Supervisor Health and Safety

Supervisors are often hired or promoted not knowing their legislated roles and responsibilities and not having the tool sets to perform necessary risk assessments in order to adequately protect their workers. Although the OH&S Act and Regulations outline specific duties that a supervisor must perform, there is no mention to mandatory training programs that a supervisor must complete. Therefore, WorkplaceNL has developed this training program to help provide supervisors with the information that they need to fulfill their legislated responsibilities. Topics of discussion include the following:

1. Health and safety legislation

2. Occupational health and safety programs

3. Hazard recognition, evaluation and control

4. Occupational health and hygiene

5. Workplace inspections

6. Emergency preparedness and response

7. Incident investigations

8. Disability management

9. OHS Program Evaluation

10. PRIME

The training must be renewed every three years (online recertification is available – free of charge)