OHS Legislation & Ethics Training

Train to help organizations maintain compliance with Legislation & Ethics Training!

OHS Legislation & Ethics Training helps you to become an effective leader in OH&S.

OHS Legislation & Ethics Training acquaints you with the relevance of legislation, laws, regulations, codes of practice, and standards that govern the environmental health and safety of organizations.

• Give examples of:
  • activities that are governed by federal and provincial legislation
  • areas governed by employment (or labour) laws
  • rights protected by Canada’s charter of rights and freedoms
  • natural resources that are protected under the nova scotia environment act
  • conditions an employer must meet for establishing due diligence
• Distinguish among various federal and provincial legislation
• Indicate the responsibilities of parties under occupational health and safety law
• Discuss the role of joint health and safety committee
• Discuss the worker’s basic rights
• Discuss the internal responsibility system
• Indicate the conditions under which the worker has the right to refuse dangerous work
• Indicate how the term reasonably practicable is described by the labour program (Canada)
• Discuss due diligence as applied to occupational health and safety
• List duties that managers and supervisors must educated and trained to perform to ensure they are competent persons

Upon completion of OHS Legislation & Ethics Training, you will be able to refer to relevant pieces of Canadian legislation that can be used to ensure compliance and establish an organization’s due diligence.

• Types of Legislation
• Canadian OHS Legislation
  • Canada Labour Code – Part 2 OHS
  • Criminal Code of Canada – Section 217.1
  • Canadian OHS Regulations
• Canadian Environmental Legislation
  • Canadian Environmental Protection Act
  • Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
• Nova Scotia OHS Legislation
  • NS OHS Act
  • NS OHS Regulations
• Nova Scotia Environmental Legislation
  • NS Environment Protection Act
  • NS Environmental Regulations
• OHS Practitioner Rolls & Ethics
• Due Diligence
• Rights
• Responsibilities
• Occupational Health and Safety Compliance Standards
• Codes of Practice

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