If you work as a supervisor or have supervisors who work for you, here is what you need to know about Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness training. Click on each section to learn more:
- Who Needs to Take Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training?
- When Do You Need to Take This Training?
- Why Is Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training Important?
- What Topics Must Your Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training Include?
- Record of Training Requirements
- Where You Can Get Your Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training
If you need to take this training, contact us.
Please note: This guide does not replace the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and its regulations, and should not be used as or considered legal advice.
Learn about the regulations surrounding Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training
Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training
1. Who Needs to Take Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training?
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, employers need to make sure that any supervisors that work for you must complete a basic occupational health and safety awareness training program. This training needs to meet the requirements that are set out in subsection 3 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
This type of training is extremely helpful for the following individuals:
- Supervisors
- Foremen
- Lead hands
- New hires who are starting in supervisory positions
Supervisors need to take basic health and safety training
2. When Do You Need to Take This Training?
You need to take your Occupational Health and Safety Awareness training within one week of performing your work as a supervisor. If you previously completed this training for a different employer, you need to show your employer proof that you have completed it. Your new employer needs to verify that your previous training meets the requirements set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Act subsection (3).
3. Why Is Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training Important?
Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training is important not only because it is a legal requirement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, but it will also prepare you for your critical role as a supervisor in your workplace. It will help you be more competent with your responsibility of making sure that every reasonable precaution has been taken to keep your workers safe.
Your training will help you become a more competent supervisor
4. What Topics Must Your Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training Include?
The course that you take must include the following training topics:
- An explanation of the duties and rights of workers under the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- An explanation of the duties of employers and supervisory under the Act
- What the roles are for joint health and safety committees as well as health and safety representatives
- What the roles are with respect to occupational health and safety for the following: the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and entities designated under section 22.5 of the Act
- How you can recognize, assess and control workplace hazards and how you can evaluate those controls
- “Sources of information on occupational health and safety. O. Reg. 297/13, s. 2 (3)”
Your training needs to cover the topics set out by the Act
5. Record of Training Requirements
As an employer, you are required to keep a record of the basic occupational health and safety awareness training that both your workers and supervisors have completed. If one of your workers or supervisors has completed this type of training program, then you need to provide them with written proof of their training if they request it.
If one of your supervisors is exempt from training under one of the exemptions of the Act, then you must also provide them with written proof of the exemption if they ask for it. Employers must also provide written proof of completion of training for up to six months after a worker or supervisor is no longer working for you if they request it.
Your employer needs to keep a written record of your training
6. Where You Can Get Your Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness Training
ACUTE offers Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness training that meets the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. It is a 4 hour course that you can either take at our world class training facility or we can conduct the training at your facility.
You can choose the best option for your situation. There are some advantages to both approaches. By completing your training on-site we can save your staff travel time. By completing your training at our facility you can benefit from our spacious training room, our state of the art hands on training space and full use of our break room.
During training, you will cover the following topics:
- The Internal Responsibility System / Due Diligence
- The duties and rights of workers under the OHSA
- The duties of employers and supervisors under the Act
- The roles of health and safety representatives and joint health and safety committees under the Act
- The work refusal process
- The roles of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and entities designated under section 22.5 of the Act with respect to occupational health and safety
- How to recognize, assess and control workplace hazards, and evaluate those controls
- Sources of information on occupational health and safety
Our program includes:
- Classroom interaction with experienced instructors
- Overview of the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Exercises to help increase learning
- Detailed handouts and quizzes
You can take your training at our facility or at yours
Trust ACUTE for All Your Health and Safety Training
Hands-on, practical training is the best way to keep employers and workers safe in the workplace! 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 offers more than theoretical or abstract ideas. ACUTE offers solutions!
- Track Record of Success – ACUTE has rated 4.9/5 stars on Google reviews, demonstrating a commitment to our clients, quality, and passion for training.
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