Employers have long managed physical hazards such as machinery, chemicals and falls, but two fast-growing groups of risk often sit outside the safety system. Climate-related hazards, including extreme heat, floods, storms, drought and poor air quality, now interrupt work, endanger outdoor and shift workers and strain supply chains. Psychosocial risks, from excessive workload and bullying to violence and poor change management, harm mental and physical health and reduce performance. Both demand systematic assessment, not goodwill alone.

This programme gives participants a single structured approach. It begins with core risk management concepts, the legal and ethical duty to protect workers, and the link between occupational safety and health systems such as ISO 45001. Climate sessions cover heat stress indices, acclimatisation, work-rest schedules, flood and storm preparedness, business continuity and the health effects of changing disease patterns. Psychosocial sessions deal with identifying hazards in work design and management, using surveys and focus groups, and applying controls at organisational, team and individual level, along with employee assistance, mental health first response and return to work. The closing sessions integrate the two into one risk register, with roles, monitoring and review.

Participants learn through workplace scenarios, assessment templates, a simulated survey analysis and drafting sessions, producing documents that fit their own organisation.

Participants will leave able to:

• Apply risk assessment methods and the hierarchy of controls to climate and psychosocial hazards.
• Assess heat stress exposure and set work-rest, hydration and shade controls.
• Prepare workplace plans for floods, storms, drought and poor air quality.
• Identify psychosocial hazards in job design, management and organisational culture.
• Design and analyse a workplace stress or wellbeing survey.
• Write policies on harassment, violence, workload and mental health support.
• Integrate climate and psychosocial risks into an ISO 45001 style management system.
• Define indicators and review cycles for monitoring both categories of risk.

This programme will benefit those responsible for the safety, health and wellbeing of staff, including:

• HSE officers and managers
• Occupational health nurses, clinical officers and physicians
• HR managers and employee relations specialists
• Wellbeing and employee assistance coordinators
• Facilities, estates and site operations managers
• Safety committee members and worker representatives
• Risk and business continuity managers
• Supervisors of outdoor, shift and field workers in agriculture, construction and mining
• Programme safety focal points in NGOs and humanitarian agencies

By the end, each participant holds:

• A combined climate and psychosocial risk register template.
• Heat action triggers and a work-rest schedule for their own site.
• A severe weather and flood response checklist.
• A psychosocial risk survey with an analysis guide.
• A draft policy on harassment, workload and mental health support.
• A manager briefing outline on spotting and responding to distress.

The programme is applied and workplace based. It uses:

• Scenario work set in farms, factories, clinics, offices and field programmes
• Assessment templates completed during sessions
• Analysis of a sample survey dataset
• Drafting workshops for plans and policies with peer feedback
• Short expert inputs from occupational health and safety practice

Participants who attend all five days and submit their completed assessment and policy exercises receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.