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Winter Ready - Leader Workshop

Date: Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Time: 7:30 am
Location: Virtual workshop

Winter brings additional health and safety challenges and a significant increase in injury rates.

Winter Ready for Leaders provides insights into the types of injuries we can experience, along with strategies and tools to prepare and reduce incidents during the winter season.

All participants will receive a certificate of completion that they are "Winter Ready."

Please note that this session is open to AMHSA municipal members only (attendees will receive their registration confirmation via email once approved). It is our last workshop offered in 2020.

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PHS 102: Prevention: Program Selection, Measurement and Evaluation

Date: Monday Nov 23, 2020
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Online

This one-day program provides a foundation for how to select and evaluate programs impact for preventing mental harms and promoting mental health.

Prevention is a critical success factor for facilitators to focus on. Having a program and participation is not enough to define success. The purpose of this foundation course is to provide facilitators with basic knowledge and skills to for how to support program selection, measurement and evaluation.

PHS 102 is approved for 10 CPD hours through CPHR-Alberta.

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Certificate Program

Building on the successful delivery of the two-day Psychological Health and Safety Facilitator Certification program that was offered this past June, Alberta Health and Safety Association (AMHSA) and its strategic partner, Howatt HR, will be releasing five additional course offerings starting on November 23. These five new courses will enable participants to work towards a Psychological Health and Safety Facilitator’s Certificate.

AMHSA is also offering the opportunity for participants to register for selected individual courses that will result in a certificate of training upon completion for each course taken.

The goal of this program is to support organizations in developing practical workplace mental health strategies and the mental health competencies of their operational leaders. Upon completion of all courses, participants will be certified as a Psychological Health and Safety Facilitator. All courses may be completed within 24 months.

Upcoming News & Events

◙ National Day of Mourning

Date: April 28, 2024
Location: Canada

The National Day of Mourning is not only a day to remember and honour those lives lost or injured due to a workplace tragedy, but also a day to collectively renew our commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace and prevent further injuries, illnesses and deaths.

For more information, visit https://www.ccohs.ca/events/mourning/ 

◙ Aquatic Health and Safety Awareness: Types of Fall Protection, Including Guardrails

Date: April 30, 2024
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: Online

The Aquatics Health and Safety Awareness campaign is designed to raise awareness of occupational health and safety concerns for those working in and around aquatic facilities, and to provide free and accessible resources to workers (including vulnerable/new/young workers), supervisors, pool facility operators, and organizations. The webinars are no cost, open to all attendees, and will be recorded and made available following the event.

This 45-minute webinar is presented by a fall protection engineering expert that will review when a fall protection plan and fall protection training are required. The subject matter expert will also discuss the hierarchy of controls specific for fall protection, and the types of systems, such as guardrails, travel restraint, fall arrest, and control zones. This general understanding is fundamental before creating a fall protection plan and implementing its systems.  Following the webinar, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of our subject matter expert.

  • Review when fall protection is required.
  • Outline the hierarchy of controls specific for slips, trips, and falls.
  • Identify the types of systems involved in the fall protection plan, such as: guardrails, travel restraint, fall arrest, and control zones.
  • Review Alberta OHS legislation - specifically, water danger [AB OHS Code 157], Fall Protection Plan [AB OHS Code140(1)], Instruction of workers [AB OHS Code141(1) and 141(3)], and fall protection hierarchy [AB OHS Code139(3) to 13(8)].

Visit our Aquatic Health and Safety Awareness Website for additional resources, including safety talks and information posters.

Presented by AMHSA & High Engineering

Date: April 30, 2024
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 (MST)

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When registering, you’ll have the option to select individual webinars or register for all three. To register multiple attendees at once, we have a bulk registration spreadsheet that can be filled out and returned to [email protected].

◙ Alberta Health & Safety Conference

Date: May 01, 2024 - May 02, 2024
Location: Feltham Centre, NAIT, Edmonton, AB

The Health & Safety Conference Society of Alberta (HSCSA) is excited to announce the dates of their upcoming 2024 conference: Wednesday, May 1 & Thursday, May 2, 2024 at the Feltham Centre (CAT) at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton, Alberta.

Watch https://hsconference.ca/ for details.

◙ NAOSH Week

Date: May 06, 2024 - May 11, 2024
Location: Canada

Find tools to help you plan and promote your Safety and Health Week events. Combine with organization-wide involvement, support and enthusiasm for your keys to success. 

Visit https://www.safetyandhealthweek.ca/english/ for more