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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY CERTIFICATION TRAINING
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY
Policy Statement
WorkplaceNL has legislative responsibility to promote public
awareness of workplace health and safety; educate employers,
workers and other persons about workplace health and safety;
develop standards for the certification of persons required to be
certified under the Occupational Health and Safety Act; approve
training programs for certification; and certify persons who meet the
standards. WorkplaceNL will seek advice from subject matter
experts in the development of certification standards. It will monitor
training programs, as well as, training providers and trainers (where
applicable) to ensure they meet or exceed these standards.
Training Requirements
WorkplaceNL will develop all certification standards with the advice
from subject matter experts. It will monitor training programs and
training providers and trainers (where applicable) to ensure they
meet or exceed these standards.
Approval of Training
Providers/Trainers
WorkplaceNL establishes criteria for the approval of providers and
trainers (where applicable). Providers and trainers (where
applicable) must be approved by WorkplaceNL to deliver
certification training by completing the appropriate registration
form. Where required, training providers must develop and submit
training curriculum as prescribed in the applicable training standard
for approval. WorkplaceNL may approve training providers if they
satisfy criteria with respect to:
1. Competency and qualifications;
2. Delivery of certification training that meets prescribed
training standards;
3. Documentation, record keeping and adherence to
administrative requirements of WorkplaceNL; and
4. Maintaining program integrity and delivery.
Where required, trainers must be approved and have the following
prerequisites:
1. high school graduation or equivalent;
2. experience delivering training and knowledge of adult
education principles;
3. knowledge, training and experience to be competent and
qualified, as defined by the OH&S Regulations, in the use of
safety equipment, systems and planning indicated in the
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certification training standard;
4. proficient knowledge of OH&S regulations and current
industry standards specific to certification training standard;
5. OH&S education and training; and
6. approval by WorkplaceNL to deliver certification training.
Program Delivery
Program delivery, as indicated in applicable certification training
standards, must include but is not limited to the following principles:
1. well-defined learning outcomes, based on accurate learning
content, which are clearly addressed through course
curriculum for the specific target audience;
2. compliance with adult learning principles and
comprehension levels;
3. training session evaluation methods;
4. learning activities, both theoretical and practical that
demonstrate participants subject matter comprehension;
5. quality, non-discriminatory teaching materials, aids and
technical resources are available as required by certification
training standard;
6. references to any teaching material used in the
development of training curriculum, and written permission
from the publisher in accordance with copyright
requirements, for material taken directly from resources;
7. learning environment, such as classroom and class size
conducive to participation and interaction among
participants;
8. compliance with prescribed training session duration;
9. compliance with the minimum delivery of training sessions
by training providers and trainers;
10. evaluation methods to measure participant’s
comprehension;
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11. curriculum that adheres to the OH&S Act; and
12. changes made to the approved curriculum must be
submitted and approved by WorkplaceNL.
Documentation and
Administration
WorkplaceNL will monitor the effectiveness of training and training
provider activities by any or all of the following:
1. reviewing participant evaluation forms;
2. receiving and responding to concerns;
3. reviewing administrative processes used by training
providers and trainers;
4. monitoring performance of training providers and trainers
through the completion of random quality assurance audits;
and
5. or other appropriate means.
Maintaining Program
Integrity and Delivery
Where required, WorkplaceNL will issue qualification certificates to
participants and/or trainers of certification training standards.
Training providers must maintain records of trainers and
certification training programs as necessary by:
1. collecting and maintaining records of competent and
qualified trainers according to trainers prerequisites,
including their names and contact information;
2. issuing training certificates to participants and maintaining
databases of persons who have been certified with the
training provider. Records to be maintained include name of
person, date of successful completion of certification training
program, contact information and date of recertification. As
necessary, recertification is required every three years from
the date of initial certification date. It is the responsibility of
the certificate holder to register and participate in applicable
certification training programs every three years;
3. implementing internal auditing systems to ensure trainers
are following the certification training standard;
4. maintaining a registry of training records and providing
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WorkplaceNL with the number of certification training
programs taught, the number of participants in each session
for each certified trainer, and the location of training
programs by December 31st of each year to maintain
active training provider status;
5. providing WorkplaceNL with participants’ evaluations upon
request to be used for data analysis and quality assurance
purposes;
6. submitting any information regarding the certification training
program to WorkplaceNL as a means of measuring the
effectiveness of WorkplaceNL in meeting its objectives; and
7. providing WorkplaceNL-issued Certificate of Clearance.
All training providers and trainers must adhere to certification
training standards requirements.
Non-Compliance
Reference:
The status of an approved training provider/trainer where
applicable, may be revoked where WorkplaceNL finds there is
failure to meet or maintain the certification training standards set by
WorkplaceNL. In such cases, the individual(s) will be advised of
non-compliance and will be given the opportunity to provide an
explanation to WorkplaceNL before a decision is made to revoke
certification.
Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act (The Act)
Occupational Health and Safety Act, Chapter 0-3 RSNL 1990
Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2009
Amendment History
Original Effective Date
2004 03 18
Revision #1
2011 08 10
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