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Course Description:
Certification
training is the law. The 1990 amendments to the Occupational
Health and Safety Act require virtually all provincially regulated
Ontario workplaces with 20 or more employees to establish joint
health and safety committees. At least two committee members,
one representing the employer and one representing the workers,
must be certified through a special health and safety training
program. On construction sites, certified members are required
where the construction project is expected to last at least
three months and 50 or more workers are regularly employed.
(Farming operations, federally regulated workplaces, and workplaces
with fewer than 20 workers are exempt from certification training.)
Certification
benefits employers. Training leads to fewer work-related injuries
and illnesses as well as increased cooperation in the workplace.
This could mean less time lost to absenteeism, lower compensation
costs, higher morale and greater productivity.
Certification
benefits workers. Employees not only gain a better understanding
of their rights and responsibilities when it comes to health
and safety, they benefit from a decreased risk of accident,
illness and injury in the workplace.
The intent
of the law is to strengthen the internal responsibility system,
by giving members of joint health and safety committee's greater
knowledge with which to carry out their responsibilities.
Copies of the
Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations and guides
are available from the Ontario Government Bookstore, (416)
326-5320.
- Health
and Safety Law (Occupational Health and Safety Act and
Industrial Regulations)
- Recognizing,
assessing and controlling safety hazards
- Recognizing,
assessing and controlling health hazards
- Joint
Health and Safety Committees and Certified members
- Workplace
inspections
- Accident
investigation
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