Mandatory Safety Training

1. Mandatory Safety Training Courses • Employee Safety Orientation • Workplace Violence Awareness • Both are online courses which can be completed in 30-60 minutes each.

2. Mandatory Safety Training • Who must take these courses? • Anyone in an employment relationship who is paid for their work • Graduate students working as research or teaching assistants • Co-op students (university, secondary school), whether paid or unpaid • Visiting professors

3. Job-Specific Mandatory Training • Supervisors • Supervisor Safety Training – OHSA Responsibilities • Inspecting the Workplace • Incident Investigation • Training applicable to direct reports • Hazard-Specific – some examples • Lab Safety • Laser Safety • Forklift • Ladder Safety • Complete list of available training: www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hse/training/safety-training-sessions.html * Management must determine required training based on job hazards and regulatory requirements.

4. Mandatory Safety Training • Tracking of completed training • myHRinfo – Manager Self-Service • “Reports To” relationship - can view training record of employees • myHRinfo – Self-Service -> Learning & Development • Employee can provide print/scan of record to supervisor/administrator • Safety Office webpage – online training only • http://www.safetyoffice.uwaterloo.ca/hse/training/training_records.html • Contact Doug Dye (ddye@uwaterloo.ca) and request access to departmental training record • Department must determine approval for access