Principles of Workplace Safety and Health Management

Principles of Workplace Safety and Health Management

SAFE Work Certified

Training Standard

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Principles of Workplace Safety and Health Management

1.Scope

The SAFE Work Certified Standards and Proceduresrequire certifying partners to offer four essential courses to employers:

  • Principles of Workplace Safety and Health Management
  • Safety and Health Leadership
  • Auditing for Certification (Maintenance Auditors)
  • Worker Participation in Safety and Health Certification

To be authorized as a certifying partner, industry-based safety programs and/or associations (IBSPs) must meet the training standards for each of these courses.

The training standards should be used in conjunction with applicable safety and health legislation, the SAFE Work Certified Standards and Procedures and the SAFE Work Certified Audit Framework.

The format and structure of the training may vary and may be customized by certifying partners to address the specific needs of their industry. Certifying partners need to effectively demonstrate the requirements outlined in the SAFE Work Certified Standards and Proceduresand theSAFE Work Certified Audit Frameworkand achieve the learning outcomes outlined in the standard.

2. Purpose

The purpose of the Principles of Workplace Safety and Health Management course is to provide an introduction to the principles, benefits and framework for a workplacesafety and health program required to develop safety excellence. It is designed to support the consistent and quality training for employers and workers in the development of workplace safety and health management systems.

The training is intended for:

  • senior management
  • persons accountable for, and who have authority over safety and health in the workplace
  • persons responsible for conducting maintenance audits.

3. Design

The training program must meet the following criteria:

  • Compliance with adult learning principles:
  • Ensure learners know why they need to learn specific content, its relevance to them and their workplaces.
  • Relate learning to training participants’ own experience in situations that simulate actual application in the workplace.
  • Challenge and/or engage training participants using a variety of activities that allow opportunity for participation, feedback and interaction.
  • recognize limits of attention span and applytechniques to address the various ways that adults learn
  • use realistic activities and tools to support transfer of learning to the workplace.
  • Language and literacy level appropriate for learners.
  • Content that is accurate and current, and also references and verifies all legal and technical information.
  • Uses a variety of teaching aids such as audio-visuals, manuals, case-studies, as well as oral and written exercises.
  • Content that is tied to the services and support offered by the certifying partner.
  • Consistency with theprovincial and federal legal requirements, SAFE Work Certified Standards and Procedures and SAFE Work Certified Audit Framework.

4. Delivery

The training program must meet the following criteria:

  • In-class, instructor-led training.
  • Where in-class training is not possible, at the determination of the certifying partner, on-line training or blended training may be provided which is consistent withManitoba's e-Learning Instructional Design Guidelines.

5. Learning Outcomes

5.1 Legal Requirement

Content includes:

  • An overview of legal framework includinggeneral duties/responsibilities and requirements for a programwith reference to statutory, regulatory, and criminal law.

At the end of this module learners will be able to:

  • use and identify parts in the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation and/or the Canada Labour Code Part II, as applicable
  • demonstrate how legal duties and responsibilities applicable to a programrelate to the scope of their legal duties and responsibilities.

5.2Workplace Safety and Health Management System

Content includes:

  • a review of common terms
  • a description of a safety and health management system
  • the distinction between a safety and health program and a safety and health management system.
  • a description of legal, financial and social/health benefits and consequences
  • a description of the certification processand requirements.

At the end of this module learners will be able to:

  • define general terms associated with the principles of safety and health management
  • explain what a safety and health management system is and how this is different from a safety and health program
  • explain the certification process and be able toidentify where their companies currently reside on the path to certification
  • articulate the legal, financial and moral(social/health) benefits and risks of having or not having an effective safety and health management system.

5.3Safety andHealth Program Components

Content includes:

The certifying partner will outline and communicate industry specific elements (as determined by the certifying partner)that are required for a safety and health programwhichmeet the minimum components of SAFE Work Certified, as outlined in the SAFE Work Certified Standard and Proceduresand SAFE Work Certified Audit Framework.

Leadership commitment - Essentials and measures:

  • Leadership commitment
  • Evaluation and continuous improvement
  • Safety is communicated and demonstrated
  • Roles and responsibilities

Hazard identification and risk control - Essentials and measures:

  • Hazard identification, assessment and control
  • Emergency management
  • Contracted work and other people in the workplace
  • Safety and health orientation and training
  • Inspections
  • Incident reporting and investigation

Worker participation - Essentials and measures

  • Worker rights and responsibilities
  • Workplace safety and health committees and worker safety and health

representatives

  • Protecting vulnerable workers
  • Safety climate

At the end of this module learners will be able to:

  • articulate and apply the identified elements of a workplace safety and health program and the underlying principles as outlined by the Certifying partner
  • determine what requirements from each element their organization currently has, requires improvement and/orismissing
  • break down each element into manageable steps for developing and implementing a safety and health program.

5.3Implementing the Program

Content includes:

  • ideas and methods on how to begin development and implementation of a safety and health program inthe workplace.

At the end of this module learners will be able to:

  • break down the requirements of a safety and health program and determine what/how these apply to theirworkplaces
  • interpret and share knowledge of the safety and health program requirements, as it applies to their workplaces
  • conclude that building and implementing a safety and health program is a process with many steps, which requires considerable effort, time, commitment and participation from all levels within an organization to implement
  • formulate an initial plan to implement a safety and health program.

5.4 Resourcesand Supports

Content includes:

  • self-assessment
  • information on resources and support offered/identified by the certifying partnerand others.

At the end of this module learners will be able to:

  • identify the services of the certifying partner and other tools, training, resources and service providers which can support implementing a safety and health program.

5.5 Key Concepts

Content includes:

  • the concept of the continuous improvement cycle and how this is relevant to an effective safety and health management system
  • a review of concepts of culture of safety and safety climate
  • an overview of how attitudes, values and perceptions can help or hinder improving safety and ways to foster a positive culture.

At the end of this module learners will be able to:

  • articulate the continuous improvement cycle and where their workplaces are in the cycle
  • describe general culture in the workplace and identify ways to foster a positive culture
  • apply the concepts of culture and continuous improvement into building an improvement plan.

6. Resource Material

Resource materials should include:

  • copies of provincial or federal safety legislation, as applicable
  • definitions and/or glossary
  • resources and supports list
  • information on each of the required elements for a safety and health program, including access to electronic web-based tools and resources
  • self-assessment template
  • work plan template for developing a safety and health program.

7. Trainer Qualifications

Trainers must have:

  • experience delivering training, as well as knowledge of adult education principles
  • knowledge, training and competency relevant to the subject matter.

8. Evaluation

Evaluation of the training includes consideration of:

  • Reaction - An evaluation form will be provided to participants for their reaction, feedback and suggestions regarding the course content and instructor delivery.
  • Learning - The training program will include methods to evaluate the participant's immediate learning using a variety of evaluation methods available to the instructor and/or evaluator, which are appropriate to the learning outcomes including:
  • open discussion
  • group discussion
  • questions and answers
  • where applicable, written and/or oral tests.
  • Behaviour - Learning will be further evaluated based on how the learning is applied in the development of the safety and health program and through the audit.
  • Results - The training program will be reviewed and updated as part of the certifying partner's own quality assurance programming and in the context of the certifying partner's goals.

9. Validation / Refresher Requirements

Refresher training may be recommended following an audit and/or as part of an audit action plan.The certifying partner mayrecommend refresher training based on an employer's specific situation/needs.

SWC-013 - 01/2018

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