Course Summary
Provincial employers in Ontario employing 20 or more regularly employed workers must have a Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) consisting of at least two certified members, one member representing workers and one representing management.

Committees have a primary responsibility to identify hazards, and bring them to the attention of the employer. Upon successful completion of our approved program, certified members will have the knowledge required to fulfill their legislated duties as JHSC certified members and will be able to support different workplace parties in understanding their roles as part of the internal responsibility system.

OSG Inc. is an Ontario Chief Prevention Officer Approved Training Provider for the Joint Health and Safety Committee Certification Part 1 Training Program.

Reminder: In order to become a certified member of the Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC), members must successfully complete Part II of the certification training within six months of completing Part I.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain their role as a certified member
Explain the roles of workplace parties
Identify health and safety legislation, and demonstrate how to access it
Explain basic rights, responsibilities, and training requirements
Describe the purpose, legal requirements for, and rights and duties of the JHSC and its members
Describe how a functioning JHSC works
Describe the basic process of recognizing, assessing, controlling, and evaluating hazards
Explain hazard recognition and the process of workplace inspections
Describe methods of hazard assessment, control, and evaluation
Practice recognizing, assessing, controlling, and evaluating hazard controls
State the requirements for investigating accidents