Occupational Health & Safety Committee Members

Investigating Workplace Violence under Part XX

(Violence Prevention in the Workplace Regulation)

This course will provide participants with the understanding of root cause analysis investigation under Part XX- Preventing Workplace Violence Regulation. Participants will learn the practical “how to” of investigating a workplace violence incident. Topics will include: contributing factors to workplace violence, planning for an investigation, how to conduct an investigation to determine causation, interviewing techniques, and formulating recommendations and report writing.

Canada Labour Code Part II

Crisis Intervention: Recognition & Management of Hostility and Violence

This course is designed to equip the participant with the tools and knowledge to enable them to interact with an individual who may be experiencing a crisis. Individuals in crisis often respond to a sense of helplessness and loss of control through withdrawal, depression, attempted suicide, or overtly through angry outbursts and/or violent attacks.

Fire Wardens

Course participants will learn the functions of Fire Wardens specific to their workplace. Topics covered include inspecting for fire hazards, fire theory, fire plan development, workplace specific evacuation procedures, and use of fire extinguishers. Workplace on-site courses may include an actual hands-on fire safety inspection.

Course duration: 1/2 day

Creating a Respectful Workplace

Employees need to feel good about coming to work each day. A respectful workplace provides that “good feeling” about the workplace as well as contributing to higher productivity from employees. Topics covered in this course include: factors that contribute to a respectful workplace; what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behaviours; and developing strategies to create and/or improve a respectful workplace.

Course duration: 1 day

Confined Space

Whenever there is a confined space at a workplace, all workers should receive Confined Space Training. This course will provide participants with an understanding of what a confined space is, the hazards associated with confined spaces, protective measures required for working safely in and around confined spaces, and the requirement for a Confined Space Program. This course does not replace or eliminate the requirement for employer workplace specific training.

Course duration: 2 day

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Course participants will learn about the various types of PPE most commonly used in workplaces. Included in the course is instruction on safe use of PPE; maintaining PPE; proper selection of PPE; the importance of the use of PPE; and establishing a PPE program. Specialty PPE such as fall protection, fire fighters, etc. is not covered in this course.

Course duration: 1/2 day or 1 day (depends on type of workplace)

Workplace Ergonomics Awareness

This course provides participants with an understanding of the importance of proper ergonomics in the workplace. They will learn how to identify ergonomic hazards and what to do to implement corrective actions to prevent injury.

Course duration: 1 day

Rules/Guidelines/Safe Work Practice/Safe Work Procedure

After conducting a Job Task Analysis, the next step is developing a safe work practice/procedure for the task to control the identified hazards. This course provides instruction on how safe work practices/procedures are written to provide an adequate control for each hazard associated with the particular task. Participants will be given the opportunity to apply what they have learned through writing a safe work practice/procedure for a task of their choosing.

Course duration: 1 day

Lock out / Tag out Awareness

This course is focused on providing all workers with the basic knowledge of what lockout/tag out is, why it is important to workplace safety, and the basis of developing a workplace specific Lockout/Tag out Program. Employers have a responsibility and duty to ensure workers are protected from the unexpected release of energy from equipment during maintenance or service.

Course duration: 1/2 day

Due Diligence

What are you doing as a Manager to ensure you are compliant with Occupational Health and Safety Legislation? This course will provide participants with an understanding of the principle of Due Diligence, what is needed to demonstrate Due Diligence, and why Due Diligence is necessary for a legal defense. The objective of a good OH&S Program is to develop Due Diligence as a workplace standard.

Course duration: 1/2 day

Hazard Recognition

This course focuses on three key elements of an effective Occupational Health and Safety Management System: recognizing, assessing, and controlling hazards. Recognizing hazards, assessing their risk and implementing an effective control before incidents occur keeps workers safe. Components of this course include job task analysis and the hierarchy of controls. The Hazard Recognition course is a natural progression from the Workplace Inspection course as it deals with hazards in a more detailed manner.

Course duration: 1 day

Incident Investigations

The goal of a workplace incident investigation is not to find fault or blame but to find the cause or causes so they can be eliminated or controlled to prevent reoccurrence. Participants in this course learn the practical “how to” of investigating a workplace incident. Topics covered include planning for an investigation; how to conduct an investigation; determining direct, indirect and root cause(s); making corrective recommendations; and report writing.

Course duration: 1 day

Internal Responsibility System

The Internal Responsibility System (IRS) is the cornerstone of the Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act. Primarily, everyone who has any influence on the workplace shares the responsibility of workplace safety.

This course provides discussion on the bases of the IRS; the roles and responsibilities of each of the parties involved from senior level management to front line workers; and how the IRS and an effective Occupational Health and Safety Program go hand in hand.

Course duration: 1/2 day