NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work

Course overview

This qualification provides managers, HR teams, and health and safety professionals with the knowledge and practical tools needed to effectively recognise, assess, and reduce work-related stress across their organisation. Delegates gain a strong understanding of the relationship between stress, pressure, and mental health, along with the legal responsibilities employers must meet to protect their workforce.

Through a structured framework aligned with the HSE Management Standards, participants learn how to identify the causes of workplace stress, spot early warning signs, and assess risks to the correct standard. The course also focuses on implementing meaningful interventions—equipping teams to reduce stressors, support affected employees and create long-term improvements in workplace wellbeing.

By building valuable in-house capability, this qualification helps organisations cultivate a safer, healthier working environment with higher morale, improved productivity, and reduced stress-related absence. It ensures your business is confident, compliant, and proactive in managing one of the most significant challenges facing modern workplaces.

Course benefits

• Builds internal expertise to recognise, assess, and manage work-related stress to HSE’s required standard.
• Helps managers and HR teams spot early signs and effects of stress, enabling faster, more effective intervention.
• Strengthens organisational understanding of the legal responsibilities and costs associated with workplace stress and mental ill-health.
• Equips staff to identify root causes of stress using the HSE Management Standards framework.
• Provides practical tools to reduce stressors and implement effective interventions, improving wellbeing and performance.
• Supports the creation of a healthier, safer workplace culture with reduced absenteeism and improved morale.
• Gives teams the confidence to manage stress risks in-house, while knowing when to seek external expertise.
• Enables continuous improvement through structured approaches to monitoring, reviewing, and enhancing workplace wellbeing.

Please note

This course specification has been put together to achieve the key learning aims appealing to a broad range of customers. PETA are able to use this course as the basis of a bespoke programme if you would like the learning outcomes to be specific to your organisation. Contact us for more information on our bespoke training options.