This Working in the Cold online training course is designed for employees who work in cold temperatures. Whether you work in outdoor construction, agriculture, emergency services, or any other field that exposes you to the cold, you may be at risk of cold stress. Learn about: cold-induced injury and illnesses; environmental and personal factors that affect a worker’s ability to tolerate the cold; and strategies to protect workers in cold environments.
This Working in the Heat online training course is designed for employees who work outdoors in hot weather or in high-temperature indoor settings and their managers and supervisors. Learn about how heat affects people, the different illnesses caused by exposure to excessive heat and how to prevent or treat them, legal requirements for protecting workers from heat stress, guidance on working at higher apparent temperatures, and developing workplace policies to address heat exposure.
This Young Worker Safety Orientation online training course outlines what young workers need to know about health and safety legislation, the rights and responsibilities of employers, supervisors, and workers as set out in occupational health and safety legislation, the types of workplace hazards young workers may encounter, and protective measures that should be taken to ensure everyone in a workplace is safe.