Construction Safety for Supervisors
Gold Seal: 5 Credits
Description
The Construction Safety course will teach you the fundamentals for building a safe workplace that is appropriate for your construction company. The course assists in familiarizing participants with governing regulations and Certificate of Recognition (COR) audit requirements.
Participants will also build practical skills for supervising construction worksites, conducting toolbox talks, providing health and safety training, conducting regular safety inspections, doing safety investigations where an accident occurs, and designing a safety manual.
The construction safety online course includes training on:
- Define safety and determine responsibilities including as a “prime contractor”
- Understand the legislative requirements for maintaining a safe workplace
- Define and develop elements to create a quality occupational health and safety program
- Integrate safety into planning
- Conduct hazard assessments – assess risk and hazard priorities
- Identify the components of a quality training program
- Conduct a new worker safety orientation
- Conduct a successful tailgate meeting
- Make on-the-job health and safety training a natural part of your job site activity
- Prepare for an inspection and develop an inspection checklist
- Understand which incidents require investigation
- Conduct timely incident or accident investigations
- Recommend and implement corrective actions to prevent future reoccurrences
- Understand the safety systems and document management required
- Understand the key elements of an OH&S Committee
- Understand how to build a safety culture within a construction company
The online construction safety course is eligible for 5 CCA Gold Seal education credits upon successful completion.
Duration: This course consists of 7 video modules for a total of about 6 hours of self-paced instruction.
How registration works: Registrations will be processed immediately, and participants will receive logins and instructions within 24 hours of payment.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for construction owners, managers, estimators, supervisors and new safety representatives.