Health and Safety Training Week
Annual Health and Safety Training Week set to begin April 20, 2009
coordinates the delivery of as many as 20 different Health and Safety
Training opportunities delivered in several classroom style venues over
a one week time period. The Committee encourages all Member Companies
in identify internal training needs early in the year and contact the
Association with the information. The Committee then promotes the need
with others to build efficient class sizes, coordinates timing and delivery
as required and completes Records of Training.
Annual One Day Health and Safety Seminar
Organized for February 18,
2009 in partnership with the Construction Safety Association of Ontario,
the seminar features individual and plenary sessions led by various
Health and Safety professionals that deal with emerging Construction
H&S issues and topics. Aimed at on-sight supervisors and those employees
in your Company who are responsible for H&S policy and practice
implementation.
Health and Safety Awards
Annual Health and Safety Awards are open to application from All Member
Companies. The process includes evaluation and review and analysis of
an applicant's Health and Safety Policy, programs, procedures and experience
by CSAO staff. For finalists CSAO conducts a site visit to audit performance.
As an added feature all applicants can receive a confidential evaluation
of their application following the Awards in January of 2009 to identify
potential areas for improvement.
New Worker Identification Program
We know that new workers to our Industry are especially at risk for
injury. Employers can receive at no charge from the Committee a specially
painted hard-hat that will help identify their new workers as being
inexperienced and encourage all those on site to help them safely through
the first few weeks on the job.
Construction Specific Health and Safety Orientation
Currently the Committee is planning for these events as well as delivering
on a regular basis the Construction Specific Health and Safety Orientation.
Following endorsement by all major local owner clients, several hundred
local workers have been through this four hour session and efforts are
underway to coordinate the delivery of this key program in area High
schools as well as the College to our potential new workers.
