Fatigue Management Training for Workers Certification
Description
Fatigue impairment can affect a worker's ability to work safely in all high-risk tasks, including driving. This course is designed to help workers understand the health and safety implications of fatigue. It is designed to empower them to understand the physiological components and impacts of fatigue, the symptoms of fatigue, applicable legislation, workplace responsibilities, and most importantly team and individual countermeasures that can be used to mitigate the impacts of fatigue in the workplace and reduce fatigue-related incidents. Workers completing this course receive a certificate noting they have received training in fatigue management.
Course Topics
This online Fatigue Management Training for Workers Certification course covers the following topics:
- Sleep cycles and circadian rhythms
- Health benefits of sleep
- Causes of fatigue
- Key physiological impacts of fatigue
- Fatigue’s impact on health and safety
- Identifying and managing fatigue
- Symptoms of fatigue
- Strategies for assessing workplace fatigue
- Fatigue-related legislation
- Responsibilities for managing fatigue
- Proactive and reactive strategies for fatigue management
- Team-based fatigue management strategies
- How to manage fatigue while driving
- Strategies for shift workers (optional module)
Pass Mark
Testing conducted in this online course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to pass this course. The course is able to be taken three times in efforts to achieve the pass mark.
Certificate of Completion
Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.
This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most internet capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smartphones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.
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Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.