Violence in the Workplace: Awareness Free

Understand this important workplace issue - what it is, who's affected, and what you can do about it.

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Single seat:: $0.00 ^*

Format:: e-Course

Language:: English/French

Duration:: 20 minutes

Access:

Single Seat (90 days access from date of purchase)

Group Training (multi-seat) (1 year access from date of purchase)

Description

This updated e-course features an improved look and functionality to enrich your learning experience.

Workplace violence is a serious issue that affects all business sectors and occupations and the safety and security of every employee and employer. This course is offered FREE of charge by CCOHS to promote the awareness of this very important issue, and as a precursor to the other Workplace Violence e-courses: Recognize the Risk and Take Action, and Establish a Prevention Program.

Topics include:

What is workplace violence?
Behaviours associated with workplace violence
Sources of violent behaviour in the workplace
Workplace violence prevention legislation

Upon completion of this course you will know:

Who is affected by workplace violence
Workplace violence is an important workplace issue
The broad definition of workplace violence with respect to the types of behaviours and the source of the behaviour
The legal obligation of employers have to protect employees from workplace violence

Average time to complete this course is about 15-20 minutes.

Target Audience

Committee members, managers, supervisors and workers
Facility managers, human resources managers, senior managers and others with health and safety responsibilities

If you are a worker or front line supervisor and need more information on how to recognize and prevent workplace violence, see Violence in the Workplace - Recognize the Risk and Take Action.

If you need to develop and implement a workplace violence prevention program in your organization, see Violence in the Workplace - Establish a Prevention Program.

Prerequisite

None

Delivery Method

This course is delivered as an on-line e-learning course. All you need is a computer, access to the Internet - and you are ready to go! This e-learning course is designed to help you learn at your own pace and in your own environment at your own convenience.

VuBiz Partnership

We partnered with Vubiz - an international leader in e-learning development - to create this e-course.

Vubiz offers other related e-learning courses that may also be of interest to you. Read about them in the Vubiz Catalogue of e-learning courses.

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The CCOHS Difference

CCOHS courses are unique in that they are developed by subject specialists in the field, and reviewed by representatives from labour, employers and government to ensure the content and approach are unbiased and credible.