Online Training
OHS Laws & Regulations for Supervisors
This course is critical for supervisors including forepersons, team leads, managers and health and safety representatives. Supervisors play a critical role in ensuring workplace safety across Canada, especially in Ontario where legal obligations are clearly defined under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and are enforced by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD)
What You'll Learn
- Federal vs Provincial OHS systems
- Legal jurisdictions: Canada Labour Code: Part II vs. Provincial Acts
- Who is a supervisor under the law?
- Key provisions of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Definitions of employer, supervisor, and worker
- Role of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development or MLITSD
- Ensuring worker compliance
- Providing written and oral instructions
- Taking every reasonable precaution for worker protection (Section 27)
- Legal definition of "supervisor" and "competent person"
- What is due diligence?
- Documentation, training, and enforcement
- Risk assessment and prevention strategies
- Right to Know, Right to Participate, Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
- Internal Responsibility System (IRS)
- Role of the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC)
About This Course
This course introduces supervisors to their legal duties, due diligence expectations, and enforcement mechanisms under both Provincial and Federal OHS frameworks. It is designed to help supervisors not only comply with the law but also foster a proactive culture of health and safety in their organizations. While this program references the Occupational Health and Safety Act of Ontario, it is understood that this information can be considered best practices and will be relevant to most Provinces and Territories in Canada. This course is applicable across all Canadian industries, with an emphasis on Ontario workplaces, and insight into federal workplaces under Canada Labour Code Part II.
By the end of this course, supervisors will be able to:
- Understand the legal framework of OHS in Canada, with a focus on Ontario's OHSA
- Identify their legal responsibilities as a supervisor
- Demonstrate what it means to exercise “due diligence” in supervisory roles
- Understand the three basic rights of workers (Right to Know, Participate, Refuse)
- Recognize enforcement actions such as inspections, fines, stop-work orders, prosecutions
- Implement effective safety policies and practices aligned with legal standards
- Communicate OHS expectations clearly to their teams
- Manage hazards, incidents, and workplace investigations within the law
Course Requirements
- Estimated Duration
- Approximately 75 minutes
- Pass Requirements
- Pass mark 80%
- Certificate
- Certificate of completion.
- Registration Fee
- $59.99 CAD
Frequently asked questions about online training
Common questions about enrollment, completion, and certificates.
What are the benefits of online training?
Benefits of online training include:
- Cost effective: no hotels, travel, meals and less time away from the workplace.
- Convenient: courses can be completed wherever you have access to a computer and internet access.
- Self paced: students can pause at any time and continue where they left off.
- Consistent: video/slide format ensures the course is the same every time.
- Easy verification: online access to training and certification records for students and managers.
Which online training courses does Safe + Sound offer?
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What is BIS Safety Software Inc.?
BIS Safety Software Inc. is a network of more than 200 leading safety training companies from across North America who collectively share and provide companies and individuals with access to a wide variety of safety training courses through one centralized online application.
Since 2010, the collaborative partnership between these training companies has not only enabled the best-of-the-best in online safety training to be brought together in one location but it is also helping to improve industry safety performance through the provision of convenient, cost-effective training.
Our partners BIS Safety Software Inc. are, in our opinion, the best providers of online safety training courses in Canada. We’ve been working with BIS since March 2012 and we are completely happy with the service they provide.
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Is there a time limit for online courses?
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How does virtual proctoring/testing with webcam monitoring work?
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Please ensure your specific jurisdiction and workplace accepts online safety training and allows online training for your use.
Safe+Sound First Aid Training Ltd is not involved in course development and all online courses are sold and delivered in partnership with BIS Safety Software and approved and/or endorsed agencies.