Passport to Safety
Nationally recognised certificate on OSH knowledge
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To obtain a Passport to Safety, young people take a ‘test’, based on learning outcomes developed by health and safety curriculum experts from most provincial and territorial jurisdictions across Canada. Successful participants are awarded a ‘transcript’ that can be attached to CVs to demonstrate their basic awareness of health and safety. This basic level of awareness becomes a foundation on which to build all the other skills required to be safer and healthier workers. Participants are then encouraged to add more credits for other courses that help people manage risk, such as first aid, babysitting, water safety, snowmobile safety and many others. This supports and adds value to their efforts to find a job.
Passport to Safety includes three different tests:
1. Passport to Safety Challenge for Teens
2. Passport to Safety test
3. Passport to Safety supervisor assessment.
1. Passport to Safety Challenge for Teens
This test is aimed at teensanyone 19 and under whether in work or planning to work in the future. One of the greatest benefits is ensuring that teens are aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding health and safety and are therefore better prepared for the workplace-specific safety training that every employer must provide.
Participants will become familiar with: employer responsibilities worker rights and responsibilities WHMIS (workplace hazardous materials information system) common workplace hazards dealing with hazards at work general workplace safety provisions.
2. Passport to Safety test
This test is designed for anyone 20 and over. It is suitable for those looking for a job, those reentering the workforce or as a refresher for any worker. This no-fail test asks basic safety questions and reinforces incorrect answers with health and safety information to read.
Participants will become familiar with: employer responsibilities worker rights and responsibilities WHMIS (workplace hazardous materials information system) common workplace hazards dealing with hazards at work general workplace safety provisions.
3. Passport to Safety supervisor assessment
This comprehensive assessment aims at ‘testing’ supervisors’ knowledge of basic health and safety principles. The test is based on the same learning expectations as in the Passport to Safety test for workers, but from a supervisor’s perspective. If all young and new workers understand the basics, it is critical that their supervisors understand the facts as well and are prepared to provide the supervision necessary to keep all workers, not just younger ones, safe.
The assessment aims at: reinforcing previous training; determining deficiencies so that future training can be focused on specific learning need; acting as a periodic supervisor check-up; assuring that supervisors are knowledgeable in the basics of health and safety.
Supervisors will answer questions on: workplace rights and responsibilities: what’s required of employers, supervisorsand workers; common workplace hazards: general questions on WHMIS, physical, chemical, ergonomic and physical hazards; addressing health and safety in the workplace: controlling workplace hazards, emergency planning, injury prevention and general health and safety principles.
Employers can sign up for Passport to Safety membership, which means that they provide their employees with Passport to Safety cards. As an employer member they have access to free tools, resources, tips, links, and cost-savings for safety training from not-for-profit Passport to Safety partners. They get an access card that allows them to manage and monitor the Passport to Safety accounts they provide to their workers — to see if they have taken the test and how well they did.
Passport to Safety has a website with information for parents, employers, teachers and recruiters. Passport to Safety also has a Youth website, with interesting information, links, games, video clips with examples of accidents that could have been prevented and a list of Passport to Safety employers, etc.
Contact information:
Corey Pocaluyko
Client Service Coordinator
info@passporttosafety.com
Passport to Safety Headquarters
64 Charles St E, Ste 201
Toronto, ON M4Y 1T1
(905) 702-9903
Fax: (866) 226-2976
Internet: www.passporttosafety.com
Passport to Safety includes three different tests:
1. Passport to Safety Challenge for Teens
2. Passport to Safety test
3. Passport to Safety supervisor assessment.
1. Passport to Safety Challenge for Teens
This test is aimed at teens
Participants will become familiar with:
2. Passport to Safety test
This test is designed for anyone 20 and over. It is suitable for those looking for a job, those reentering the workforce or as a refresher for any worker. This no-fail test asks basic safety questions and reinforces incorrect answers with health and safety information to read.
Participants will become familiar with:
3. Passport to Safety supervisor assessment
This comprehensive assessment aims at ‘testing’ supervisors’ knowledge of basic health and safety principles. The test is based on the same learning expectations as in the Passport to Safety test for workers, but from a supervisor’s perspective. If all young and new workers understand the basics, it is critical that their supervisors understand the facts as well and are prepared to provide the supervision necessary to keep all workers, not just younger ones, safe.
The assessment aims at:
Supervisors will answer questions on:
Employers can sign up for Passport to Safety membership, which means that they provide their employees with Passport to Safety cards. As an employer member they have access to free tools, resources, tips, links, and cost-savings for safety training from not-for-profit Passport to Safety partners. They get an access card that allows them to manage and monitor the Passport to Safety accounts they provide to their workers — to see if they have taken the test and how well they did.
Passport to Safety has a website with information for parents, employers, teachers and recruiters. Passport to Safety also has a Youth website, with interesting information, links, games, video clips with examples of accidents that could have been prevented and a list of Passport to Safety employers, etc.
Contact information:
Corey Pocaluyko
Client Service Coordinator
info@passporttosafety.com Passport to Safety Headquarters
64 Charles St E, Ste 201
Toronto, ON M4Y 1T1
(905) 702-9903Fax: (866) 226-2976
Internet: www.passporttosafety.com
