📚 Guide by Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety — The Hazard Assessment is an online workplace safety course delivered by Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety, Calgary’s Energy Safety Canada Authorized Training Provider. Self-paced, mobile-friendly, same-day certificate upon exam completion. Available across Canada.
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HAZARD ASSESSMENT ONLINE TRAINING
OVERVIEW:
Occupational health and safety management’s goal is to maintain a healthy and injury free work environment. Participants will understand the importance of hazard assessments on the overall performance of these management systems after viewing this video.
WHO WILL BENEFIT:
People conducting hazard assessments at their workplace or are involved in the health and safety field will learn to identify workplace hazards as well as to prioritize and control the identified risks.
TOPICS:
- Identification of occupational health and safety hazards
- Evaluate the identified hazards
- Prioritize hazards according to risk class they pose
- Identify and control the hazards
- Review and maintain hazard assessments regularly
- Types of hazard assessments
COST: $49.95
TIME: 60 minutes approximately
CERTIFICATION:
A certificate of completion can be downloaded and printed after successful completion of this online program. An 80% pass mark must be achieved to successfully pass. 2 attempts at the course material are allowed to pass. Supplemental materials that are required for the course can be accessed online.
HAZARD ASSESSMENT ONLINE COURSE PREVIEW
Additional Safety Knowledge
Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Framework
Alberta’s workplace safety system is built on the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the OHS Regulation, and the OHS Code (which contains the detailed technical requirements). The three-legged framework applies to virtually all Alberta workplaces except federally regulated industries (which follow Canada Labour Code Part II). Workers have three fundamental rights: the right to know about hazards, the right to participate in safety decisions, and the right to refuse unsafe work without reprisal.
Employer, Supervisor, and Worker Responsibilities
- Employers must ensure the health and safety of workers, provide instruction and training, maintain equipment, and prepare a health and safety program (mandatory for workplaces with 20+ regular workers).
- Supervisors must take all reasonable steps to protect workers, ensure workers use required equipment and follow procedures, and advise workers of hazards.
- Workers must protect their own health and safety and that of co-workers, use required equipment, cooperate with the OHS system, and report hazards or incidents.
Failure to fulfill these duties can result in administrative penalties, orders, prosecution, and in severe cases criminal charges under the federal Criminal Code (Bill C-45).
Hazard Assessment — The Foundation of Workplace Safety
Every task should begin with a hazard assessment. Formal assessments identify hazards, evaluate risk (probability multiplied by severity), and prescribe controls following the hierarchy: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, and PPE. Field Level Hazard Assessments (FLHAs) are completed for each shift or task change. Job Safety Analyses (JSAs) document safe procedures for repetitive or non-routine work.
Hazard Assessment — Ongoing Competency
Safety competency is not a one-time event. Workers require initial training before first exposure to a hazard, refresher training when procedures change, and periodic competency verification. Employer records must include worker names, training dates, course content, trainer identification, and assessment results. Alberta OHS inspectors routinely review training records during inspections and incident investigations.
Content reviewed by Arliss Levine, CRSP, CHSC — lead safety instructor at Safety Mom · Allstar Enviro Safety Calgary, an Energy Safety Canada Authorized Training Provider.
