Health and Safety for Supervisors in Canada New

Description

As a supervisor in Canada, it is your job to plan and organize work so that it can be done safely. You also play a role in controlling or eliminating hazards. Supervisors monitor work, remind workers to work safely, show them how to work safely and enforce policies and procedures when necessary. In this course, you will learn about your health and safety duties as a supervisor at the workplace. You will also learn that each jurisdiction has their own Acts or regulations, and how to recognize and address hazards to keep your workers safe.

Topics include:

• Health and safety responsibilities as a supervisor
• Working together with employees to prevent injuries and illness
• Identifying different types of workplace hazards
• Managing hazards using the RACE model: Recognize hazards, Assess risks, Control hazards and Evaluate the effectiveness of controls

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Describe the internal responsibility system (IRS) and the responsibilities of the employer, supervisor and worker
• Recognize the role of the supervisor in upholding workers’ three basic rights
• Identify common workplace hazards
• Describe the basic steps in preventing and controlling workplace hazards

Average time to complete this course is approximately one hour.

Target Audience

This course is for supervisors in Canada to learn about their health and safety responsibilities under the Acts or regulations in their jurisdiction.

We also offer a course for workers on this topic: Health and Safety for Workers in Canada.

Prerequisite

None

Certificate of Completion

Upon completion of the course and passing a final, multiple-choice exam, learners will be able to print a certificate of completion.

System Requirements

This course is delivered online. View the minimum system requirements to take this course.

Review Process

CCOHS courses are unique in that they are developed by subject specialists in the field, and reviewed by representatives from labour, employers, and government to ensure the content and approach are unbiased and credible.

VuBiz Partnership

We partnered with Vubiz – an international leader in e-learning development – to host this e-course. Vubiz offers other related e-learning courses that may also be of interest to you. Read about them in the Vubiz Catalogue of e-learning courses.