National Occupational Standards (NOS
NOS outline 14 standards for The Prevention and Management of Work Related Violence (2008
- Make sure your actions contribute to a positive and safe working culture
- Protect yourself from the risk of violence at work
- Identify, assess and review the risk of violence to workers
- Develop effective policies and procedures for minimising the risk of violence to workers and review their effectiveness
- Implement policy and procedures to reduce the risk of violence at work
- Promote a safe and positive culture in the workplace
- Resolve and evaluate work-related violent incidents
- Support individuals involved in violent incidents at work
- Investigate and evaluate incidents of violence at work
- Make sure communication is effective following an incident of violence at work
- Develop and maintain an effective management information system for incidents of violence at work
- Managing aggressive communication within an organisation
- Make sure your own actions minimise the risks of aggressive communication
- Managing lone working