Basics of Supervision

This course will cover Legal Responsibilities, Locate and cite sections in the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and applicable regulations, Identify the duties of a constructor, employer, supervisor, and workers as detailed in the OHSA. Participants will learn how to integrate health and safety into the supervisor’s daily activities of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling work.

Participants will learn how to perform the duties of a supervisor by, Communicating hazard information through safety talks and worker orientations, Monitoring health and safety activities through formal workplace inspections, investigating incidents and determine the immediate and underlying causes, Enforcing health and safety rules