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 12 compulsory courses, and 2 electives as follows:
Compulsory Courses - 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 System Audit
- Hazard Identification, Assessment and Control
- Formal Workplace Inspections
- Incident Investigation
- Supervisor's Role or Overview of Health & Safety Management Systems
- WHMIS Train-the-Trainer
Elective Courses - any two of the following are required:
- Flagperson Train-the-Trainer
- Joint Health and Safety Committees
- Defensive Driving
- + Road Grader Operator Safety
- + Front End Loader Operator Safety
- + Backhoe/Loader Operator Safety
- + Skid Steer Loader Operator Safety
- Workplace Violence Prevention
+ note: these 4 courses are available only to experienced operators
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