Online Certifications
To determine eligibility for NORCAT you must attend an Online Certification Intake session on
Mondays OR Thursdays at 8:15am OR Tuesdays at 4:15pm.
You must bring a proof of low income document and pass an English literacy assessment.
No exceptions are made to this requirement.
Certification
Chemical Hazards
Issued Through Norcat
Confined Space
Awareness
Issued Through Norcat
Excellence in
Customer Service
Issued Through Norcat
Fall Protection
Awareness
Issued Through Norcat
General Safety
Awareness
Issued Through Norcat
What the Certification Is
- Understanding of basic chemical
principles and term, the hazards
associated with various broad classes of
compounds, and the dangers of
inappropriate storage and mixing
- provides information to those who are
likely to enter a confined space or perform
related work within the industry of
operations
- Covers the basics of verbal and nonverbal communication, telephone etiquette
and tips on providing excellent customer
service
- Explains the safety equipment used and
procedures/policies in place to prevent
injuries from falls on the job site
- Highlights rules of conduct, personal
protective equipment, personal hygiene
and safe work practices
Applicable
Industries
- All industries
- Construction
- Offices
- Mine Sites
- Warehouses
Type of Course
and Time to
Complete
- Online course and test
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- Sales
- Office Work
- Management
- Health Care
- Construction
-Framers
- Roofers
- Oil Field workers
- All industries
- Construction
- Warehouses
- Oil Field workers
- Landscaping
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- Online course and test
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- Online course and test
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
Issued Through Norcat
- Designed for any employee who could
come in contact with an energy source
- Construction
- Oil field workers
- Online course and test
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
Issued Through Norcat
- How to avoid unnecessary risks cause by
not paying attention or not following
standard working procedures
- Office Workers
- Custodial staff
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- Online course and test
Safe Work Practices
Issued Through Norcat
Toxicology
Issued Through Norcat
TDG - Transportation of
Dangerous Goods
Issued Through Norcat
- Provides an overview of general safety
information for the construction and
petroleum industry
- Construction
- Warehouses
- Oil and Gas
- Detection, effects and antidotes of
poisons.
- Informs student of what constitutes a
poison, the ways these substances enter
the body and how the toxicity of a
substance is measured
- Construction
- Oil Field workers
- provides information to those who handle
dangerous goods
- information on shipping documents,
means of containment, safety marks and
emergency actions
- truck/transport
drivers
- truck dispatcher
- shippers/receivers
- warehouse workers
- oil field laborers
- roughneck
Hazardous Materials
Information System
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
Expiration Date: after 1 year
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wallet card issued
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wallet card issued
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wallet card issued
Expiration Date: after 1 year
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wall Certificate Issued
Expiration Date: after 1 year
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wall Certificate Issued
Expiration Date: after 1 year
- Online course and test
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wall Certificate Issued
Expiration Date: after 1 year
- Online course and test
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- All industries
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wallet card issued
Expiration Date: after 3 years
- Online course and test
WHMIS - Workplace
-Detailed description of the legislation,
classification and hazards associated with
common workplace materials
Expiration Date: after 2 years
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wall Certificate Issued
Expiration Date: after 1 year
- Online course and test
Office Safety
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wallet card issued
Expiration Date: after 1 year
- Online course and test
Lockout & Tagout
-Test, Online
- 80% required to pass
- Wall Certificate Issued
Expiration Date: after 3 years
- Online course and test
- construction
- oil field workers
Test and Completion
Information
- Approx 2-3 hours to
complete
- Test, online
- 80% to pass
- Wallet card issued
Expiration Date: after 1 year
Issued Through Norcat
To determine eligibility for CSTS you must attend an Online Certification Intake session on
Mondays OR Thursdays at 8:15am OR Tuesdays at 4:15pm.
You must bring a proof of low income document and pass an English literacy assessment.
No exceptions are made to this requirement.
CSTS with WHMIS Construction Safety
Training System
And
Workplace Hazardous
Materials Information
System
Issued through Alberta
Construction Safety
Association
-CSTS provides the fundamentals of
construction safety
-WHMIS is the national hazard
communication program for hazardous
workplace chemicals
- construction and
construction related
industries
-Approx 8-12 hours to
complete
- Online study and test that
must be completed on site
at EST or CLC lab during
specified times
-Online course with testing
-Course must be completed in EST
classroom
-Permanent card issued 4-6 weeks
after completion
Expiration Date:
- CSTS does not expire
- WHMIS expires after 3 years
- CSTS and WHMIS are issued on
the same card