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Spotlight on: Responsibilities of Joint Health and Safety Committees

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Change is afoot, and our training department is responding to it!

As of April 2017, WorkSafeBC’s changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations around Joint Health and Safety committees and Worker Health and Safety Representatives makes training mandatory. Anyone joining a Joint Health and Safety Committee is required to take at least eight hours of training. ICBA is pleased to be able to offer this training as part of our continued commitment to exceptional customer service for our members and the construction industry as a whole (remember, you don’t have to be a member of ICBA to take our courses!).

Participants will learn:

  • How to use the OHS Regulation and WC Act to access health & safety requirements;
  • How to explain the roles and functions of the Joint Committee and the Worker Representatives;
  • How to perform an incident investigation;
  • How to perform a formal site inspection; and
  • How to:
    • Promote workplace health and safety
    • Assist in ensuring the health and safety program elements are implemented;
    • Conduct and participate in Joint Committee Meetings; and
    • Work cooperatively to address workers’ health and safety concerns.

Our first session is September 7 in Burnaby! We’re also offering it on October 12 and again on November 16.  Interested in taking this course or any of our other upcoming workshops? Check out the full list here.

Spotlight on: Incident Investigations

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Do you understand the principles of incident investigation? Do you want to learn more? Our upcoming Incident Investigations workshops are for you! Here’s the course description:

WorkSafeBC’s amendment to Bill 9 includes two major changes to the requirements for employer incident investigations. First, section 175 of the Act has been amended to require an employer to undertake a preliminary investigation within 48 hours of the incident. Second, section 176 of the Act is amended to require an employer to submit a full investigation report to WorkSafeBC within 30 days of an incident.

This course is designed to provide participants the required knowledge to understand the principle of incident investigations and the methods used to ensure an adequate investigation is completed. At the end of the session participants will have an understanding of the requirements for investigating incidents, the tools required to undertake an adequate investigation, methods involved in successful interviews, identifying incident causes and completing incident reports.

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We’re back in Whitehorse this fall!

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We’ve done several courses in Whitehorse this year, and soon we’ll be back! We’ll be offering multiple courses there from October to December; subscribe to our Yukon newsletter for the latest updates.

Here’s the schedule:

– Supervisory and Management Skills – October 16-17

– Change Order Management – October 18

– Construction Project Management – November 20-21

– Introduction to Blueprint Reading – December 13

 – Writing Effective Letters, Scope Documents and Reports – December 14

 And in 2018, we will be offering Construction Estimating on February 8-9. Don’t miss these important courses!

 

 

Summer is the perfect time to take an online course!

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And you’re in luck, we offer lots of them! Summer is a great time to take an online course, because you can take it at your own pace (is the nice weather beckoning you outside right now?) and it can easily fit around your current work and social schedule. Plus, most of our online courses offer Gold Seal Credits and BC Housing Continued Professional Development points.

Perhaps Pipeline Construction Safety Training, or First Level Supervisor Training? Or maybe you’re more interested in Introduction to Construction Estimating, or Communication, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution. We offer all of these courses, and more! Check out our online course calendar for the full list.

Still interested in a classroom-based course? Check out our upcoming courses here, or subscribe to our newsletter here for monthly updates on what’s coming up in your area. We’re even coming back to Yukon in October! Sign up here for our Whitehorse newsletter.

Feeling stressed at work?

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You need our Managing Stress in the Workplace course! We are very excited to welcome a new instructor, Jeff Cartwright, to our training provider pool, and we’re even more excited to talk about our brand-new course, taking place in Burnaby in September.

Here’s the course outline:

 

In this workshop, learn how to recognize stress, how it affects your work and personal life, and effective strategies to handle stress in the workplace. You will also learn how to reduce your stress and set goals for effectively managing internal and external stressors.

Topics to be covered:

*   What is Stress?

*   How do we React to Stress?

*   Exploring our Sources of Stress

*   Stress Management Strategies

*   Stress Reduction/Relaxation (including practical exercises)

*   Personal Goal Setting

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