In our 6th and final chapter in our series on Agribusiness Safety we will outline all the ways the Acute Safety can help you.
Acute Safety and Safety offers high-quality, physically distanced workplace health and safety training including Agribusiness Safety training. We are celebrating our 25th anniversary in 2020. Join the many thousands we have trained over the years. Register here today.
Now let’s take a closer look at all the ways that ACUTE can assist with your Agribusiness Safety implementation and training.
Here are links to all the chapters in the series:
Chapter 1: Personal Protective Equipment
Chapter 2: Guidelines For Use of Chemicals
Chapter 3: Operating Machinery
Chapter 4: Preventing Fires
Chapter 5: Tips for Buildings and Structures
Chapter 6: How ACUTE Can Help
Discover the many ways that ACUTE can help you with your Agribusiness Safety
Agribusiness Safety: Who Is It For?
If you run or work in an Agribusiness, then it’s important to make sure you understand and follow Agribusiness safety guidelines outlined by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Agribusinesses include businesses such as:
- Farms
- Companies involved in AgroSciences
- Animal Feed companies
- Biofuel companies
- Grain transport and processing companies
- Farm machinery producers
- Farmer’s cooperatives
Read on to learn more about how Acute Safety & Safety Services can help you comply with these guidelines.
ACUTE Can Help You Identify What You Must do to Meet Your Legal Obligations for Agribusiness Safety
If you have paid workers for your Agribusiness, then your workers are protected under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Health and Safety Farming Regulations. From time to time you will receive a visit from an inspector whose job it is to make sure that your Agribusiness is complying with Ministry guidelines.
When a Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development inspector visits a farming operation, they will be checking to make sure that the minimum safety procedures and requirements in the Occupational Health and Safety Act are being followed. One of the key things that they are looking for is appropriate worker training.
They will look for things such as the safe storage and handling of all the chemicals on-site, that the buildings and structures are free from trip, slip, and fall hazards, and that the workers are properly trained in the operation of machinery and the handling of livestock.
ACUTE has has over 100 years of combined health and safety training experience, on-site safety services experience, and consulting services experience. That is why we can help make sure that your Agribusiness meets its legal obligations. We are very familiar with what is required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act and we can show you how you can be best prepared for Ministry inspections and to make sure that your workers are always safe.
The following video will show you what a proactive inspection of the Agribusiness Safety of your farm would involve.
Agribusiness Safety: Inspectors from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development will verify that your workers are properly trained
ACUTE Can Help you Establish Your Required Training Programs for Agribusiness Safety
If you need to get training for yourself or your workers, Acute Safety Services can help. We can provide you with the proper training for your employees. We can customize a course to meet the needs or your particular Agribusiness and we can perform physically distanced training either at our world-class training facility or we can come to your place of business; whichever your prefer. Contact us today to learn more.
ACUTE offers a wide range of training courses that you can either take at our Waterloo, Ontario training facility or we can come to your location and provide the training you require at OABA preferred pricing.
The following is a list of some of the training courses that we provide, however if you prefer, we can also develop customized training for you that is based on your particular needs as an OABA member. And we provide physical distanced training to keep you and your employees safe.
Confined Space Entry-(attendant/entrant 8 hours)
Confined Space Rescue-(non-entry/entry 8 hours)
Working at Heights-(8 hours)
Elevated Work Platform-(scissor/boom 8 hours)
Forklift-(8 hours)
Telehandler-(8 hours)
Overhead Crane-(8hrs)
Spill Response-(8 hours)
Transportation of Dangerous Goods-(8 hours)
Lockout/Tagout Awareness-(4 hours)
Personnel Protective Equipment-(PPE4hours)
Canada Labour Code Part 2-(4 hours)
Supervisory Due Diligence-(4hours)
Machine Guarding Safety-(4 hours)
Occupational Health & Safety Act & Regulations-(4hours)
Confined Space for Management (never go into confined space – 4hrs)
WHMIS 2015 GHS-(2 hours)
Agribusiness Safety: ACUTE can give you and your staff the physically distanced training you need to stay safe
In confined areas where your staff need to work, if they are working at high elevations, and when they are working with chemicals inside structures, it is important that they receive the proper training that will keep them safe. Here are a sample of some of the key training courses that would help to ensure Agribusiness Safety at your workplace.
ACUTE’s Working at Heights training program has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development’s Working at Heights Training Program Standard and the Working at Heights Training Provider Standard. The ACUTE Working at Heights training provides theory and hands on practical training and evaluation facilitated by highly skilled and competent instructors. Training program topics include:
Working at Heights: Theory Module 3hr
- Working at Heights [WAH] and legislation
- WAH hazards
- Safe Work Plans & assessing and controlling WAH hazards
- The hierarchy of controls – application to WAH
- Fall prevention strategies and systems
- Fall protection systems
- Ladder safety
Working at Heights: Practical Module – 3.5hr
- Fall prevention / protection system requirements and limitations
- A-B-C component selection, inspection, use
- Harness inspection and fitting exercise & evaluation
- Lanyard inspection exercise and evaluation
- Travel restraint, fall arrest set-up exercise & evaluation
- 100% tie-off exercise and evaluation
- Ladders, scaffolds and elevating work platforms
- Rescue plan – components and purpose
- Safe work strategies and safe anchor exercise
This training program will familiarize a participant with the requirements of Ontario Regulation 632/05 – Confined Spaces. It is intended to provide entrants, attendants and competent persons the skills and training required to recognize confined space entry risks and how to establish measured and corresponding controls. You will have the opportunity to inspect and use Confined Space Entry (CSE) access equipment and air quality instrumentation. Training program topics include:
Confined Spaces Training: 1 Day – 8 hrs
- Confined space entry accidents
- Regulation 632/05 – Confined Spaces overview
- Statutory and regulatory responsibilities
- Confined space documents
- Recognizing confined space entry hazards
- Assessing risk
- Controlling hazards
- Evaluating Control Measures
- Air Quality Monitoring
- Ventilation and purging
- Lock-out/Tag-out and Rescue planning
You will learn by:
- Classroom interaction with experienced instructors
- Performing hazard assessment and applying appropriate control measures
- Demonstration and hands-on training in the inspection, care and use of personal protective and rescue equipment
- Detailed handouts, videos and quizzes
This training program will cover the legislative requirements and measures of spill reporting and cleanup. Participants will be taught practical strategies to both prevent and safely contain spills that occur in the workplace. Training programs are routinely customized to reflect client sites and products. Training program topics include:
- Spill law and regulations: Ontario Environmental Protection Act
- Defining a reportable spill and reporting requirements
- Creating a safe spill response plan
- Recognize hazards
- Assessing Risk
- Controlling Risk
- Personal Protective Equipment selection
- Evaluating Controls
- Sorbents and cleanup materials
- Containment materials and strategies
- 8 safe and practical steps for spill response
- How to properly dispose of spent spill materials
A Joint Health and Safety Committees (JHSC) is a committee of at least two persons, who represent the workers and the employer at a workplace. Their primary role is to identify workplace health and safety problems and bring them to the attention of the employer. This certification involves training in health and safety law, and the identification, assessment, and control of hazards.
Section 9 of OHSA requires a JHSC at:
- Any workplace that regularly employs 20 or more workers;
- Construction projects expected to last three months or longer with 20 or more workers;
- Any workplace (other than a construction project) to which a designated substance regulation applies;
- Any workplace where an order has been issued under OHSA section 33, dealing with toxic substances; and
- Any workplace where the Minister of Labour orders one to be established.
Our safety training sessions include both in-class theory and practical hands-on training. We will also supply you with the training guide, quiz, various visual aids, certificates of training, and wallet cards.
ACUTE Can Assist You in Program Implementation and Maintenance for Agraibusiness Safety
ACUTE can help you take the worry out of your Agribusiness Safety program implementation and maintenance. We specialize in this type training and program implementation so we can advise you on what you need to do and we can help you put it into place. We understand what is required to keep your workplace safe, so you don’t have to figure it out yourself and at a price that you can afford.
Are You an OABA Member? Contact ACUTE for Preferred Pricing and Training
If you are a member of the Ontario Agri Business Association (OABA) then you can contact Acute Safety & Safety Services to provide you with the training that you need to meet your obligations set out in federal and provincial health and safety legislation.
OABA has partnered with ACUTE to give its member access to the expanded resources and training services that ACUTE can provide you to ensure your success with the health and safety compliance programs. In addition, ACUTE will give preferred pricing to all OABA members. Make sure that you contact the ACUTE office prior to registration to take advantages of this preferred pricing.
To book safety services including training, inspection, audit, and consulting, you can contact Rob McManus at Acute Safety & Safety Services either:
By Phone: 519-747-5075 or
By Email: mcmanus@acuteservices.com
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Trust ACUTE for the Best Agribusiness Safety Training
ACUTE’s experienced team members have been serving safety professionals for over 20 years. You can trust ACUTE for hands-on, practical Agribusiness Safety training to keep your employees safe. ACUTE is dedicated to workplace safety and understands the importance of course and training provider approval. Why get workplace safety training with ACUTE? Here are just some of the benefits of working with ACUTE.
- Open Door Instructor-Student Partnership – ACUTE’s training services emphasize client participation. Staff foster relationships with clients and serve as a touchstone for advice anytime moving forward.
- Serving Your Team and Industry – With a vast array of clients in manufacturing, construction, health, academic, and government sectors, ACUTE brings the best safety practices from across the spectrum to your workplace.
- 100 Years Combined Experience – ACUTE provides comprehensive health and safety training, on-site safety services, and consulting services. With over 100 years of combined experience, our company staff offer more than theoretical or abstract ideas. ACUTE offers solutions.
- Track Record of Success – ACUTE is rated 4.9/5 stars on Google reviews, demonstrating a commitment to our clients, quality, and passion for training.
“Fantastic courses run by great instructors. Patrick is fantastic at what he does.“
