Health & Safety Awareness Training

Ontario’s  new Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Training regulation requires Ontario employers to ensure that workers and supervisors complete a basic occupational health and safety awareness training program.

For workers, the training should include the following:

• Duties and rights of workers under the Act
• Duties of employers and supervisors under the Act
• Roles of health and safety representatives and joint health and safety committees
• The roles of Ministry of Labour,  WSIB and other entities under the Act
• Common workplace hazards
• Requirements under Regulation 860,  WHMIS
• Occupational illness including latency

For supervisors, the training should include the following:

• Duties and rights of workers under the Act
• Duties of employers and supervisors under the Act
• Roles of health and safety representatives and joint health and safety committees
• The roles of Ministry of Labour,  WSIB and other entities under the Act
• How to recognize, assess and control workplace hazards and evaluate those controls
• Sources of information on occupational health and safety

GTA Environmental can provide Health & Safety Awareness training for your workers and supervisors at your workplace.

For training at your workplace, please call our office at 1-877-260-0987 for more information.

Our training sessions include:

• Instructor led session
• Computer assisted presentation
• Ministry of Labour workbook
• Full size training certificates
• Signed class list

Training sessions are 2 to 2.5 hours in duration and we allow time for questions.

For email inquiries, click here,  mark@gtaenvironmental.com.