Obligations and Liabilities of the OH&S Professional: Classroom

This two-day course is designed to develop an awareness and understanding of the obligations and potential liabilities that may be encountered by the OH&S professional when providing advice in the area of occupational health and safety. The focus is upon defining the types of obligations and potential liabilities and illustrating ways and means of reducing these risks.

Who Should Attend

Because every occupational health and safety professional can be at risk, this seminar provides invaluable information to every level of experience - from the novice to the seasoned professional and from the "internal" consultant to the commercial consultant. Take action to safeguard yourself and your clients.

Course Content:

• Learning what are your obligations or duties to the client, the workers and the public
• Learning what standard of care and skill is expected of an OHS practitioner
• Understanding with what type of legislation you should be familiar
• Assessing and handling conflict of interest
• Considering ramifications when preparing a report to management
• Understanding what is a report disclaimer and when you might need one
• Discussing the major ethical issues faced by the OH&S profession
• Discussing (in-depth) the liabilities faced, based on contracts and legislation
• Understanding the role of professional liability insurance
• Understanding the application of privilege and disclosure to the OH&S consultant
• Learning what are the important elements of an OH&S contract

The course exam is provided at the end of the second day of the course. Participants have 4 weeks from the release date to complete the exam.

Course Instructors

Meet the course instructors:

• Dan Black
• Fred Leafloor

CSSE has awarded this course 16 CHSC Maintenance Points.

BCRSP has awarded this course 1.0 CMPs.

Completion of this course will count as one elective credit towards the OH&S Certificate at British Columbia Institute of Technology.

You can register for this course online. Please visit our Course Registration Page.

Obligations and Liabilities of the OH&S Professional: Online

NEW! Now you can take this key course in the CHSC designation stream from the comfort of your own home, or from your office. Do the course at your own pace to fit into your schedule.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Upon registration, you will be given the URL address and a unique password. You will have one month to work your way through the five units of the online course. You can download the course and reference material for easy reference later. At the end of one month, or when you have completed the course, you will be given access to the downloadable exam, which you complete and return to the CSSE office for marking. You will have two weeks to complete the exam. Successful completion of the exam does count towards the requirements for the CHSC designation (view information on the CHSC designation)

You can take this course by using an Internet Browser such as Netscape Navigator™ (7.1 or later) or Microsoft Internet Explorer™ (6.0 or later) and RealPlayer™ or later from RealNetworks. (Download a free version of RealPlayer)

View a detailed list of minimum computer requirements.

Before you decide to take this Internet course, you are strongly advised try the freely accessible demo to determine if your home system and Internet connection has the capacity to deliver the multimedia content. Please click on the link below for a demo of the course.

Demo for Obligations and Liabilities of the OH&S Professional Course (Requires RealPlayer)

BCRSP has awarded this course 1.0 CMPs.

Completion of this course will count as one elective credit towards the OH&S Certificate at British Columbia Institute of Technology

Register for the ONLINE Obligations & Liabilities course today by clicking on the link below!

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