Knowing where the hazards are in your workplace is important to creating a safe environment. Recognizing hazards and how they can affect you, and others around you, will help you to eliminate and/or control the risk of accidents in your workplace. This course has been designed to help you meet all regulatory and government requirements including the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code.

This is a two-hour online course.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Describe the responsibilities and importance of recognizing hazards
• Define the methods, risks, and controls associated with hazard recognition
• List the various physical, chemical, biological, psychological, and safety hazards
• Describe the process and steps of hazard evaluation
• List types of operational risk
• Explain why the continuous improvement cycle is important to your OHSMS
• List controls that can be used to prevent or reduce the risk of hazards
• List the key elements of job hazard analysis and hazard assessments
• Describe how to evaluate the results of a hazard evaluation and assessment
• Describe the importance and role that hazard recognition plays in promoting a safe workplace