Fall 2016  
 

 

Our 2016 AGM will be taking place on September 29th with opening remarks made by Tracey Barbrick, Associate Deputy Minister of Department of Health and Wellness. Tracy Bonnar, Administrator at Rosecrest Communities will share her experience and insight on Transforming Safety Culture with Lean Management. We hope to give you a brief overview of the AGM in our next newsletter. Stay tuned.

 
 
Yours in safety,
Trisha MacIsaac OHS Coordinator on behalf of Susan Dempsey, Exe cutive Director, AWARE-NS

SAFER Leadership Model Training
 
In the Spring of 2016 AWARE-NS began to deliver the SAFER Leadership Model with Dr. Kevin Kelloway from Saint Mary's University. This leadership training is designed for Supervisors and Managers within your organization and is delivered over 2.5 days. If there are not enough participants registered we may have to cancel a course, so register early! 
 
 Day 1
 
This half day session of Safety for Supervisors an Managers is being re-offered in September and October to the 9 communities we regularly engage with. Day 1 in every community will run from 1pm-4pm. Please see below for the location that would best suit your organization. If you didn't receive notification of the session in your area, contact Trisha for more information or to register. 
 
902-832-3868 ext 104
Toll free: 1-877-538-7228 ext 104
  
The training schedule is as follows:
 
Truro-Wynn Park Villa-September 8
 
Berwick-Grand View Manor-September 12
 
Halifax Area-Cobequid Community Health Centre, Room 3217-September 15
 
Yarmouth-Legion-October 4
 
Liverpool-Legion-October 5
 
Sydney-Grand Lake Fire Hall-October 13
 
Baddeck-Alderwood-October 14
 
Amherst-Amherst Fire Hall-October 18
 
Antigonish-Antigonish Legion Hall-October 19
 
 
Day 2
  
 
Safety for Supervisors and Managers Day 2 is a full day consisting of *Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis in the morning (9am-noon). *This course will be open for JOHSC members as well. Workplace Inspection and Hazard Identification, for Supervisors and Managers only, will be offered in the afternoon (1pm-4pm). Some of you may have already taken 1 or more of these courses. If you have, you will be given credit for them and not required to attend.
 
The training schedule is as follows:
 
Truro-Wynn Park Villa-November 2
 
Halifax area-Ivany Place-November 4
 
Antigonish-St. Martha's Regional Hospital-November 15
 
Sydney-Grand Lake Fire Hall-November 21
 
Baddeck-Alderwood-November 23
 
Amherst-Fire Hall-November 28
 
Berwick-Grand View Manor-December 1
 
Liverpool-Legion-December 6
 
Yarmouth-Legion-December 8
 
  
Day 3
 
 
Safety for Supervisors and Managers Day 3 is also a full day consisting of 4 courses. Roles and Responsibilities, Due Diligence (9am-noon), Return-to-Work and Contractor Safety (1pm-4pm).
 
These 4 courses are specifically designed for Supervisors and Managers to help them understand their role as it relates to safety in the workplace and to share best practices.
 
The training schedule is as follows:
 
Truro-Wynn Park Villa-November 3
 
Antigonish-St. Martha's Regional Hospital-November 16
 
Halifax area-Ivany Place-November 18
 
Sydney-Grand Lake Fire Hall-November 22
 
Port Hawkesbury-Civic Centre-November 24
 
Amherst-Fire Hall-November 29
 
Berwick-Grand View Manor-December 2
 
Liverpool-Legion-December 7
 
Yarmouth-Legion-December 9
 
Please note at time of writing this newsletter, invitations for day 2 and 3 have not been sent to anyone yet.

  

JOHSC Course Offering

 

During these last few months of 2016 we are offering many courses. However not many of these are for JOHSC members. The only course open to these members will be Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis (9am-noon), taken alongside Supervisors and Managers.
 
The training schedule is as follows:
 
Truro-Wynn Park Villa-November 2
 
Halifax area-Ivany Place-November 4
 
Antigonish-St. Martha's Regional Hospital-November 15
 
Sydney-Grand Lake Fire Hall-November 21
 
Baddeck-Alderwood-November 23
 
Amherst-Fire Hall-November 28
 
Berwick-Grand View Manor-December 1
 
Liverpool-Legion-December 6
 
Yarmouth-Legion-December 8

 

 

Invitations will be sent out but you may also register by contacting Trisha:
902-832-3868 ext 104
1-877-538-7228 ext 104

 

The following message has been included in our newsletter at the request of the DLAE. Please note that AWARE-NS has no ownership of this document and feedback is not being collected by us.   

 

CSA Communities
 
CSA Z1210 now posted for Public Review ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
created by Jill Collins in Workplace First Aid - TC - View the full document
File No.: S381
 
Date:  July 19,  2016
 
To:   All CSA Workplace First Aid Technical Committee Members
 
Re:   Update - CSA Z1210 now posted for Public Review
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Good Morning Everyone,
We have now posted CSA Z1210-16  Workplace First Aid for the mandatory Public Review period. 
Note: That we have extended this review period into the early fall at the request of the Committee.  Our Public Review period will be 70 days and will close on September 26, 2016 (as opposed to the 60 day norm)
 
This is a huge milestone for our Committee and Debbie and I, on behalf of CSA , wish to congratulate each and every one of you.  Thank you for your hard work and dedication in meeting this aggressive timeline!
 
The link to the Public Review site is as follows: 
 
CSA Z1210-17 Workplace First Aid
Public Review closes on September 23, 2016.
 
Please note: The Public Review site is for comments from the Public Only. 
Please use the link above if you'd like to help us spread the news.  The site requires a simple email login/password and then allows members of the Public to provide comments on the specific Clauses.
 
Debbie and I will be sending out a notice in the next couple of weeks for a fall TC meeting or conference call meeting to review the Public Review comments and complete the work on our draft.
 
Kind regards and congratulations!
 
Jill and Debbie


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