Workplaces in Africa and elsewhere are adapting to hotter seasons, heavier rainfall and unpredictable weather, while the pressures of modern work have made stress, burnout, bullying and harassment recognised causes of ill-health. Safety professionals trained mainly in physical hazards are now asked to manage both, and to show their organisations that they have done so systematically.

Advanced Climate-Related and Psychosocial Workplace Risk Training Course assumes participants already know the basics of risk assessment. It starts by linking climate hazards and psychosocial hazards in one picture, then moves to detailed methods. Participants study heat exposure and thermal comfort, outdoor and indoor work in extreme weather, flood and storm preparedness, air quality and vector-borne disease concerns. The psychosocial strand covers the main work-related factors, including demand, control, support, role clarity, organisational change and violence at work, followed by survey and interview tools, intervention design and evaluation.

The final sessions integrate both strands into policy, management system procedures, leadership commitment and reporting. Participants work on case files from their own sectors, and leave with a draft integrated risk assessment and an implementation plan.

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Analyse how climate-related hazards and psychosocial stressors interact at work.
• Assess heat stress using indices such as WBGT and set work-rest controls.
• Develop emergency and continuity plans for floods, storms and other extreme weather.
• Identify psychosocial hazards using the ISO 45003 framework.
• Apply survey, interview and observation tools to measure work-related stress.
• Design and evaluate interventions at organisational, team and individual levels.
• Integrate both risk types into an ISO 45001 management system.
• Prepare return-to-work and supportive reporting arrangements.

The programme is aimed at practitioners with responsibility for worker health and safety, including:

• HSE managers and advisers
• Occupational health nurses and physicians
• Human resource and wellbeing managers
• Risk, resilience and sustainability managers
• Union and employee safety representatives
• Construction, mining and agricultural site managers
• Employee assistance programme coordinators
• Public sector health and labour inspectors

Participants will leave with:

• An integrated risk assessment template covering climate and psychosocial hazards.
• A heat action plan with trigger levels and controls.
• A psychosocial risk survey and interview guide.
• A flood and extreme-weather response checklist.
• An intervention plan with indicators to track impact.
• A short business case for presenting the programme to senior management.

The course is advanced and discussion-driven. It relies on:

• Case files from construction, agriculture, health care and services
• Hands-on use of heat stress calculation tools
• Risk assessment workshops applying ISO 45003 categories
• Facilitated debate on difficult wellbeing dilemmas
• Presentation of a business case with peer feedback

A CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy is issued to participants who attend the full programme and submit their integrated risk assessment and implementation plan.