For a better working day
Prevent provides information and news on health and safety issues. We offer courses and seminars across Sweden, books related to health and safety issues and tools and methods that are easy to use. This is what we provide in English.
Checklists in English
All our checklists for the work environment can be translated into English. The translation is AI-generated. Please note that you need to choose your language before you start filling out the checklist.
Template risk assesment and action plan
Use this document to assess risks and create an action plan.
Template risk assesment and action plan (Excel)
OSWE Survey
The employee survey examines experiences of the organisational and social work environment, including aspects such as workload, recovery, offensive behaviour and leadership. The respondent can select the language – Swedish or English – in the survey by clicking the globe symbol.
Work Enviroment for Managers
To give managers the knowledge they need to comply with the statutory requirements for the work environment, so that they can feel confident that they are doing the right things.
Organisational and Social Work Environment Introduction
This is a digital course for those who want to learn more about the organisational and social work environment.
Free
Organisational and social work environment in practise
Learn to apply Sweden’s psychosocial work environment regulations practically – gain tools for leadership, stress prevention, and sustainable workplace collaboration in just one day.
Better work environment Handbook
A reference book with the basic information required to manage most of the work environment issues that may arise in a workplace. The book addresses the physical as well as the organisational and social work environment.
Printed book
Better work environment : The roles of the manager and the safety representative
If you are new as a manager or safety representative and also unfamiliar with the Swedish model and Swedish cooperation in the labor market, then this book is a must.
Printed book
Everyday Fairness
Everyday Fairness is a basic work environment course focusing on community and cooperation, and how everyone can work together to foster a good work environment. It is aimed at employees and students in the hospitality industry.
Free
Work Environment for Managers
The purpose of this book is to enhance knowledge of work environment rules and methods that ensure safety and health in the workplace, create a good work environment and promote productivity.
Printed or e-book
Working practically on the organisational and social work environment
This book focus on the areas Work load, Working hours and Offensive unequal treatment.
Printed or e-book
Safe Forestry Work
Safe Forestry Work is a basic work environment course focusing on risk assessment, the specific risks associated with the forestry industry and how to prevent and manage them.
Free
Safe on Set
Safe on Set is a basic work environment training course for those working in or studying to work in film and TV production. It looks at how to prevent problems and manage risks, and how everyone in a production can cooperate in pursuit of a better work environment.
Picture books for safety
Picture books with basic information on key health and safety situations.
Templates and examples
Investigation into work-related injury or serious incident Template
Managing risks in 4 stages - guide
Personal action plan for managers
Template risk assesment and action plan (Exccel)
Work and safety instructions Template
Good cleaning technique from the webbsite Allt om städ
Look at the videos of the work tasks that are relevant to you. Compare the way in which you work and consider if you need to change the working technique. The videos are about 20-60 seconds long.
About Prevent
A better work environment is good for everyone. Prevent provides knowledge on how focused health and safety work can create successful companies where everyone is safe and well. Our targeted work is backed up by solid research to ensure the greatest benefit for the workplaces.
We are a non-profit organisation owned by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) and the Council for Negotiation and Co-operation (PTK).