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Health and Safety for Leaders eLearning

This is required eLearning for all leaders. Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), all supervisors are required to complete health and safety competency training within one week of their hire.  The OHSA defines supervisors are those who have:

  • charge of a workplace, or 
  • authority over a worker

What is the eLearning module about?

Health and Safety for Leaders covers the following topics:

  • the definition and importance of the leader role,
  • the structure and function of the Internal Responsibility System, 
  • how to perform university health and safety processes,
  • how to apply the Prevention Philosophy and 13 Factors of Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace in your role as a health, safety and wellbeing leader, and
  • where to find additional tools and resources for support.

Who is required to complete the training?

Leaders are required to complete under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act.

While you may have completed other supervisory health and safety training, this program reflects current regulatory requirements as well as our EHS policy.  We are asking that all leaders complete this course within three months.  

Once you’ve completed a module, you’ll receive a certificate which you can provide to your leader for their records.

How long will it take to complete the training?

The Health and Safety for Leaders training will take approximately 60 minutes to complete.

How to access the training

  1. Enroll in the Health and Safety for Leaders eLearning training through the Learning Events Calendar. 
  2. Once you’ve enrolled, log into my.torontomu.ca and click on “Your courses in D2L Brightspace” under the “Online Courses and Organizations'' heading.
  3. Select “Health and Safety for Leaders eLearning” 
    • Note: If you are enrolled in 13 or more courses, you may not see these mandatory courses listed. Instructions on how to locate these courses can be found by clicking on “Find out more about 'My Courses’” which is located to the right of the “My Courses” widget.
  4. Click “Content” to advance to the eLearning Table of Contents.

After enrolling, the course can be accessed from the D2L Brightspace homepage where it will be listed under "My Courses.

Once you’ve completed a module, you’ll receive a certificate which you can provide to your leader for their records.

Questions

For technical questions or assistance with troubleshooting D2L, please contact the Computing and Communications Services (CCS) Faculty and Staff Help Desk at help@torontomu.ca or 416-979-5000, ext. 556806.

For questions regarding the content, please contact Environmental Health and Safety at ehs@torontomu.ca.