Parenting Style Its Impacts on Academic Performance
UNVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
COURSE CORD: EP 609
COURSE TITLE: CAREER AND OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE LECTURER: DR.M.W. MBOYA
NAME OF STUDENT: KABALOLE, AMOS .Bagandanshwa
REG:NO. 2012-06-01017
TASK: INDIVIDUAL PRENSENTATON
TOPIC: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS (Psychological hazards)
Psychological hazards s a working condition that can leads to illness, injury or death. Is any condition of job, at job place that can result in illness or injury. OR Is a risk that is peculiar to a particular type of employment or workplace that arises as a natural incidence of such employment Hazard is any situation, condition or things that may be dangerous to the safety or health of the workers. The working environment and the nature of work itself are both important on health. The employers are responsible for conducting an overall hazard assessment in the workplace. However, all workers should be able to recognize and identify hazard in the workplaces on an ongoing basis. Psychological hazards are threats that affect the mental wellbeing or mental health of the worker and may sometime results into physical effects by overwhelming the individuals’ coping mechanisms and impacting the workers’ ability to work in a health and safe manner. These hazards are not from physical things that you can see, but rather, many of these hazards comes as a results of interaction with others. Sometimes, psychological hazards are the things that causes a worker mental distress or distraction. (Lower concentration) TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS AT WORKPLACE As they are shown and explained above, sometimes these are referred as causes of psychological hazards. These are:
(1) VIOLENCE (Workplace violence)
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
COURSE CORD: EP 609
COURSE TITLE: CAREER AND OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE LECTURER: DR.M.W. MBOYA
NAME OF STUDENT: KABALOLE, AMOS .Bagandanshwa
REG:NO. 2012-06-01017
TASK: INDIVIDUAL PRENSENTATON
TOPIC: OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS (Psychological hazards)
Psychological hazards s a working condition that can leads to illness, injury or death. Is any condition of job, at job place that can result in illness or injury. OR Is a risk that is peculiar to a particular type of employment or workplace that arises as a natural incidence of such employment Hazard is any situation, condition or things that may be dangerous to the safety or health of the workers. The working environment and the nature of work itself are both important on health. The employers are responsible for conducting an overall hazard assessment in the workplace. However, all workers should be able to recognize and identify hazard in the workplaces on an ongoing basis. Psychological hazards are threats that affect the mental wellbeing or mental health of the worker and may sometime results into physical effects by overwhelming the individuals’ coping mechanisms and impacting the workers’ ability to work in a health and safe manner. These hazards are not from physical things that you can see, but rather, many of these hazards comes as a results of interaction with others. Sometimes, psychological hazards are the things that causes a worker mental distress or distraction. (Lower concentration) TYPES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HAZARDS AT WORKPLACE As they are shown and explained above, sometimes these are referred as causes of psychological hazards. These are:
(1) VIOLENCE (Workplace violence)
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