Training

Training provided by the Office of Risk Management.

Occupational health and safety training management

Health and safety training is an administrative control that can help ensure the workers assigned to tasks are able to do so safely and efficiently while being less likely to be injured in the process of performing the task.
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Training modules

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Health and safety committee member orientation

Short training intended to acclimate new health and safety committee members to their roles, responsibilities and duties while serving as a health and safety committee member at uOttawa.
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WHMIS 2015

After more than 25 years, the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) has been updated!
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Worker Health and Safety Awareness

This short training will help you to understand your rights and responsibilities on the job and tells you what Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) expects from the University, your supervisor and you.
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Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness

Use tools available to you every day in your work as a supervisor to ensure the health and safety of your team in their workplace.
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Violence prevention

This workshop provides guidance on preventing workplace violence In 2010, the Ontario government amended the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act to protect workers from workplace violence.
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Lab safety

This self-guided workshop serves as a basic introduction to general laboratory safety measures and is intended as a starting point for the workplace‑specific training that is to be provided by your supervisor and/or other University services.
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Roles and responsibilities

This self-guided training augments the health and safety knowledge you acquired in the basic health and safety awareness workshops, namely Worker Health and Safety Awareness and Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness.