Leadership for Safety Excellence

This is a two-day VILT course designed for people in management and supervisory positions in Territorially regulated workplaces in the Yukon. This program enables supervisors to build health and safety into their every-day planning, create and promote a safe work environment where people can work safely, and help make a lasting contribution to the reduction of incidents in all industries.

Topics covered:

• Supervisor’s Role
  
  
  
  • Overview of Workers’ Safety & Compensation Act & Regulations
    
  
  
  • Review of Criminal Code of Canada 217.1
    
  
  
  • Introduction to Hazard Assessment & Control
  
  
  
  


• Inspections
  
  
  
  • Inspection Preparation
  
  
  • Conducting an Inspection
  
  
  • Writing an Inspection Report
  
  
  
  


• Young and New Workers
  
  
  
  • Identifying Young and New Workers
  
  
  • Young and New Workers’ Code of Practice
  
  
  
  


• Investigations
  
  
  
  • Investigation Preparation
  
  
  • Investigation Requirements
  
  
  • Causation Analysis
  
  
  • Writing an Investigation Report
  
  
  
  


• Training
  
  
  
  • Types of Training
  
  
  • Planning a Training Session
  
  
  • Conducting a Training Session
  
  
  
  

This program is appropriate for leaders in the public, private, and NGO sectors, and covers diverse workplaces through scenarios and illustrations.