SAFE Work Certified - Training Standard

Safety and Health Leadership

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Safety and Health Leadership

1. Scope

TheSAFE Work Certified Standards and Procedures require certifying partners to offer four essential courses to employers:

  • Principles of 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.

These training standards should be read 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 industries. Certifying partners need to effectively demonstrate the requirements outlined in the SAFE Work Certified Standards and Procedures and the SAFE Work Certified Audit Framework and achieve the learning outcomes outlined in the standard.

2. Purpose

The purpose of the Safety and Health Leadership course is to provide those who have charge of a workplace, or authority over a worker, with an understanding of their legal duties and responsibilities pertaining to everyday safety and health functions. It is designed to clarify their role in providing a safe and healthy workplace for workers.

The training is intended for persons who have:

  • charge of a workplace
  • authority over a worker.

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 opportunities for participation, feedback and interaction.
  • Recognize limits of attention span and apply techniques 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 the provincial 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 with Manitobae-Learning Instructional Design Guidelines.

5. Learning Outcomes

5.1 Why Is Safety Important

Content includes:

  • an overview of the importance and reasons for safety in the workplace.
  • an outline of costs associated with safety in the workplace.

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

  • explain the moral, financial and legal reasons for safety
  • differentiate between overt and hidden financial costs associated with unsafe and unhealthy workplaces.

5.2 Legal Requirement

Content includes:

  • an overview of legal framework including: duties and responsibilities, elements of a safety and health program and the structure and function of an internal responsibility system with 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 Canada Labour Code Part II, as applicable
  • reference the legal duties and responsibilities of those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker
  • identify the elements of a safety and health program and the elements that are most pertinent to those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker
  • describe the structure and function of an internal responsibility system
  • identify where those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker fit into the internal responsibility system.

5.3 Hazard Identification and Risk Control

Content includes:

  • an overview of the steps of hazard identification and risk control as it pertains to those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker.

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

  • define the categories of hazards and how they can be identified
  • describe risk and how it can be assessed
  • identify types of hazard controls by referencing the hierarchy of controls
  • apply the steps of hazard identification and risk control as it pertains to those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker.

5.4 Inspections

Content includes:

  • a description of the types of inspections
  • an overview of the components of conducting an inspection.

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

  • differentiate between types and purposes of inspections
  • identify an inspection checklist suitable for their workplaces
  • explain the components of conducting an inspection including: frequency, content, participants, assigning corrective actions and follow-up.

5.5 Investigations

Content includes:

  • a description of the types of investigations
  • an overview of the principles of an investigation and the steps involved in conducting one.

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

  • differentiate between the types and purposes of investigations
  • explain the steps in conducting an investigation including: caring for the injured, securing a scene, reporting an incident, conducting interviews, examining evidence and preparing the report.

5.6 Reporting

Content includes:

  • an overview of the importance and reasons for reporting
  • an outline of what to report and to whom.

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

  • reiterate the importance for reporting
  • describe the reasons for reporting
  • identify what needs to be reported
  • identify who the reporting bodies are
  • apply the reporting requirements.

5.7 Training

Content includes:

  • an overview of the types and the purpose of training
  • a review of vulnerable worker groups and training strategies for each group.

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

  • describe the types and purpose of training
  • explain training delivery styles and check participant understanding for all worker needs, including vulnerable workers such as:
  • young workers
  • workers new to Canada
  • workers with limited literacy
  • aging workers.

5.8 Due Diligence and Culture of Safety

Content includes:

  • an overview of due diligence and how the elements pertain to those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker
  • a description of culture of safety and how those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker play a role in influencing and promoting a positive culture of safety.

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

  • describe what due diligence is
  • identify the elements of due diligence
  • reiterate how to demonstrate due diligence
  • describe positive culture of safety
  • explain the role that those who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker have in a culture of safety.

6. Resource Material

Resource materials should include:

  • copies of the applicable provincial or federal safety legislation, as applicable
  • definitions and/or glossary
  • Iist of resources and supports
  • 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 participants' 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 learning is applied in the development of the safety and health program and when the workplace is audited.
  • 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 may recommend refresher training based on an employer's specific situation/needs.

SWC-014 - 01/2018