2017 Course Schedule and JHSC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Changes
The BCFED Health & Safety Centre has released our 2017 public course schedule. You can view the PDF schedule and course descriptions on-line with this link:
Joint Health and Safety Committee-related Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Changes:
On December 14, 2016, WCB’s Board of Directors approved the addition of the following new sections to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation to take effect April 3, 2017:
- Section 3.26:Requires an annual evaluation to measure the effectiveness of joint committees.
- Section 3.27:Establishes the mandatory minimum training and education for joint committee members and worker health and safety representatives. (*This is in addition to the annual eight-hour education entitlement for OHS Committee members in Section 135 of the Workers Compensation Act)
- Section 3.28:Clarifies the meaning of “participation” in section 174 of the Workers Compensation Act by providing three additional examples of participation by worker and employer representatives in a workplace incident investigation.
The BCFED Health & Safety Centre has revised our current suite of OHS Committee education courses to reflect and comply with these important changes.
Updated:
- OHS Committee Part 1 (Fundamentals)– Complies with mandatory training outcomes in section 3.27 4) (a-f)
- OHS Committee Part 2– Hazard Identification, Assessment & Control Principles, Understanding OH&S Legislation & OH&S Programs
- Improving Committee Effectiveness– Assisting workplace parties with performing the mandatory written evaluation as per 3.26
- Incident Investigations– Provides the skills for workplace parties to effectively participate in Investigations as per 3.28
As part of our new Building Psychologically Healthy Workplaces Programming, this year we are offering a new eight-hour course:
BCFED Health & Safety Centre is available to help your workplace comply with these new amendments. We are the largest training provider of Joint Occupational Health & Safety education in BC. Since 2001 the Centre has developed training by utilizing adult-oriented learning techniques aimed at preparing workplace parties to play a proactive role in the prevention of injuries and diseases.
With over 350 scheduled courses in 37 locations all across BC, our training should be available at a time and place convenient for you. However, with a minimum guarantee of 10 participants, we can also provide in-house courses just for your workplace.
Please contact us for more information.
If you are a member of the Health and Safety Committee in your workplace, please review the 2017 course schedule and make it part of your 2017 education planning at your next committee meeting, highlighting the new mandatory legislative changes.
If you are not on a committee, please forward this email to members of your workplace committees.
https://www.healthandsafetybc.ca