Workplace Health and Safety: The Supervisor’s Role and Responsibilities provides an overview of what supervisors need to know about health and safety in their workplace.

This course aims to help those who are in charge learn how to safeguard themselves and their employees. It will explore the requirements of due diligence, the rights of workers, supervisor and worker health and safety requirements, employee competency, and the role of health and safety committees. The course will also look at supervisors’ roles in hazard identification and control, accident reporting and investigation and the importance of communicating health and safety information.

Course Topics:

Session One: Course Overview

Session Two: Workplace Health and Safety Experience

• Due Diligence
• Health and Safety Policy Statement

Session Three: Worker Rights

• Three Rights of Workers

Session Four: Supervisor and Worker Health and Safety Responsibilities

• Health and Safety Responsibilities
• Local Health and Safety Responsibilities

Session Five: Health and Safety Committees (HSC)

HSCs

Session Six: Hazard Identification, Assessment, and Control

• Responsibilities
• Safety and Health Inspections
• Safety Audit

Session Seven: Employee Competency

• Employee Orientation
• Training

Session Eight: Accident Reporting and Investigating

• Accident Reporting
• Accident Investigation

Session Nine: Communicating Health and Safety Information

• Communication Tools
• Right-to-know Information Station
• Summary Exercise
• Recommended Reading List
• Exercise Potential Answers
• Personal Action Plan