Health and Safety Representative Basic Training

Health and safety representative Basic Training

A Health and Safety Representative ( HSR ) is required in most workplaces with 6-19 workers. The role of the HSR is to support health and safety in the workplace. Our eLearning basic training program has been developed to help HSRs carry out their duties.

What Topics Will Be Covered?

• Occupational health and safety law;
• Rights, duties and responsibilities of the workplace parties;
• Duties and responsibilities of the HSR under the OHSA;
• Common workplace hazards;
• Hazard recognition, assessment, control, and evaluation (RACE methodology) of hazard controls;
• Applying the RACE methodology (recognize, assess, control and evaluate) to a workplace hazard; and
• Health and safety resources available to the workplace parties.​

Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

• Describe the organization and content of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations.
• Describe the general duties and responsibilities of workplace parties.
• Describe the powers, functions and duties of a health and safety representative (HSR) under the Act.
• Identify common workplace health and safety hazards.
• Describe the legal requirements of workplace inspections.
• Identify the principles for conducting effective workplace inspections.
• Identify the legal requirements for investigating accidents by the MLTSD.
• Describe the steps for conducting an effective accident investigation.

This course is delivered as an on-line e-learning course. All you need is a computer, access to the Internet - and you are ready to go! This e-learning course is designed to help you learn at your own pace and in your own environment at your own convenience. It is best viewed on a computer or tablet. There is no audio. 

Once you successfully pass your course, you will be able to print your certificate which is valid for 36 months (3 years).

This course should take approximately 4 hours to complete.

You must have unique emails for each person being registered for the course - you cannot register multiple people under the same email address

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