Psychosocial Risk Training For Managers
Train Your Managers to Be Your First Line of Defence
Build Managers Who Protect Your People and Your Business
Our Psychosocial Risk Manager Training equips leaders with the skills to identify, manage and prevent psychosocial hazards in the workplace while helping organisations meet their obligations under Australian work health and safety legislation.
Practical, evidence-based and compliance-focused, this training helps managers become a critical control measure in your psychosocial risk management framework.
Strengthen Your Psychosocial Risk Controls With Tailored Manager Training
Manager capability is one of the most important controls in preventing psychosocial harm. Our training equips leaders with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage risks effectively and support a safer workplace
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By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
Understand psychosocial hazards and how they arise through the design and management of work.
Recognise common psychosocial risk factors including excessive workloads, low role clarity, poor support, ineffective change management, workplace conflict and inappropriate behaviours.
Assess psychosocial risks within their own teams and identify areas requiring attention.
Understand how management decisions, leadership behaviours and workplace practices can either increase or reduce psychosocial risk.
Identify practical interventions to address common risk factors including workload management, communication, role clarity, team dynamics and employee support.
Develop strategies to improve psychological safety and create environments where employees feel safe to speak up, contribute and seek support.
Conduct effective conversations when concerns about workload, stress, conflict or wellbeing arise.
Respond appropriately to psychosocial risk issues and understand escalation, reporting and documentation requirements.
Apply learning to real workplace scenarios relevant to their role, team and organisational context.
Leave with a practical action plan to strengthen psychosocial safety and reduce risk within their team.
Training Approach
This is not a generic compliance workshop. Training is tailored to your organisation, industry and workplace context. Participants work through realistic scenarios, assess psychosocial risks within their own teams, and develop practical strategies they can implement immediately. The focus is on building capability, confidence and action—not simply awareness.
Psychosocial Risk Prevention Training for Managers
Equip your leaders with the skills and confidence to identify psychosocial hazards, meet WHS obligations, and create psychologically safe workplaces.
Delivery Options
We offer flexible delivery options to suit organisations of all sizes
Half-Day Psychosocial Risk Manager Training (4 hours)
Full-Day Psychosocial Risk Manager Training (7 hours)
Multi-Session Leadership Development Series (4–6 sessions)
In-person or virtual delivery across Australia
Programs are customised to your environment and industry
Interactive training featuring realistic workplace scenarios, informed by current legislation and evidence-based work design principles.
Psychosocial Risks - A Workplace Health and Safety Priority
Psychosocial hazards such as excessive workloads, poor support, workplace conflict, bullying, role ambiguity, and poorly managed organisational change are now recognised as workplace health and safety risks.
Regulators across Australia are placing greater scrutiny on psychosocial risk management. Organisations must be able to demonstrate that they have:
Identified and assessed psychosocial hazards
Implemented appropriate control measures
Trained managers and leaders
Maintained documented evidence of their risk management efforts
Why Invest in Psychosocial Risk Training for Managers?
Managers have a direct influence on psychosocial risk. The way they allocate work, manage performance, support employees and respond to workplace issues can either reduce risk or contribute to it.
When managers have the skills to identify and manage psychosocial hazards, organisations can:
Identify and address risks before they escalate into complaints, conflict or psychological injury
Strengthen compliance with WHS obligations and psychosocial risk requirements
Improve psychological safety, employee wellbeing and team resilience
Reduce the likelihood of psychological injury and workers' compensation claims
Minimise workplace conflict, grievances, bullying complaints and employee relations issues
Improve employee engagement, retention and team performance
Build leadership confidence in managing challenging workplace situations
Demonstrate a proactive approach to psychosocial risk management
Create healthier, safer and more productive workplace cultures