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Safeguarding For Employers and Workers

In the workplace, safeguarding will have a different meaning depending on the specifics of your industry and work tasks. However, it will always refer to control measures (such as actions, policies, and procedures) that are designed to protect workers from physical, emotional, and psychological harm. This course provides a general overview of workplace safeguarding and what it entails, including hazard identification, risk assessment, the hierarchy of controls, and choosing proper safeguards.

30 min80% to passCertificate5.0 (1)
Purchase Course$44.99 CAD100% online · Self-paced · Instant access

What You'll Learn

  • Safeguarding general definitions
  • Safeguarding legislation in Canada
  • Hazards
  • Hazard Identification
  • Risk Assessment
  • Qualitative Risk Matrix
  • Semi-Quantitative Risk Matrix
  • Field-Level Hazard Assessment
  • The Hierarchy of Controls
  • Guarding vs Lockout-Tagout
  • Types of Guards
  • Safeguarding Devices
  • Selecting the Right Safeguard
  • Unsafe Practices
  • Safeguarding Failures
  • Reporting

About This Course

The term "safeguarding" can mean something different depending on where and how it's used. It often refers to vulnerable groups, but in workplace safety is applicable to all employees, regardless of industry or role. In this context, safeguarding means creating a safe work environment at all times for all employees and workers. In this course, we'll cover:

  • A general definition of workplace safeguarding
  • What safeguarding entails
  • Choosing proper safeguards
  • Some of the types of physical guards employees may encounter
  • Common machine hazards, and
  • The difference between guarding and lockout-tagout

Course Requirements

Estimated Duration
This course is approximately 30 minutes long.
Pass Requirements
The pass mark for this course is 80%. Learners can make 3 attempts to pass the course before it must be reassigned.
Certificate
Upon completion of this course, learners will receive a certificate of completion.
Registration Fee
$44.99 CAD
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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?
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?

Everyone learns at a different pace and everyone retains information differently. When you take a course online, you go at your own speed. If you get to a certain point and don’t fully understand the material, you can pause and go back for a review. On the other hand, if everything makes perfect sense, you can go straight through the entire course right to the test.

How does virtual proctoring/testing with webcam monitoring work?

When you start your test, you will be monitored via your webcam. If you disappear from the screen or appear to be consulting another device or other material, you will be disqualified from the course. The company responsible for virtual proctoring is Integrity Advocate. You can find out more about how their system works here.

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