SD23 Health and Safety
WorkSafeBC Safety Committee Courses
We have five certified WorkSafeBC online courses as well as WHMIS. These courses are self paced and can be accessed anywhere at anytime. They combine audio, video, worksheets, images, and text to help employers and employees successfully meet the requirements of Part 135 of the Workers’ Compensation Act for Safety Committee educational leave. |
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The six courses offered are:
Joint H&S Committee Training aims at helping participants to identify and interpret joint health and safety committee members' functions and duties and to carry out their responsibilities to promote workplace health and safety
Supervisor Safety Management aims at helping supervisors to exercise due diligence and to carry out their responsibilities for creating and maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
Preventing Workplace Violence aims at providing employers and workers with tools to reduce workplace violence, which has increasingly become a concern within a number of occupational sectors.
Preventing & Investigating MSI aims at providing employers and workers with the knowledge and tools to prevent musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) and to conduct investigations into and MSI.
Hazard Recognition and Control aims at helping participants to identify hazards and apply effective strategies to control them in their workplace.
WHMIS Training aims at providing participants with the generalized information on how to identify workplace chemicals and using the Material Safety Data Sheets.
There is no cost to take a course and you may take as many as you want. To obtain certification you must write the final exam at the end of each course. At this point you will be directed from within the course to Request Certificate. If you are an SD#23 employee there is no charge. For employees and employers outside our district you will be charged an administrative fee per person per course. Contact information below.
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For information contact: Ken Emmons, District Health & Safety Manager, School District Number 23 (Central Okanagan) at 250-470-3219 or e-mail at kemmons@sd23.bc.ca
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