Provincial H&S Committee Manitoba, OLE

Description The Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training will provide you with the knowledge to help develop, implement, and monitor workplace health and safety programs. By identifying problems and bringing them to your employer’s attention, committees provide workers with greater protection against work-related injury, illness, and death. This course will also help you and your employer to work together and view health and safety concerns from different viewpoints to make sure everything possible is done to protect workers. The Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training Will Teach You: About the internal responsibility system How to locate information about health and safety law The roles and responsibilities of health and safety committee members The Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training Objectives Every effort will be made to ensure the objectives of the course will appeal to the most diverse audience possible. Given the right information, you will be able to put into practice the various learning objectives we will discuss in this course. At the conclusion of this course, you will know: About the internal responsibility system Health and safety law About health and safety committees Health and safety hazards Hazard identification and control measures About workplace inspections About incident investigations Who should take Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Committee Training? Health and safety committee members Course Outline nternal Responsibility System Workplace partnership Everyone involved Identify and resolve OHS issues Responsibilities Three C’s External responsibility system Manitoba Health and Safety Law Canada health and safety law Worker rights Employer’s general duty Manitoba Health and safety law Rights and responsibilities Health and safety committees Inspections/Investigations Prevention program Work refusal Penalties Workplace Safety and Health Committee Role and responsibilities Terms of reference Communication Effective meetings Successful committees Health and Safety Hazards Health Hazards Safety Hazards Hazard Identification and Control Recognize health and safety hazards Assess likelihood and severity of loss Control: Source, Path, Worker Evaluate Workplace Inspections Pre-inspection activity Conducting an inspection Post-inspection activity Incident Investigation Definitions Incident trends and costs Responsibilities Investigation steps