Online Training
Workplace Risk Assessment (CAN)
Hazard identification and risk assessment are the foundation of every Canadian workplace health and safety program, giving workers and employers a consistent way to spot and control hazards before anyone gets hurt. When assessments get skipped, complacency and production pressure can quietly set the stage for serious incidents, which is why training matters. In this course, we'll cover the difference between a hazard and a risk, the main types of hazards, how to read a risk matrix, the hierarchy of controls, and your role in keeping the job safe.

What You'll Learn
- Legislation and worker rights
- Hazard versus risk
- Types of hazards: physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic, and psychological
- Hazard identification
- The risk assessment process
- Qualitative and semi-quantitative risk matrices
- Field-level hazard assessments
- The hierarchy of controls
- Roles and responsibilities
- Why assessments fail
About This Course
Hazard identification and risk assessment sit at the core of every Canadian workplace health and safety program, giving workers and employers a consistent way to find hazards and control them before anyone gets hurt. No matter the industry, hazards will always exist, so knowing how to recognize and respond to them is one of the building blocks of a safe and healthy workplace. This course walks you through an overview of workplace hazard identification and risk assessment, from telling a hazard apart from a risk to reading a risk matrix and applying the hierarchy of controls.
By the end of this course, learners should be able to:
- Recognize and identify the main hazard types, and explain the difference between a hazard and a risk
- Understand a range of hazard and risk assessment strategies, including how to read a risk matrix
- Describe the steps of the risk assessment process and the hierarchy of controls
- Recognize your role in a field-level assessment, and know when to stop and reassess a job
- Know the responsibilities of employers, supervisors, and workers regarding hazard and risk assessment
Course Requirements
- Estimated Duration
- This course is approximately 45 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 successful completion of this course, learners will receive a certificate of completion.
- Registration Fee
- $49.99 CAD
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Common questions about enrollment, completion, and certificates.
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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.
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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.
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How does virtual proctoring/testing with webcam monitoring work?
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