Fatigue Management & Shift Work takes workers through 12 real schedule and workload scenarios to identify their own impairment cues and apply countermeasures, validating 6 competencies so fatigue is managed on shift rather than discovered after a mistake.
For every worker, and especially anyone who works shifts, nights, rotating schedules, long hours, or on-call. Fatigue is not weakness and it is not something you can train yourself out of — it is a normal human limit, and when you push past it, being tired impairs you the way a substance does: slower reactions, poorer judgment, and lapses of attention you do not even notice.
Give every worker — especially shift, night, rotating, long-hours, and on-call workers — a respectful, practical understanding of fatigue as impairment: why sleep loss and the body clock affect safety, the risks of shift work and the drive home, how to…
At a glance
Format: Online, self-paced and interactive
Length: about 45 minutes, 6 modules
Pass mark: 80% on the final test
Certificate: QR-verified, valid for three years
Jurisdiction: Manitoba law and standards
Who this course is for
Shift workers, night-shift and rotating-schedule staff, and long-haul or extended-hours workers exposed to fatigue-related risk.
Every worker, and especially shift, night, rotating-schedule, long-hours, and on-call workers
New shift workers learning to manage sleep around a schedule that fights the body clock
Anyone who drives home after a demanding or overnight shift
Lead hands, schedulers, and supervisors who design shifts and set the tone on reporting fatigue
What you will learn
Explain why fatigue IS impairment — sleep loss slows reactions, dulls judgment, and causes attention lapses you may not notice
Describe the basic sleep science behind it: the body clock (circadian rhythm) and sleep debt that builds when sleep is short-changed
Identify the fatigue risks of shift work, night shifts, rotating schedules, long hours, and on-call, and why the drive home is so dangerous
Recognize the warning signs of fatigue in yourself before a microsleep or a lapse catches you out
Manage fatigue with both personal strategies (sleep hygiene, planned naps, sensible caffeine) and workplace / scheduling controls (rest breaks, shift design, reporting, not driving home dangerously tired)
Course outline
Fatigue Is Impairment — Not a Weakness — Fatigue is a genuine impairment. Sleep loss slows your reactions, dulls your judgment, and causes attention lapses you often do not notice…
Why It Happens — The Body Clock and Sleep Debt — Two basic ideas from sleep science explain fatigue. The body clock (circadian rhythm) expects you awake in daylight and asleep at night —…
Shift Work, Microsleeps, and the Drive Home — Shift work — night shifts, rotating schedules, long hours, and on-call — loads the deck for fatigue, and the single most dangerous moment…
Reading the Warning Signs — In Yourself — Because fatigue dulls the very awareness you would use to notice it, the habit is to watch for the early warning signs in yourself rather…
Managing Fatigue — Yours and the Workplace’s Job — Managing fatigue takes both halves. Personal strategies: protect sleep with good sleep hygiene (dark, quiet, cool, consistent), use short…
Putting It Together — Fatigue and the Fitness-for-Duty Family — Bringing the fatigue fundamentals together: fatigue is a genuine impairment and a normal human limit; the body clock and sleep debt explain…
Laws and standards covered
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210)
Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006
CCOHS — fatigue, shift work, and extended / long working hours guidance
Certificate and renewal
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for three years.
Common questions
How long does Fatigue Management & Shift Work take?
About 45 minutes online, over 6 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
How long is the Fatigue Management & Shift Work certificate valid?
Three years from the day you pass. Fatigue-management awareness is best refreshed every 3 years, and sooner when your work changes to include shift, night, rotating, long-hours, or on-call work, when your schedule changes significantly, when your workplace introduces or updates a fatigue-management or hours-of-work approach, or after a fatigue-related incident or near-miss.
Which laws and standards does Fatigue Management & Shift Work cover?
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006; CCOHS — fatigue, shift work, and extended / long working hours guidance.
Who should take Fatigue Management & Shift Work?
Shift workers, night-shift and rotating-schedule staff, and long-haul or extended-hours workers exposed to fatigue-related risk.