DSF/The Driver and the Management of Stress and Fatigue(13th -14th March: 14th-15th May: 23rd -24th October)
About the Program
The workplace is an important source of both demands and pressures causing stress. Driving by its nature is not the healthiest occupation as long periods are spent seated in the same position with little or no opportunity for physical activity while driving.
Generally, work place factors like the content of work and those to do with the social and organizational context of work have been found to be associated with stress and health risks.
Closely related to stress at the workplace is fatigue. Studies have shown that fatigue can cause shortfalls in performance, including slower response times, attention failures, and poor decision making. It also is well known from empirical data collection, that fatigue can result in an increased risk of crashes, which is due to these decreases in performance.
This two-day program is a highly interactive training experience that teaches participants how to identify the sources of stress at the work place and explore strategies to manage and cope with occupational stress.
They will also learn the causes, effects and management of fatigue to be more productive.
Course Objectives
- To help participants to identify the factors that cause stress at the work place and develop strategies to combat job stress
- To enable participants, appreciate the causes, effects and management of fatigue
Course Benefits
- Participants will be able to cope with and minimise work-related stress
- Participants will be able to prevent and manage workplace stress.
Program Content
- What is Stress
- What Are Occupational Stressors
- Physical Stressors
- Social Stressors
- Personal Stressors
- Common Stress Related Diseases
- Physical Symptoms of Stress
- Psychological Symptoms of Stress
- Strategies For Managing Occupational Stress
- Personal Intervention Strategies
- Small Group Interventions
- Structural or Organizational Change
- What is Fatigue and the Causes of Fatigue
- Effects of Fatigue on the Driver
- Symptoms of Fatigue
- Fatigue Management Strategies
- Making a Real Commitment to stress and fatigue management
- Transferring your key leanings into action
Who Should Attend: All Drivers
Fees: One Thousand Seven Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,700.00) per participant.
Venue: CSIR Headoffice Conference Hall, AgSSIP Block.