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ISO 45003 Psychological Health and Safety at Work Awareness

A practical introduction to ISO 45003, the international guidelines for psychological health and safety at work. Learn that ISO 45003 gives guidelines for managing psychosocial risk inside an occupational health and safety management system based on ISO 45001, that it is not a standalone certifiable management system and that completing this course does not discharge the work health and safety psychosocial duty or the Sex Discrimination Act positive duty. Written for people in an organisation that uses, or is considering, these guidelines. It is not a substitute for Psychosocial Hazards and Mental Health at Work, and it is not a substitute for ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems Awareness.
What You Will Learn
- Explain that ISO 45003 gives guidelines for managing psychosocial risk inside an occupational health and safety management system based on ISO 45001
- State that ISO 45003 is not a standalone certifiable management system and that completing this course does not certify you or your organisation
- Explain that completing this course does not discharge the work health and safety psychosocial duty or the Sex Discrimination Act positive duty
- Point to Psychosocial Hazards and Mental Health at Work as the legal duty course and to ISO 45001 awareness as the certifiable occupational health and safety system
- Describe what ISO's official abstract and public news page say the document is for, without treating those examples as a complete hazard list
Course Content
- ISO 45003 in plain English
- By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Guidelines inside an OH&S system, not a certificate
- The current published edition on the catalogue
- Not a standalone certifiable management system
- Who the abstract says it applies to
- Based on ISO 45001, not a replacement for it
- Guidelines, and the certifiable OH&S system
- What the official abstract says it enables
- Healthy and safe workplaces, as a system job
- When the document says worker, representatives are implied
- Two Courses, Two Jobs
- ISO 45003 awareness, and the live legal duty course
- Completing this course does not discharge the duty
- This course does not teach that live course's content
- Stay with what ISO published in public
- Examples ISO named on its news page
- What the 2021 news page says the standard covers
- All types and sizes, in ISO's public words
- What this lesson does not print
- ISO writes the guidelines. It does not certify anyone against them
- What completing this course does not do
- What this course is written from
- Systematic review is not a transition
- Now put it together
- Guidelines on the shelf, and a legal duty still live
- The five things to carry away
Who This Course Is For
Workers, supervisors, managers and anyone who wants to understand ISO 45003 as guidelines inside an occupational health and safety system based on ISO 45001. It is not a work health and safety legal duty course, and it is not a substitute for Psychosocial Hazards and Mental Health at Work.
Written by Kam Askari, Managing Director of Creative Directions Management Consulting Pty Ltd, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Lead Auditor. MBA, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, MAICD. Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources and Legal References
This course is aligned to 5 official sources. Legal and regulatory references checked 31 August 2026.
Sources and Further Reading
This course draws on the following official sources. Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
- Australian StandardISO 45003:2021, Occupational health and safety management, Psychological health and safety at work, Guidelines for managing psychosocial risksAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO news, Mental health in the workplaceAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO 45001:2018, Occupational health and safety management systems, requirements with guidance for useAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO 14001:2026, Environmental management systems, Requirements with guidance for useAs at 31/08/2026
- Australian StandardISO/TC 176/SC 2 news, ISO 9001 revision updateAs at 31/08/2026
Always rely on the current version on the regulator’s website.
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What You Get
Certificate of Completion
This is to certify that
has successfully completed
All learning modules and the final assessment
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.
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- 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.
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