Health & Safety for Managers & Supervisors in Canada

This Health & Safety for Managers & Supervisors in Canada online training course explores safeguarding the health and safety of employees in the workplace. Through this 15-module course, supervisors and managers will learn about the health and safety requirements for their workplace and how to develop a program around it. They will also learn about common hazards and injuries that plague many workplaces and workers as well as some that are specialized, such as hazards of working with chemicals.

Further into this course, supervisors and managers will learn more about identifying hazards, assessing risks, controlling risks, and conducting investigations in case of an incident.

This course concludes with insight into how managers and supervisors can devise a response plan for emergencies, keeping them alert and prepared for any adverse events that might take place.

Course Learning Objectives

By taking this online Health & Safety for Managers & Supervisors in Canada course, the user will learn about:

• The internal responsibility system and the concept of due diligence that underpin OHS legislation in Canada
• The requirements and procedures to prevent health and safety issues
• Advisory groups within organizations that help address health and safety issues
• The ways workplace hazards are classified
• The Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• Ergonomic injuries which are collectively referred to as Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs)
• Noise and hearing
• Harassment and violence in the workplace
• Mental health in the workplace
• Learning to identify hazards and assessing risks in the workplace
• Controlling hazards at the worker by using personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Preventing incidents by conducting regularly scheduled workplace inspections
• Investigating an occurrence, condition, or situation that caused a health and safety issue
• Workplace fires
• Identifying and assessing potential emergencies and a plan to respond to them

Course Outline

This online Health & Safety for Managers & Supervisors in Canada course is made up of the following sections:

1. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Legislation
2. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Program Development
3. Joint Health and Safety Committees
4. Health and Safety Hazards in the Workplace
5. Hazardous Materials (WHMIS)
6. Ergonomics & WMSDs
7. Workplace Noise and Hearing Loss
8. Harassment and Violence
9. Mental Health and the Workplace
10. Identifying Hazards and Assessing Risks
11. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
12. Conducting Workplace Inspections
13. Incident Investigation
14. Fire Prevention
15. Emergency Preparedness

Course Audience

This Health & Safety for Managers & Supervisors in Canada online training course was designed for employees in managerial and supervisory positions.

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