Seminars

The following are topics that can be custom designed into a specific seminar to meet the needs of your company or organization:

"Building Stamina & Managing Fatigue in the Workplace"

One of our most important business resources is our personal energy.  Often after working long hours, dealing with difficult people and being under constant pressure, we can become fatigues.  The goal of this seminar is to help you build energy reserves and stamina and reduce fatigue levels.  You will also learn how to develop the practice of recovery management, get higher quality sleep, understand the role of effective nutrition, discover the health benefits of exercise, manage anxiety and anger, stay motivated, reduce injury and improve work performance.     (view outline)

"Best Practices for Fatigue Risk Management"

Human fatigue is recognized as being one of the primary causes of accidents in industry today.  The costs of fatigue are a major human and financial burden to companies, workers, and their families.  Employers must ensure that everyone in their workplace is aware of potential workplace hazards (such as fatigue), and take steps to prevent workplace accidents, injuries and illnesses that may be a result of fatigue.  Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to define and recognize the symptoms of fatigue, to develop a fatigue risk management strategy and to develop skills to assist and reduce the impact of the contributing factors to fatigue.  The participants will learn how to develop, implement and evaluate a Five-Level Fatigue Hazard Control Model.    (view outline)

"Developing & Implementing FRMS (Fatigue Risk Management System)"

Human fatigue is recognized as being one of the primary causes of accidents in the industrial sector.  The costs of fatigue are a major human and financial burden to companies, workers, and their families.

Employers must ensure that everyone in their workplace is aware of potential workplace hazards (such as fatigue), and take steps to prevent workplace accidents, injuries and illnesses that may be a result of fatigue.

As an individual in a supervisory role, you are accountable for managing the fatigue risk of employees within your work unit.  The resources and strategies presented in this session have been developed to help you manage fatigue at the various stages, ranging from demanding compliance with legal and regulatory requirements to investigating accidents in the workplace.

Upon completion of this session you will be able to define and recognize the symptoms of fatigue, create a fatigue risk management strategy and develop the Five-Level Fatigue Hazard Control Model.  You will learn to design, implement and evaluate a Fatigue Risk Management System.       (view outline)

"Understanding & Managing Stress: Taking Control"

This seminar is about helping you take control of the pressures and demands in your work and personal life.  Its main purpose is to help you design a personalized stress management plan and to provide you with the resources to implement this plan.  This seminar will: help you understand the psychology and physiology of stress; help you assess your personal sources of stress; give you step-by-step instructions to guide you through the Stress Model; let you experience the “Train Yourself to Relax” program; and help you develop a practical set of tools and techniques that will enable you to think in a more rational and reasonable manner.     (view outline)

"Adapting to Shiftwork"

Employment experts estimate that as much as thirty percent of the Canadian working population is involved, in one form or another, with shiftwork.  Studies have also indicated that as a consequence of shiftwork, some workers may suffer digestive problems, disruptive patterns of sleeping and higher rates of accidents.  This seminar will address these issues and will provide information and strategies to help you adapt both physically and socially to the demands of the shiftwork schedule.  Dr. Melnychuk will teach you about the nature of sleep and its stages, the role of biological clocks and circadian rhythms, improving night-time nutrition, designing a physical activity program, building family and leisure time, learning the newest techniques to improve job alertness, and implementing a plan of action to ease the strain of shiftwork.     (view outline)