This course will teach you how to be a responsible and effective supervisor in terms of health and safety. You will learn about your legal duties, obligations, and rights under the occupational health and safety legislation that applies to your workplace. You will also learn how to support and improve the health and safety management system (HSMS) that your workplace has in place. This course will help you to protect yourself, your coworkers, and your workplace from health and safety hazards and risks.

This course may also count towards your continuing education units (CEUs) for some professional certifications.

BCRSP-You may earn 0.3 CEUs for the BCRSP CPD Program, which is required to maintain your BCRSP certification. For more details, visit the BCRSP website.

WWOC Program-You may earn 0.3 CEUs for the WWOC Program, which is a certification program for water and wastewater operators. For more information, see the Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators’ Certification Guidelines.

In this course, you will learn how to answer these questions:

• What is your role as a supervisor in health and safety?

• Who is responsible and who is accountable for health and safety in your workplace?

• How does a HSMS work and what are its benefits?

• What are the main aspects of health and safety that you need to consider?

• What is the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation and Code and how do they affect you?

• What can you do to support and improve your HSMS?