This course will provide workers with a basic understanding of what’s required to prepare for potential workplace emergencies or disasters.

• • Steps to Emergency Preparedness
  • Rights and Responsibilities of Employers and Workers
  • Identifying Potential Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Evacuation
  • Scenarios
  • Training
  • Basic First-Aid Review
  • Evaluation

This course provides a basic understanding of the requirements of the Code and how it is applied. This is a useful starting point for managers and supervisors who will be sit on health and safety committees or who will receive other occupational health and safety courses.

• • • Introduction
    • The Code
    • How to read the Canada Labour Code, Part II
    • Rights & responsibilities of employers
    • Rights & responsibilities of employees
    • Rights & responsibilities of OHS committees
    • Rights & responsibilities of OHS representatives
    • Meeting employer responsibilities
    • Due diligence
    • OHS Committees & Health and Safety Officers
    • Workplace inspections
    • Incident investigations
    • Enforcement
    • Criminal liability
    • Resolving complaints and work refusals
    • Writing and filing OHS reports
    • OHS policies for pregnant & nursing employees
    • OHS policies for WHMIS, First Aid & Fire safety
    • Ergonomics
    • Violence prevention
    • Review

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PPE creates barrier between hazard and route of entry to the human body.

• Describe the hierarchy of controls as it relates to personal protective equipment (PPE’s).

• Identify types of personal protective equipment utilized in industry and hospital settings.

• Explain personal protective equipment training requirements.

• Types, levels, and sizes of PPE’s.
• Donning & Doffing PPE’s (the right order).
• Fit Testing PPE’s procedures.
• Explain the employer responsibilities regarding personal protective equipment.

• Explain the employee responsibilities regarding personal protective equipment.

• Use all feasible engineering and work practice controls to eliminate and reduce hazards.

• Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) if these controls do not eliminate the hazards.

Remember, PPE is the last level of control!

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The Emergency Officer’s course is based on information from Federal & Provincial emergency management agencies and the Fire Code. Participants will learn emergency management, communication, fire prevention, evacuation as well as the proper use of first aid kits, stretchers, 2-way radio systems and fire extinguishers. This course is recommended for Floor Emergency officers, Fire Wardens, First Responders and Security Officers.

• • • Course introduction
    • Risk assessment
    • Emergency medical services (911)
    • Standard operating procedures
    • Emergency communication procedures
    • Personal protective equipment
    • Suspicious package procedures
    • Basic hazardous material controls
    • General toxicology and health effects on humans
    • Use of first aid kits and stretchers
    • First aid treatment
    • Fire Code
    • Elements of fire
    • Fire classifications
    • Classes A-B-C-D
    • Use of fire extinguishers
    • Evacuation plans
    • Moving casualties
    • Scenarios

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The Fire Safety course is based on information from the National Building Code and the National Fire Code. Participants will learn about fire prevention, evacuation as well as the proper use of a fire extinguisher.

• • • Course introduction
    • Fire Code
    • Elements of fire
    • Fire classifications
    • Class A-B-C-D
    • Fire extinguishers
    • Emergency medical services (911)
    • Evacuation plan
    • Burn treatment
    • Practice

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This course provides managers and supervisors with the information required to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses and to develop safety in the workplace.

• • • Introduction to health and safety training for managers
    • Risk management and due diligence
    • Provincial and Federal Legislation
    • Hazard recognition and control
    • Emergency preparedness and fire prevention
    • Occupational hygiene
    • Introduction to Ergonomics
    • Introduction to workplace inspections and accident investigations
    • Program development
    • Review

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The Mental Health First Aid course is designed to help supervisor and employees improve their ability to understand, identify and respond to Mental Health issues they can encounter at work. The course will be taught by our Health Care Providers.

• • • Introduction
    • What is Mental Health First Aid?
    • Common mental health problems
    • Five basic actions of mental health first aid
    • Signs and symptoms
    • Risk factors
    • Crisis First Aid
    • Promote the recovery of good mental health
    • Resources
    • Evaluation

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This training course teaches pandemic awareness in accordance with Canadian and American OHS guidelines. Due to the increased risk of worldwide pandemics, such training has become a mandatory component of Environmental Health and Safety management for organizations. Have you developed a pandemic plan with your Joint Health and Safety Committee?

• • • Introduction
    • What is a pandemic
    • Different types of pandemics
    • Prevention methods
    • Workplace cleaning procedures
    • Pandemic planning
    • Review

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This course provides provincial and federal requirements for health and safety at work under the regulation of the transport of dangerous goods (TDG). The participants (e) following requires this course: Handlers and shippers, receiver at the loading dock, supervisors and employees, members of health and safety group, the emergency response team and anyone who works with transportation dangerous goods.

• • • Introduction to TDG
    • Regulations
    • Responsibilities
    • Class descriptions and groups compatible
    • TDG annex 1 and other sources of information
    • UN Information packaging
    • Shipping documents
    • Conditions & information on TDG
    • Accidents procedures and responsibilities
    • Accidental spills
    • Management of spills
    • Review
    • Evaluation

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Our NEW Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS & GHS 2015) course is tailored to those who may become exposed to hazardous materials at work. Participants will learn personal protection techniques for use in potentially hazardous environments.

• • • Course introduction
    • NEW WHMIS 2015
    • Definition of WHMIS
    • Occupational Health and Safety Act
    • Recognizing hazardous materials
    • Hazardous material spills
    • Risk assessment
    • Standard operating procedures
    • Personal protective equipment
    • Decontamination procedures
    • Control of basic hazardous material
    • General toxicology and health effects on humans
    • First aid treatment
    • WHMIS Scenarios

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