Work Re-design Tool

Anticipated competency development  

It is anticipated that this suite of resources will help to develop: 

• Understanding of the concept of mentally healthy workplaces 

• Knowledge of psychosocial hazards 

• Skills in identifying psychosocial hazards  

• Knowledge of work design processes, tools and methods 

• Skills in identifying work design tools appropriate to psychosocial hazards  

• Skills in planning the re-design of work 

Intended outcomes 

These resources are intended to build your capabilities to identify psychosocial hazards and undertake a work re-design intervention in your workplace. After using the resources and PHReD tool (PHReD-T), you will be able to: 

• Describe the role of organisations in providing a mentally healthy workplace 

• Communicate the relationship between work design and psychosocial hazards in your workplace 

• Identify psychosocial hazards in aspects of your workplace  

• Analyse workplace scenarios to identify potential work re-design solutions 

• Assemble a plan to re-design work, including evaluation of the plans 

• Build and communicate a case for implementation

What you will achieve  

The materials and activities in these resources build toward the main task of developing an action plan for re-designing a work task or scenario at your workplace. You can implement this plan and use it later as a model for other task re-design projects.