|
Download Course Outlines - PDF
For more information, or to register for a course,
contact the Safety Education Unit at (867) 920-3841, or toll free at 1-800-661-0792, or
email us at:
Programs offered by the
Safety Education Unit emphasize the need for and the benefits of safe working practices. All programs are offered at no cost to employers
and workers.
Claims Management for Employers
Through early medical
intervention, early return to work programs and open communication, employers can minimize
accident costs and take steps to reduce accidents in the future. This program is designed to identify the steps
employers can take to manage their workers' claims.
Objectives: What is Claims Management? Why is it important? What are employers'
responsibilities? To help understand claims costs, human costs, hidden
costs, principles for successful claims management, responsibilities
of the injured worker, the supervisor and the claims manager, the
return to work and commitment to early intervention.
Top of Page
Safety Management
A safety program
provides a systematic, organized approach to reducing the human and financial costs of
accidents.
The Safety Management
program is designed to help employers develop their own safety program and/or manual. It looks at safety policies, hazard assessments,
safe work practices, job procedures, personal protective equipment, maintenance programs,
training, safety meetings, inspections, emergency preparedness, records and
statistics.
Objectives: To develop, implement and audit a health and safety program.
Top of Page
Safety Awareness
Changing the assumption
"accidents just happen" to
"accidents are preventable" is the beginning of a general safety awareness.
The Safety Awareness
program is designed to inform the worker, supervisor and employer of their rights and
responsibilities for a safe working environment. It
will assist them in developing the skills and knowledge necessary to
recognize and correct potential workplace hazards.
Objectives: Safety the Attitude, History and Function of the Workers' Compensation
Board, Legislation, Personal Protective Equipment, Noise and Hearing
Loss, Eye Safety and Respiratory Protection.
Top of Page
Incident and Accident Investigation
The first step to
preventing the recurrence of an accident is to identify its cause.
This program will teach
investigators how to perform a thorough and complete investigation.
Objectives: What incident, accident, illness, loss and near misses mean within a
safety context; why incident investigations are done; the basic causes
of incidents; when incident investigations should be done; what the
legal requirements are for incident investigations; who should be
involved in an incident investigation and what they should be doing;
how to do an incident investigation, including the preparation,
planning, observation, interviewing, analysis and reporting of
findings.
Top of Page
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Committees
An OH&S Committee
is an integral part of an employer's efforts to meet his/her legal
obligation to provide a safe workplace.
This program will
outline the steps needed to create and maintain an active and effective OH&S
Committee.
Objectives: What health and safety committees do, their benefits and pitfalls,
their structure, how they operate, tips and techniques, suggestions
and guidelines for committee activities.
Top of Page
Workplace
Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Learn the three parts
of the WHMIS program: labels, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and Worker Education. This
is a generic course suitable for all employers and employees. This
course does not replace worksite specific training.
Objectives: Labels, Material Safety Data Sheets and worker education.
Top of Page
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Instructor
The Northwest
Territories and Nunavut Safety Act & Regulations stipulate that employers
must train their workers to safely handle hazardous materials.
This program helps
employers fulfill their obligation under the Acts by training a
workplace trainer to train fellow workers in site-specific controlled
product handling.
Objectives: To develop, implement and train workers for site-specific training.
Top of Page
Artist/Carver Safety Awareness
The
more artists and carvers use modern tools and materials in their
craft, the greater the need for safety.
Objectives: History of workers' compensation, personal optional coverage, Safety
as an Attitude, Safety as an Example, Personal Protective Equipment,
quarry safety and tool safety.
Top of Page
Ergonomics
Program
Learn
to recognize repetitive strain injuries, carpal tunnel, tendonitis,
sprains, strains, etc. Identify and control or eliminate job demands
that lead to repetitive strain injuries through the practical
application of design/redesign principles, to workplace components.
Objectives: To understand repetitive strain injuries (RSI), identify work
activities that may result in RSI, identify job demands that lead to
RSI, understand the importance of good workplace design (ergonomics),
identify basic design and redesign principles and develop solutions
for workplace components based on ergonomic principles.
Top of Page
Indoor Air Quality
The
importance of a comfortable, healthy and productive indoor environment
is becoming more evident and office workers have increased their
expectations and demands for good indoor air quality. Air quality
issues are no longer confined to industries that have been
traditionally associated with dirty and unhealthy workplaces.
Objectives: To increase the
participant's awareness of the issues and complexity involved in
indoor air quality. Provide general information on the scope of the
issues. Provide information to help participants eliminate or avoid
potential indoor air quality problems.
Top of Page
Internal
Responsibility and Due Diligence
The purpose of this course is to
enable all participants to come away with a clear understanding of the
IRS, Due Diligence and how they affect each and every person in the
workplace throughout the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. By
increasing the awareness and knowledge of the Internal Responsibility
System and Due Diligence as they apply to all workplaces, all
employers and workers will be better prepared to meet the challenges
of regulatory compliance for Occupational Health and Safety in their
workplace.
Top of Page
Managing
Safety
A brief overview of
Occupational Health & Safety
Committees, the elements of a safety program and a description of the Workers'
Compensation Board programs.
Objectives: To increase the participant's awareness of the importance of having a
safety program and functioning OH&S Committee.
Top of Page
|
