/ Tri-Hi Pressure Ltd. / SECTION 05
TRAINING & COMMUNICATION / Created
Revision Date
Revision No. / Jan 2015
Jan 2016
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TRAINING POLICY

Tri-Hi Pressure Ltd. shall provide such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to protect the health and safety of its employee and contractors and to protect the environment. The type of training depends on: the nature of the job; previous work or job experience; age (training needs of a young worker entering the workforce for the first time will be different from those of an older person re-entering the workforce), and previous training within the company. An approved training agency provides the first aid training to candidates for a certificate in emergency first aid, standard first aid or advanced first aid.

Employees shall be provided with adequate and timely health and safety training: 1) on joining the company 2) when risks employees are faced with are increased due to a change in the task, changing responsibilities, equipment, technology, policies and produces 3) to meet local, provincial or national regulatory requirements 4) to meet customer training request. Management shall receive sufficient information and training to ensure the following:

  • Adherence to legal requirements, company policies and agreed systems to work.
  • Effective supervision of employees and working activities with effective two-way communication
  • Selection of suitable operations for workers and identification of areas of weakness
  • Discipline including ensuring that suitable action if taken against those who consistently fail to comply with health, safety and environment requirements.
  • Awareness of how and when to obtain further advice and assistance, awareness of their own limitations in experience and knowledge and awareness of local, provincial or national requirements.
  • A worker who successfully completes the training by an approved training agency must meet the standards for a certificate in emergency first aid, standard first aid or advanced first aid that are adopted by the Director of Medical Services in consultation with the Joint First Aid Training Standards Board.

It is the responsibility of the Management to ensure adequate resources are made available to provide their employees (and other relevant third parties) with suitable and sufficient training to enable them to work in a healthy, safe manner while protecting the environment.

It is the responsibility of the Safety Supervisor to plan and administer the formal program, coordinate and provide and monitor the training required.

It is the responsibility of all employees to actively participate in all required health, safety and environment training provided.

Employees’ training must enable them to understand the requirements and demands of their work and the arrangements for ensuing their health and safety and the protection of the environment. They need to know how to implement these arrangements and to who to report problems or request assistance. New employees are more vulnerable than employees with one or more years of service. Orientation training is necessary for all new hires to familiarize them with the safety customs, to prevent accidents and to meet with corporate requirements.

An employer or prime contractor ensure that first aid services, first aid equipment, supplies and the first aid room required by this Code are located at or near the work site they are intended to serve, and available and accessible during all working hours

Training is documented and recorded in individual employee files.

ORIENTATION TRAINIING

All new employees and contractors will complete an orientation on their first day of employment. Training includes; functions of management, reporting structures, standard operating policies and procedures, reporting health and safety hazards, job-specific training, safe working practices, procedures and precautions and applicable controls.

BENEFITS

  • Makes the employee aware of the health and safety hazards of the job, how these are controlled and how they affect his or her safety and that of others.
  • Helps to reduce the high-risk potential of injuries to young employees, new or re-hired employees.
  • Helps to meet legal requirement.
  • Helps productivity and quality.

ORIENTATION

  • Overview of key elements of the Safety and Loss Prevention Manual.
  • Specific job hazards and safety precautions.
  • Governing regulations.
  • Emergency response plan.
  • Tour of the shop and equipment assigned by Management and/or Supervisor.
  • Determine that the new hire has the appropriate personal protective equipment.
  • Determine new hire has appropriate safety training certificates.
  • Review background and current structure of the Company.
  • Review specific responsibilities for Management, Supervisor and workers.
  • Complete with employee the New Employee Orientation Checklist ensuring the full completion of the orientation. (review annually)

New hires must read, sign and date all documentation during the Orientation Training.

CERTIFICATES

Certificates required for new hires and contractors.

  • H2S Alive (valid for 3 years)
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS)
  • Transportation and Handling of Dangerous Goods (TDG)
  • First Aid Training (Alberta & BC)
  • Alberta Drivers License

Management of Tri-Hi Pressure Ltd. will ensure that all workers have the proper qualifications and certifications required by all Government Regulations before official work begins. All employees and contractors must provide proof of proper training prior to commencing their first day on the job.

The Safety Supervisor will monitor and record renewal dates on the Training Matrix Master List on file in the man office. Renewal dates for training are reviewed monthly and signed by the Safety Supervisor.

ON THE JOB TRAINING

Training is a critical part of the success of any health and safety program. Tri-Hi Pressure Ltd. provides on-the-job training to all workers. All new employees will be assigned a mentor for hands on training. This will give the new employee the necessary information they require to operate for Tri-Hi Pressure Ltd. All hands on or mentor training will be taught by an experienced operator to ensure accurate information is being passed on.

PROCEDURE

All new workers are required to complete an “On The Job Training” form while under the Trainers supervision.

Part 1To be completed by the new employee describing the job, the hazards and the training you received. Once completed, return the record to the Safety Coordinator.

Part 11To be completed by the trainer stating whether the new employee is competent and confident enough to work alone.

VISITORS

A visitor to the workplace must receive a short orientation. A visitor is any person who is not normally employed at the workplace, for example a sub-contractor. Visitors will be escorted.

The orientation will include:

  • Location of first aid and eye wash station.
  • Smoking area
  • Personal protective equipment requirements.
  • Abnormal conditions or activities
  • Evacuation routes and muster points
  • Site-specific hazards.

Other info

First aid equipment and supplies are maintained in a clean, dry and serviceable condition, contained in a material that protects the contents from the environment, and clearly identified as first aid equipment and supplies.

Signs for first aid or ensuring all workers know where this equipment is located.

Procedures are in place to ensure that before workers are sent to a worksite that arrangements are in place to transport injured or ill workers from the work site to the nearest health care facility.

Employers are responsible to ensure that the number of first aiders at a work site and their qualifications and training comply with Government Regulations and Legislation.

Employers keep records of workers at a work site who are first aiders. They are posted on the safety board.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

With the potential of many hazards on a work site, clear communications are vital. Information needs to be exchanged between management, supervisors, workers, contractors, sub-contractors, and visitors on the worksite. It is important that everyone on the worksite is aware of work to be undertaken, guards and control measures to be taken and procedures to be followed. It should never be assumed that communications have been understood without receiving some affirmation.

Tri-Hi Pressure Ltd. has developed a Safety & Loss Prevention Program to include means of communication of safety issues to all personnel.

It is the responsibility of management to effectively communicate their commitment to health and safety, encouraging employee participation.

It is the responsibility of the Supervisor to communicate health & safety issues and to review and assist management in action plans and controls.

It is the responsibility of all employees to communicate health and safety concerns.

The use of hazard identification cards, accidents, incidents, near miss forms, job safety analysis and HSE inquiry register are available to ensure all hazards are reported to the Supervisor. Hazards are to be reviewed by Management to determine the action items to be put in place to avoid the reported hazard from reoccurring. Hazards are documented and reviewed in safety meetings with employees for their input and learning.

Safety meetings will be held a minimum of once per month and will be attended by all available personnel. An agenda will be submitted for topics covered. Workers are expected to review and sign the minutes of the meeting if unable to attend. Minutes will be posted on the bulletin.

SAFETY MEETINGS

Tri-Hi Pressure Ltd. will hold a general (annual) safety meeting so that all personnel (including contractors and sub-contractors) have knowledge of safety issues that may have occurred. Safety topics will include but limited to accidents, injury statistics, general safety issues and hazards.

Safety meetings are held a minimum of once per month. Safety topics include accidents, incidents, near misses, new or changes in policies and procedures, hazard identifications cards, hazard and job safety analysis.

All available personnel should attend these meetings whenever possible. Personnel that are unable to attend the regular safety meetings due to work schedules etc. are required to read and sign the minutes.

Questions regarding regular safety meetings or if you have knowledge of a hazard that should be discussed, contact management or supervisor.

General meeting minutes will be documented on the Safety Meeting Minutes form. After all signatures are received, minutes are filed in the main office for a period of three years.

SHORT SERVICE EMPLOYEE

An employee is generally considered a "Short Service Employee" if he/she has less than 6 months experience with his/her present employer, or in his/her present role.

A Short Service Employee may not work alone. A work crew of less than 5 employees may not have more than one Short Service Employee.

Prior to starting work, the contractor shall notify Tri-Hi Pressure (project coordinator, contractor contact, and/or on-site supervisor) if Short Service Employees are present on work crews.

Short Service Employees shall be visibly identified through the use of orange hardhat or other hi-visibility clothing. The method used to identify SSEs should be communicated to the Owner Client.

Short Service Employees shall be monitored for compliance with health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures. Once the Short Service Employee has demonstrated competency and compliance with HSE policies and procedures, the contractor may remove the hi-visibility identifier.

A mentoring system shall be implemented to provide guidance to Short Service Employees and assist with their development. A mentor may only be assigned to one crew that includes Short Service Employees, and he/she must remain on site with them.

Subcontractors must manage their Short Service Employees in accordance with the requirements of the Short Service Employee program.

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