Recognized Municipal Health & Safety Advisor
This certification is intended for municipal employees who take a lead role in coordinating the development / implementation / review of the health and safety management system. This could include the municipality's certified peer auditors, among others.
To achieve this designation, participants must take 10 compulsory courses, and 2 elective courses as follows:
Compulsory Courses (10) - all of the following are required:
- Health and Safety Management Systems
- Disability Management
- Prime Contractor
- Confined Space Entry
- Trenching Safety
- Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Program (either Physically Demanding or Office Environment module)
- Health and Safety Management Systems Audit
- WHMIS Train-the-Trainer
- Orientation: Train-the-Trainer
- Leadership for Safety Excellence *
* Leadership for Safety Excellence consists of 4 modules: Supervisor's Role; Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control; Formal Inspections; and Incident Investigation. Each module is a half-day course. Note that Overview of Health & Safety Management Systems can be taken instead of Supervisor's Role.
Elective Courses (2) - any two of the following are required:
- Flagperson Train-the-Trainer
- Joint Health and Safety Committees
- Defensive Driving
- Workplace Violence Prevention
- + Road Grader Operator Safety
- + Front End Loader Operator Safety
- + Backhoe/Loader Operator Safety
- + Skid Steer Loader Operator Safety
- + Plow Truck Sander Operator Safety
+ note: these 5 courses are available only to experienced operators
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