Workplace Security and Violence Awareness

Workplace Violence Training covers violence in the workplace. Violence can cause a large range of emotional reactions and feelings such as anger, fear, retaliation, frustration, confusion and sadness. Violence, the threat of violence and reactions to violence can be extremely damaging to employee and employer relationships, employee morale, safety and productivity.

About the course

This video program will explain what workplace violence is, who may be a potentially violent person, where violence can occur and a whole range of methods and approaches that can be used to control violence in the workplace.

The program covers the following issues:

• A definition of workplace violence
• Sources of violence – who may be involved in instigating a violent act
• Where violent acts are most likely to occur in the workplace
• Control measures that are used to reduce the risk of violence occurring
• Guidelines for workplace violence and harassment policy
• A typical profile of a violent person
• Crisis management – how to deal with a violent person

Controlling violence in the workplace is possible. Improvements in security and morale that can be gained from minimizing violence can also lead to a safer and more productive workplace.