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Psychosocial Risk and Respect at Work
Fatigue Management at Work
A practical, interactive awareness course on managing fatigue as a work health and safety hazard. Understand what fatigue is and why it matters, what causes it at work, how it affects your alertness and judgement, the basics of sleep and body-clock science, how to spot the warning signs and the shared controls that businesses and workers use to keep fatigue-related risk under control, with a real workplace decision scenario and quick self-checks along the way.
What You Will Learn
- Explain what work-related fatigue is and why it is a work health and safety hazard, not just a personal problem
- Identify the main work and non-work causes of fatigue, including long hours, shift and night work, and poor sleep
- Describe how fatigue affects alertness, reaction time, judgement and the risk of incidents
- Recognise the warning signs of fatigue in yourself and others and the situations that increase the risk
- Outline the controls used to manage fatigue and the shared duties of the PCBU and workers
Course Content
Final Assessment: 10 questions, 80% pass mark, retakes available
Who This Course Is For
Shift workers, night workers, drivers, on-call staff, supervisors and anyone whose work hours, workload or sleep can affect their safety and the safety of others.
Sources and Legal References
This course is aligned to 21 official sources. Legal and regulatory references checked between 12 August 2026 and 31 October 2026.
Sources and Further Reading
This course draws on the following official sources. Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationOccupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationOccupational Health and Safety (Psychological Health) Regulations 2025 (Vic)As at 13/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)As at 12/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (NT)As at 29/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceSafe Work Australia, Managing Risks to Health and Safety at the WorkplaceAs at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceNHVR, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Heavy Vehicle National Law and RegulationsAs at 31/08/2026
- Regulator guidanceNational Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Fatigue managementAs at 30/08/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 (WA)As at 02/09/2026
- Code of PracticeFatigue management for commercial vehicle drivers: Code of practice (WA)As at 02/09/2026
- Regulator guidanceNT WorkSafe, Guide to fatigue management for heavy vehicle driversAs at 05/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 No 10 (NSW)As at 03/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2025 (NSW)As at 03/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2011 (ACT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (ACT)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA)As at 13/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA)As at 13/09/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Act 2012 (Tas)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety Regulations 2022 (Tas)As at 31/10/2026
- LegislationWork Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Regulations 2011 (NT)As at 31/10/2026
Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
Accreditation: This is a non-accredited awareness course. It does not issue a unit of competency and is not a substitute for licensed or accredited training required for high-risk work, such as heavy-vehicle fatigue management or rail safety worker training, in your state or territory.
$39.00
inc GSTSeven day refund if you have not started
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For employers and teams
Buy Seats for Your Team
$39.00 per seat, inc GST
Total inc GST$195.00
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What You Get
Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that
Sample Learner
has successfully completed
Fatigue Management at Work
All learning modules and the final assessment
Scan the QR code, or enter certificate ID WP-SAMPLE-0001 at workproof.com.au/verify
Kam Askari
Director, Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd
This is a certificate of completion of a non-accredited professional development course. It is not a nationally recognised qualification, a VET statement of attainment, a competency card, a licence, or evidence of competency. It is issued by Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, which is not a Registered Training Organisation.
Sample layout. Certificate ID WP-SAMPLE-0001 verifies as Hazardous Manual Tasks and Manual Handling Safety.
- Certificate verified by its ID
- 100% online, self-paced
- Six months of access
Bought for yourself: six months of access from the day you pay. Team seat: six months from the day the worker activates their code.
