Workplace Law Consulting Inc. is a member of the Canadian Society of Training and Development.

We offer a variety of training courses and for the convenience of our clients we provide training at our client’s locations even on evenings and weekends.

Our professional and knowledgeable trainers make the classes interesting and very informative for our adult learners.

Joint Health & Safety Committee Certification

It’s the Law! If your company has 20 or more employees, you must, by law, have a Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC). Legislation also specifies that one worker and one manager of every JHSC must be trained in the fundamentals of health and safety and both members must be trained in workplace-specific hazards. This training is known as Certification Part One and Certification Part Two.

Workplace Law Consulting Inc. is WSIB approved to conduct this program in Ontario. Our instructor’s are experienced and knowledgeable facilitators. All participants receive reference materials and a certification card sent form WSIB upon successful completion.

JHSC Certification Part One

• Health and Safety Law
• Joint Health and Safety Committee Roles and Responsibilities
• Hazard Recognition, Assessment and Control
• Workplace Health
• Workplace Inspection
• Accident Investigation

JHSC Certification Part Two

• Manual Materials Handling
• Mechanical Materials Handling
• Lockout
• Guarding
• Lifting Devices
• Chemical
• Office Ergonomics
• Personal Protective Equipment

Who should attend:
Operation managers, supervisors, workers' compensation claims administrators, human resource managers, OHS managers, office managers, health and safety members and representatives.

All JHSC Certification Courses are held at the client's location for their convenience. Contact us for cost and scheduling details.

First Aid and CPR Training

It not only makes good sense to provide first aid training in the workplace, it's the law! The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board have regulations related to First Aid requirements know as Regulation 1101.

First Aid is a critical part of a company’s emergency response system and occupational health and safety program. First aid can save lives, proper treatment can prevent an injury from becoming more serious and reduce recovery periods.

Workplace Law Consulting Inc. teaches a program that is regulated and approved by the Toronto EMS First Aid/CPR Program, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and is recognized by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). We are also HRSDC approved to conduct Standard First Aid and CPR courses.

Training Modules Include:

• Emergency Scene Management
• Shock, Unconsciousness and Fainting
• Choking Adult, Child and Infant
• Cardiovascular Emergencies and One Rescuer CPR
• Severe Bleeding
• Medical Conditions
• Infant, Child and Adult CPR
• Automated External Defibrillator Use
• Burns
• Poison, Bites and Stings
• Heat and Cold Injuries

Training in First Aid prepares an individual to react confidently and without hesitation in either a life-threatening situation or a minor accident; at home, in the workplace, and / or at play. Accidents and injuries can happen anywhere and at any time. Being prepared to face these situations is of great importance. First aid training enables you to deal with injuries and medical emergencies at home, work or play, while CPR Training provides you with the skills needed to save a life.

Who should attend:
Operation managers, supervisors, workers' compensation claims administrators, human resource managers, OHS managers, office managers, health and safety members and representatives.

All Standard First Aid and CPR Courses are held at the client's location for their convenience. Contact us for cost and scheduling details.

WSIB Claims Management Workshop

Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) is the legislation behind workers' compensation in Ontario. This course will introduce the respective legislation to participants and will review accident reporting, managing workers’ compensation claims, and appealing claims. This course is designed to help you control the return to work process and reduce employer compensation costs.

• Overview of WSIB legislation
• Compensation for occupational disease, chronic pain, and mental stress
• Early and safe return to work initiatives
• How to improve claims management and reduce compensation costs
• Understanding your experience rating system
• Worker duties to co-operate with return-to-work efforts of the employer
• Challenging WSIB decisions and questionable claims
• Managing the difficult claim and minimizing your costs
• Appealing decisions to the WSIB
• Preparing for and responding to Workwell Audits

• WSIB Claims Management Certification Certificate
• Resource materials and documentation

Who should attend:
Operation managers, workers' compensation claims administrators, human resource managers, OHS managers, nurses, physicians, in-house legal counsel, office managers, health and safety members and representatives.

For more information, please contact us.

Bill 168: Workplace Violence and Harassment Seminar

Bill 168, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace will be enforced by the Ministry of Labour on June 15, 2010.

Bill 168 requires every employer in Ontario, to take specific steps, including developing a violence risk assessment and implementing a policy and program, to prevent and manage workplace violence and harassment.

• Legal duties of employers, officers, directors and supervisors to prevent and manage workplace violence
• Types of liability for failing to protect workers from workplace violence and harassment
• Defining workplace violence and harassment
• Identifying and assessing workplace violence risks
• How to conduct a workplace violence risk assessment
• Developing a workplace violence and harassment policy
• How to develop a comprehensive prevention program
• Dealing with work refusals related to violence and harassment
• Worker training
• Incident management and reporting
• Disciplining workers for violence/harassment

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Increase awareness of workplace violence and harassment and the harmful impacts on organizations and their employees
• Translate legislative requirements into active compliance
• Provide practical, hands-on solutions and tools

• Copy of MOL Guidelines, Workplace Violence and Harassment
• Risk Assessment forms – Supervisor and Worker
• Incident reporting forms
• Incident investigation forms
• Sample policy

Who should attend:
Operation managers, supervisors, workers' compensation claims administrators, human resource managers, OHS managers, office managers, health and safety members and representatives.

For more information, please contact us.

Workplace Law and Due Diligence for Managers and Supervisors

Organizations are legally responsible for appointing competent supervisors. To be competent means supervisors must be qualified to organize the work, aware of applicable legislation and know the hazards associated with the workplace. Charges, prosecutions and fines against individual supervisors and managers are on the rise. In many cases the individuals are not even aware they have health and safety liability.

Are your supervisors competent? Do they know and understand their legal roles, responsibilities and duties? Are they able to recognize and control hazards? Can they perform health & safety activities adequately? Let us help bring your supervisors up to speed to effectively oversee a safe and healthy workplace.

Ontario laws require managers and supervisors to understand applicable legislation and the meaning of "due diligence". Due diligence is a legal defence to charges and has two specific requirements. First, employers must demonstrate that they have established a management system to identify, assess and control workplace hazards. Second, employers must demonstrate that they have effectively implemented a management system and enforced the policies and procedures.

• OHS legislation, Regulation and Code
• Duties and responsibilities of managers, supervisors and the employer
• Workers' OHS rights to know, participate and refuse
• Authority and powers of the MOL inspector
• Legal liability, penalties and fines
• Integrating OHS systems with managerial/supervisory functions
• The Internal Responsibility System explained
• Hazard identification, assessment and control methods
• Implications of Bill C-45
• WSIB claims
• Human Rights
• Employment standards
• Accident reporting

Who should attend:
Operation managers, supervisors, workers' compensation claims administrators, human resource managers, OHS managers, office managers, health and safety members and representatives.

For more information, please contact us.

Forklift Training

This course is designed for the individual with lift truck operator experience but has not had formal training or for an operator with previous certification, but requires updated training.

This program will be specifically geared to your application and equipment, and will enhance and revive your operators' awareness of safe lift truck operation. Operators are given a written test and a hands-on evaluation.

This course will provide the attendee with forklift certification upon successful completion of both theoretical and practical components. Included are wallet cards for each operator and all necessary paperwork for company records.

• Relevant provincial legislation
• Pedestrian awareness
• Basic principles: lift truck design and operation
• Parts of a lift truck
• Pre shift inspection
• Safe operation concepts
• Fuel sources (battery/propane)
• General and workplace specific rules/guidelines
• DVD on safe operation of a lift truck
• DVD on pedestrian safety
• Written test
• Practical evaluation

For more information, please contact us.

WHMIS Training

All employers in Canadian jurisdictions are required to train workers who are exposed to hazardous materials as per WHMIS Regulation 860 and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

OHSA states: Employees have the right to know.
Employers must train employees on instruction on requirements for labels and data sheets, information on how product may affect the workers health or safety and be trained in safe work procedures are requirements. It is the employer general responsibility to provide all hazard information from suppliers to the worker, the worker to be aware of. This duty is largely accomplished through education and training programs offered on a regular basis.

WHAT IS WHMIS?

WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) is a Canada-wide system designed to give employers and workers information about hazardous materials used in the workplace. Under WHMIS, there are three ways in which information on hazardous materials is to be provided:

1. Labels on the containers of hazardous materials
2. Material safety data sheets to supplement the label with detailed hazard and precautionary information
3. Worker education programs.

WHMIS TRAINING: What will you learn?

1. Introduction to OHSA
2. WHMIS DVD
3. Presentation: What is WHMIS
4. Duties of employer, supervisor, worker
5. Warning Symbols
6. MSDS Reviewed and explained
7. Review and discuss hazard classes and effects
8. Routes of entry
9. Review and discuss hazard classes and effects
10. WHMIS Quiz reviewed explained and corrected
11. Certificates to successful participants

Our training program meets with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.R.O. 1990 and WHMIS REGULATION 860.

Who should attend:
All employees who handle any type of chemical or are near any type of chemical process.

For more information, please contact us.

Fall Protection Training

It's the law! Employers are required to provide fall protection training to all employees who use a fall protection harness.

Eighty people are injured every day in a fall at work, that’s one every 20 minutes. Same-level slips and falls account for 65% of all fall injuries.

Falls from heights account for 34% of all fall injuries.

These falls are preventable. This course will provide the necessary theoretical knowledge of proper fall prevention.

• Legal requirements under the following legislation
• Understand the principles of basic hazards and controls of fall prevention
• Ladders
• Scaffolds
• Powered elevation work platforms
• Protective covers
• Warning barriers and bump lines
• Guardrails
• Travel-restraint systems
• Fall-restriction & safety net systems
• Fall-arrest components
• Bottoming out
• Pendulum effect
• Emergency rescue

Who should attend:
All employees that work at heights.

For more information, please contact us.

Aerial Work Platform Training

Aerial Work Platform Training is designed for both new and experienced operators. This course will discuss topics relating to the safe use and operation of aerial work platforms including: OHSA legislations, pre-operational inspections, battery care and maintenance.

Upon successful completion of the theoretical/practical portions, participants will receive an Aerial Work Platform Certificate as proof of training.

• Major causes of accidents
• Responsibilities of the Dealer, Owner, User, Operator
• Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Define construction project – Regulations 213/91
• Pre-Operational Inspection
• Battery Care and Maintenance
• Safe Operating Procedures
• Written Test
• Practical evaluation

For more information, please contact us.

Overhead Crane Training

This course is designed for both new and experienced operators covering theoretical and practical overhead crane principles. This company-specific training is conducted at the client location and instructs participants on the use of crane equipment at their facility.

Upon completion of the practical examination, successful participants will receive an Overhead Crane Operation Certificate as proof of certification.

• Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Industrial Establishments - Regulation 851
• Crane and Sling Inspection
• Basic Principles: Overhead Crane Design/Operation
• Hardware and Attachment Lifting (specific to application)
• Crane Safety
• Turning Loads (if required)
• Written test
• Practical evaluation

For more information, please contact us.