Creative Workplaces, a new part of Creative Australia, is partnering with Screen Well to offer free online training on Psychosocial Safety for the Australian Screen Industry.
This initiative aims to provide 300 subsidised places for participants from across the Australian screen sector.
Free Psychosocial
Safety Training
Expressions of Interest
Upcoming Productions:
Priority Access Available!
Are you planning to go into production this year? Creative Workplaces and Screen Well are prioritising places in this essential training for productions commencing in 2025 across Australia.
This is a unique opportunity to proactively upskill business owners, producers, and heads of department (HODs) and we encourage all productions to take advantage of this complimentary training for their key personnel.
To register your production's interest and secure your priority places, please fill out the form linked below.
Individuals:
Register your interest here
If you are an individual business owner, producer, or head of and wish to enhance your knowledge of psychosocial safety, we invite you to register your interest for this complimentary online course.
While priority is currently given to upcoming productions, individual places will be allocated subject to availability. If you are offered a place, participants will have one month to complete the course once registered.
To express your individual interest in the course, please complete the form through the link below.
FAQs
Why This Course Matters Now
Legislation changes came into effect across most of Australia in 2024, requiring workplaces to actively address psychosocial hazards and risks. This crucial online course has been specifically designed for the screen industry to ensure greater awareness, understanding, and compliance with these new legislative requirements.
Who Is This Course For?
This accessible e-learning course is tailored for two main audience groups:
Business Owners and Producers: To understand psychosocial safety and their obligations under the new legislation.
People Managers (including Heads of Department): To learn how to identify and manage psychosocial hazards and risks within their control, and what actions to take.
What You Will Learn
In approximately 40-60 minutes, you will gain vital knowledge and practical skills, including:
A clear understanding of the difference between a psychosocial hazard and a psychosocial risk.
Knowledge of the 14 psychosocial hazard types as defined by Safe Work Australia.
The steps you need to take to identify and manage psychosocial hazards and risks in your workplace.
Practical strategies to implement and minimise psychosocial risks within our screen industry.
Upon completion, all participants will receive a completion certificate valid for two years.