Health & Safety Awareness Training

Ontario’s 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, 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 2.5 hours in duration, and allow time for questions.

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