ACUTE – Industry Approved Training Provider
ACUTE is an approved by the Ontario Chief Prevention Officer for our Working at Heights Course, and is WWOCS certified (approved by the OWWCO). This article will teach you about ACUTE’s OWWCO, CPO, and BBB approvals. You will also learn the steps a training provider must take to gain approval, and learn why these certifications are so important. If you want to learn more about industry certifications, read below for more information or contact an industry approved training provider today!
OWWCO Approved Trainer
Did you know that ACUTE is an OWWCO approved trainer? The Ontario Wastewater Certification Office (OWWCO) provides course evaluation services to assist the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC).
Certification under OWWCO means that trainers are held to high industry standards and must meet all requirements of Ontario Regulations 128/04 and 129/04.
Steps To Getting OWWCO Approval
The OWWCO lists three main reasons why getting approval is so important for operators:
- It helps ensure the protection of human health
- It helps protect the aquatic environment
- It helps with the efficient operation of the water/wastewater infrastructure
In order to gain OWWCO approval, the applicant must first sign up with the Water and Wastewater Operator Certification System (WWOCS). The WWOCS is an online system that allows operators to apply for certification and change information about their courses.
The operator can then submit an online application for each course to the OWWCO. The OWWCO will only approve courses that deal with and are related to drinking water operators.
Approved courses must:
- Be structured events
- Include clear, documented learning objectives
- Provide verification that the participant learned the material
- Be planned and provided by a qualified trainer
- Include a course evaluation form
- Include a course completion certificate given to all successful participants
Once a course gains approval, they do not stay approved indefinitely. Operators are required to meet specific course requirements and a review is conducted every three years to ensure training quality.
OWWCO Approved Courses at ACUTE
The following is a list of the WWOCS approved courses available at Acute.
Working At Heights
Duration: Full day training course (8 hours).
Description: 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.
Teaches WAH hazards, proper safety measures, ladder safety, rescue plans, and everything
you need to know to safely work at heights.
Overhead Crane (Rigging and Hosting)
Duration: Full day training course (8 hours).
Description: Teaches participants hazard awareness, how to inspect equipment, types of hardware,
and other important safety techniques when working with or around overhead cranes.
Traffic Control
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Teaches participants how to develop an effective and efficient
traffic control plan.
Respiratory Protection and Fit Testing
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Teaches participants the legal and practical requirements for the use of
respiratory protective equipment, such as a supplied air breathing apparatus (SABA), in the workplace.
Spill Response
Duration: Full day training course (8 hours) & Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Participants will be taught practical strategies to both prevent spills and safely
contain spills that occur in the workplace.
Evacuation, Trenching, and Shoring
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Provides participants with an overview of legislative and practical considerations for
safe and legislatively compliant excavation and trenching.
Arc Flash and Electrical Safety
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Aims to make workers aware of the hazards of working on or around live electrical
equipment. Provides information on the measures and procedures that are required when live work is unavoidable.
Confined Space Entry Rescue
Duration: Full day training course (8 hours).
Description: Builds on the content from the Confined Space Entry Awareness course and trains
participants on the safety considerations and how to safely perform a rescue from a confined space.
Due Diligence For Employers and Managers
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Designed for Employers, Managers, Business Owners, Directors, and Officers or anyone
else interested in improving workplace safety culture.
Lock-Out / Tag-out
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Teaches participants the methods and the legislative requirements for hazardous
energy control (Lockout) in the workplace.
Fall Prevention
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Training course aimed at those working at heights in Industrial Establishments,
Mining Operations, Health Care, and Residential Facilities sectors or workplaces other
than Construction Projects.
Transportation of Dangerous Goods
Duration: Full day training course (8 hours).
Description: Training course teaches participants how to ensure that dangerous
goods will be handled, offered for transport, and transported safely.
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Duration: Half day training course (4 hours).
Description: Teaches workers, supervisors and employers relevant information provided
under WHMIS 1988 and 2015 about the safe handling, use, and storage of hazardous materials in the workplace.
Confined Space Entry Awareness
Duration: Full day training course (8 hours).
Description: Teaches participants the skills and training required to recognize confined
space entry risks and how to establish measured and corresponding controls.
Confined Space Entry Awareness Refresher
Duration: Full day training course (8 hours).
Description: Confined Space Entry Awareness refresher course is a light version of the
Confined Space Entry Awareness training, tailored to the work context of the client.
For the latest listings, contact ACUTE today.
CPO Approved Working at Heights Course
ACUTE’s Working at Heights course 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.
Steps To Getting CPO Working at Heights Approval
The MLITSD outlines steps to getting approval for Working at Heights courses in the Training Provider Requirements. To read about all requirements in detail, click here. The following is a summary of MLITSD requirements.
- Legislative and Insurance Requirements: Training providers must comply with relevant workplace legislation, and have all commercial liability or errors and omissions insurance.
- Advance Course Materials: Training providers must include course material outlined by the MLITSD in the Training Provider Requirements.
- Learning Needs: Training providers must ensure that the learning experience of participants meets the requirements set out by the MLITSD.
- Alternative Delivery Modes: Training providers must meet the Working at Heights Training Program Standard for alternative training modes, such as e-learning.
- Program Materials: Training providers must ensure program materials meet MLITSD requirements, such as materials are free of bias, material are legible and of good quality, materials are appropriate for the targeted learners, and more.
- Personal Protective Equipment and Other Equipment: Must ensure all equipment used in training must meet safety standards set out by the MLITSD, including equipment brought in by participants.
- Learning Environment: Training providers must ensure learning environment is a safe, healthy, and accessible, regardless of location.
- Proof of Training Completion: Training providers must provide successful participants and their employers with documentation (complete with all required information outlined by the MLITSD) showing successful completion of the course.
- Proof of Training Completion to CPO: Training providers must provide the CPO with proof of completion of course for all successful learners.
- Support Transfer of Learning: Training providers must evaluate the learner’s successful achievement of learning outcomes in the approved program.
Source: https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/pubs/wah_prov/prov_require.php
Why Approval Matters
An OWWCO approved training provider is held to high standards set by the Ontario government. Knowing that your training provider and the courses you take are approved provides the security and knowledge that you are receiving high-quality, accurate information and instruction. It also ensures that the training you receive will help protect both human health, the environment, and our drinking water.
A CPO approved Working at Heights course is also held to high standards set out by the Ontario government. Approval ensures that training providers meet all the requirements set out above.
Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accreditation
ACUTE is also a BBB Accredited business and has been since 2008. With an A+ rating, the BBB Accreditation demonstrates ACUTE’s good faith efforts to resolve any customer issues, act honestly, honour promises, and build trust with all clients.
Our Mission
ACUTE is dedicated to environmental and workplace safety. ACUTE is striving towards zero incidents in the workplace through proper training conducted by experienced trainers. You can be sure that ACUTE will provide the best training for your team.
With over 100 years of combined experience, a track record of success, and a world class health and safety training center, ACUTE has all the right tools to provide you with the training your team needs.
“For over 20 years, Ron Campbell and the professional team at Acute has helped us develop a continuously improving safety program customized to our unique needs in environmental testing and renewable energy services. We are proud of our safety culture and record supported by Acute training services.”
– Hank, Environmental Consulting Company – Read more testimonials here
Contact ACUTE today for quality training or for more information on our OWWCO approved courses!
