PART 1 | Psychosocial Safety ADVANCED CREDENTIAL:

Seeing the System

Designed for leaders, HR Practitioners, WHS Advisors and anyone responsible for shaping work, this course helps you understand how leadership, work design and everyday decisions influence psychosocial safety, and build the capability to respond with practical, evidence-informed action.

NON-MEMBER COURSE FEE:

$330 AUD Free for Members

Inside Seeing the System

What if the way you organise, design and manage work could make your team both healthier and more effective?

This course invites you to see your workplace through a new lens, one that connects everyday decisions to psychosocial safety and organisational success. You'll move beyond compliance and mental health awareness, building practical judgement to recognise, understand and improve the work your team performs.

Whether you're leading a team or shaping how work gets designed across your organisation, this course gives you the judgement to act early rather than react late.

Click each module to see the learning outcomes:

MODULE 1 Workplaces as Interconnected Systems

Explore how to see your workplace through a systems lens.

• Recognise work as a dynamic system.

• Identify how people, processes and structures interact.

• Understand why a systems view is crucial for psychosocial safety.

• Spot visible and less visible influences on work experience.

MODULE 2 Moving Beyond Mental Health and Compliance

Learn how your everyday leadership decisions shape psychosocial safety through work design.

• Identify limits of common approaches

• Distinguish psychosocial safety from wellbeing

• Recognise leadership’s role in work design.

MODULE 3 Understanding the Business Impact of Work Design

Understand how work design can transform both team wellbeing and business results.

• Explain how work design shapes outcomes.

• Compare good and poor work design.

• Connect safety to business results.

• Challenge the myth of competing priorities.

MODULE 4 Distinguishing Hazards from Outcomes

Reliably distinguish between psychosocial hazards (features of work) and psychosocial outcomes (what people experience).

• Define Hazards and Outcomes

• Explain Why the Distinction Matters

• Practise Distinguishing in Real Situations

• Apply a Work-Focused Lens

MODULE 5 Spotting Risks Before They Become Problems

Recognise the early warning signs and subtle shifts that can signal increasing risk so you can act before harm occurs.

• Recognise Gradual Risk Build-Up

• Identify Early Warning Signs

• Use Observation and Consultation

• Apply a Preventative Mindset

MODULE 6 Interpreting Workplace Situations Through a Systems Lens

Learn to pause, ask better questions and see the bigger picture before deciding what to do next.

• Analyse Complex Scenarios.

• Recognise Interacting Factors.

• Practice Curiosity and Inquiry.

• Apply Systems Thinking.

MODULE 7 Learning from Workers: Consultation and Evidence

Understand why consultation is not just a compliance requirement, but a core leadership practice for truly understanding and improving work.

• Explain the Value of Consultation

• Compare Sources of Evidence

• Distinguish Consultation from Communication

• Apply Consultation in Daily Leadership

MODULE 8 Applying Leadership to Improve Work Design

Discover how to move from understanding psychosocial safety to making practical improvements in your workplace.

• Translate Understanding into Improvement

• Act Within Your Sphere of Influence

• Escalate Systemic Issues Appropriately

• Embed Continuous Learning in Leadership.

2.5-HOUR SELF-PACED COURSE

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  • 8 practical modules grounded in real Australian workplace scenarios

  • Self-paced, 2.5 hours total

  • Certificate and CPD hours on successful completion

  • Free for Institute members

  • Part 1 of the Psychosocial Safety Advanced Credential.

Most leaders are taught to manage the effects of psychosocial risk

Few are taught to see where it comes from

This course builds foundational leadership capability in psychosocial safety and work design. You'll learn how the way work is structured, allocated and managed directly shapes psychosocial risk, organisational performance and workforce wellbeing, and how to use that understanding to lead differently.

Through real Australian workplace scenarios, you'll build the judgement to recognise risk at its source, act before it escalates and lead work design decisions that benefit both your people and your organisation.

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