How long does safety training take? It depends on the type of course you are taking. Courses can last anywhere from a few hours to several days. Here is a listing of our top safety training courses with how long they last. Click on each course to learn what the training involves.
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How Long Does Safety Training Take?
How long will safety training take? The time will vary for each course
Working at Heights – 8 hours
The ACUTE Working at Heights training is CPO approved and provides theory as well as hands-on practical training and evaluation facilitated by highly skilled and competent instructors.
Theory Module
- 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
- Written evaluation
Practical Module
- 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
- Written evaluation
Working at Heights Refresher – 4 hours
A Working At Heights refresher course must be taken every 3 years in order to remain compliant with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.
Practical Module from Working at Heights
- 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
- Written evaluation
Confined Space Entry Awareness – 8 hours
Confined Space Entry Awareness will familiarize you with the requirements of Ontario Regulation 632/05 – Confined Spaces. It will 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.
Training Topics Covered:
- 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
- Rescue planning
Confined Space Rescue – 8 hours
The Confined Space Rescue program builds on the content of the Confined Space Entry Awareness course to train participants on the safety considerations and how to safely perform rescue from confined space.
Training Topics Covered:
- Regulation 632/05 – Confined Spaces rescue obligations and prohibitions review
- Protection of personnel from hazards within the confined space
- Size-up of existing and potential hazards in confined space emergencies
- Risk assessment
- Hazard control hierarchy
- Evaluation of controls
- Plan and implement a confined space rescue operation
- Management of the physical and psychological challenges in confined spaces
- Rescue types
- Use of victim packaging devices
- Proper lifting techniques
- Use of respiratory protection equipment and when such equipment is required for rescue operations
Elevating Work Platforms – 8 hours
The Elevating Work Platforms (EWP) course will prepare you for the safe use of EWPs. The theory module covers all classes of EWPs, while the practical module covers only the type of EWP used in your workplace.
Transportation of Dangerous Goods – 8 hours
The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Training course will present you with a thorough overview of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulation (TDGR).
Training Topics Covered:
- Definition of the 9 classes of dangerous goods and their associated hazards.
- Shipping names, classes, UN numbers and packing groups for the dangerous goods that are normally encountered on the job.
- Safety marks such as labels and placards that are used to identify the different classes of dangerous goods that are normally encountered on the job.
- Knowledge of the information that must be on a shipping document.
- The requirements regarding mixed loads and the need for segregation of incompatible dangerous goods.
- The proper selection and use of means of containment for the dangerous goods.
- Proper use of all equipment that is used in the handling, offering for transport and/or transportation of dangerous goods.
- What to do if the shipping documents, placards, labels, other safety marks or means of containment seem inadequate or incorrect.
- What constitutes an accidental release and the reporting requirements if an accident happens.
- The requirements regarding mixed loads and the need for segregation of incompatible dangerous goods.
- Emergency Response Assistance Plans (ERAP) requirements if a plan is required.
40 Hour HAZWOPER – 40 hours
The 40-hour HAZWOPER training program covers the requirements of the OSHA HAZWOPER standard (29CFR 1910.120). This standard sets out the minimum training requirements for site workers on hazardous waste sites, environmental remediation and emergency projects in the United States of America.
Training Topics Covered:
- Legislation and standards
- Hazard recognition and communication
- WHMIS 1988-2015
- Toxicology
- Confined spaces
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Hazardous materials spill control and HAZMAT
- Decontamination
- Staging and disposal of contaminated materials
- Excavation and trenching
- Lock-out / Tag-out
- Air quality monitoring
- Health and Safety Plans (HASP) and Emergency Response Plans
- Practical culmination exercises
- Final exam
8 Hour HAZWOPER – 8 hours
Every year after your initial 40-hour HAZWOPER training requirement has been successfully completed, you must update your training. ACUTE’s 8-hour HAZWOPER course meets the requirements outlined in OSHA HAZWOPER standard (29CFR 1910.120) for 8 (eight) hours of annual refresher training.
Joint Health and Safety Committee Part 1 – 24 hours
The Joint Health and Safety Committee Part 1 course is required training for members of a Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC). A 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.
Training Topics Covered:
The Joint Health and Safety Committee Part 1 course involves training in health and safety law, as well as the identification, assessment, and control of hazards.
Standards for this training are set by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. The ministry also certifies JHSC members who complete approved training programs.
Joint Health and Safety Committee Part 2 – 16 hours
Like Part 1, the Joint Health and Safety Committee Part 2 course is required training for JHSC members.
Information About This Training:
You need to complete your JHSC Certification Part 2 within 1 year of completing your JHSC Certification Part 1 training.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act, Subsection 9(12) requires most workplaces with 20 or more workers to have at least one worker and one management person serve as certified members of a workplace Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC).
Workplaces with more than five but less than 20 workers are not usually required to have a JHSC. Instead, workers must select a person from among themselves to be a health and safety representative.
Joint Health and Safety Committee Refresher – 8 hours
If you are a certified member of a JHSC, you are required to take this JHSC refresher course every 3 years in order to continue being recognized as a certified JHSC member.
Information About This Training:
The JHSC Refresher is a one day course that reviews the concepts you learned in Part 1 and Part 2 of the JHSC Certification training.
It will also update you on any changes to the Act, Regulations and relevant health and safety standards.
You will also have an opportunity to share JHSC best practices, and to discuss JHSC challenges and potential resolutions.
Trust ACUTE for the Best Safety Training
ACUTE offers an incredibly wide range of health and safety courses. For a complete list of our courses, click here.
To ensure the highest level of safety in your workplace, contact the experts at ACUTE. When you take your safety training from ACUTE, you will be training with the best in the business.
ACUTE Offers:
A world-class facility with real-life simulators
Highly trained instructors with over 100 years of combined, on-site experience
Locally-based company that has a well-earned reputation for excellence and an impressive track record for success
Wide range of clients from many sectors including manufacturing, construction, health, academic, and government
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm
Saturday – Sunday: Closed
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