Description
This eLearning course will help Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) fulfill their responsibilities under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and to be an effective workplace role model through the promotion of health and safety. This course was developed through collaboration between the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development and health and safety partners.
This is a starting point for HSRs to begin their training in health and safety. Contact IHSA for more information about additional training and resources to help you in your role as Health and Safety Representative.
Program Content
- occupational health and safety law
- rights, duties, and responsibilities of the workplace parties
- duties and responsibilities of the HSR under the OHSA
- common workplace hazards
- hazard recognition, assessment, control, and evaluation (RACE methodology) of hazard controls
- applying the RACE methodology (recognize, assess, control and evaluate) to a workplace hazard
- health and safety resources available to the workplace parties
Did you know?
Learners will have 2 attempts to complete the final test and must achieve a score of at least 80%.
Navigating the eLearning course:
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Describe the organization and content of the Occupational Health & Safety Act (OHSA) and regulations
- Describe the general duties and responsibilities of workplace parties
- Describe the powers, functions and duties of a health and safety representative (HSR) under the Act
- Identify common workplace health and safety hazards
- Describe the legal requirements of workplace inspections
- Identify the principles for conducting effective workplace inspections
- Describe the legal requirements for investigating accidents by the MOL
- Describe the steps for conducting an effective accident investigation.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate IHSA Record of Training
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- If you wish to purchase eLearning courses for another individual or multiple individuals in your organization, submit an eLearning Purchase Form to customerservice@ihsa.ca.
- The name that will appear on your certificate of completion will be the same as the name of your eLearning account.
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The course is valid for 30 days from the date of purchase.
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