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Are you a manager working in Sweden who originally comes from another country? This course equips you with the knowledge you need to meet your responsibility for ensuring a safe and healthy work environment at your workplace.

Work Environment for Managers offers a clear introduction to Swedish work environment laws and regulations, the Swedish Model, systematic work environment management, and the organisational and social work environment. The course also covers the conditions managers work under and how these affect their ability to carry out effective work environment tasks. Practical exercises are included to help you apply what you learn in real situations.

The course has been developed by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO), and the Council for Negotiation and Cooperation (PTK) in collaboration with Prevent. It reflects the social partners’ shared view of what knowledge managers need within the field of work environment.

Purpose

To provide managers with the necessary knowledge to meet legal requirements related to the work environment and to feel confident in carrying out their responsibilities correctly.

Objectives

After completing the course, participants will be able to:

• understand the purpose and function of the Work Environment Act
• explain the concept of cooperation and describe the Swedish Model
• identify the employer’s responsibilities and the consequences of failing to meet them
• recognize how a manager’s own conditions influence work environment efforts
• understand the components of systematic work environment management
• carry out appropriate delegation of work environment tasks
• use tools for work environment management and risk assessment during changes
• conduct practical work relating to organisational and social work environment issues

Target group

Managers and supervisors with assigned work environment duties.

Safety representatives

Working methods

A mix of lectures and group assignments. Participants also work on a court case and create a personal action plan.

Course content

• Work environment legislation
• Cooperation and the Swedish Model
• Roles and responsibilities in work environment work
• Coordination responsibilities
• Systematic work environment management
• Allocation of tasks
• Risk assessments
• Organisational and social work environment
• Workload
• Work environment during organisational changes
• Victimisation
• Health-promoting work environment practices
• Goals for organisational and social work environment