significantly reduce the causes and effects of workplace stress.

Who should attend?

NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work is suitable for anyone responsible for managing people or for managing workplace stress. This could include:

• Health and safety professionals
• Human resource professionals
• Line managers and supervisors
• Occupational health professionals

Pre-requisites

There are no entry requirements for this qualification. Learners should have a suitable standard of English language to understand and articulate the concepts contained in the syllabus.

Course content

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work course covers:

Key Principles

• Understand common terms and the relationships between work-related stress, pressure and mental health/mental illness 
• Understand the prevalence and costs of stress and mental ill-health in the workplace 
• Recognise the signs and effects of work-related stress
• Understand the responsibilities of employers to workers relating to work-related stress 

Identification of Risk

• Understand the causes of workplace stress
• Apply the HSE’s Management Standards

Implementing interventions

• Develop practical options to address and reduce workplace stressors
• Develop practical options to manage effects of stress and its impact in the workplace
• Develop ways to continually improve the workplace

Duration

The NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work course has a minimum of seven taught hours and one hour for the assessment.

Assessment

A multiple-choice assessment is completed at the end of the course. You will be presented with a realistic workplace scenario, and will answer multiple-choice questions focused on the principles learnt throughout the course.

Outcome / Next Steps

A certificate will be provided upon successful completion of the course. 

If this is your first NEBOSH qualification, you may be interested in progressing on to the NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health. 

Delivery method

This course is delivered Virtual Classroom. 

For those who want a classroom-based course without the travel, our virtual classrooms provide an interactive online environment for our training programmes to be delivered. 

To join our virtual classes, you’ll need:

• An internet connection
• An internal or external microphone, and preferably a webcam and headset

Please note, spaces on our virtual classroom courses are limited to ensure effective learning and plenty of interaction

Alternatively, we can provide this course in-company, for a group of people from your organisation at a time and date to suit. Please do get in touch if this would be of interest to you. 

Benefits of NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work

For the learner 

• Gives you the confidence to support colleagues
• Enables you to positively impact the culture of your organisation
• Supports academic and career progression

For the business

• Build valuable in-house expertise
• Enhance your organisation’s reputation, which supports with attracting and retaining talent
• Boost staff performance and productivity

Why Make UK?

• First ever NEBOSH Learning Partner
• Greatly exceeded NEBOSH’s 6 Learning Excellence Principles to gain Gold Learning Partner status
• 98% of students would consider booking a course with Make UK again