Municipal Safety News - Fall 2020 |
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COMING SOON!
Psychological H&S Certification Courses
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Stay tuned for more detailed information and how to become an AMHSA Certified Psychological Health and Safety Facilitator!
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We know it seems a bit early to be thinking about winter, but we know it's coming! AMHSA wants to help you prepare for the winter hazards in our day-to-day life in and outside of work.
AMHSA's Winter Ready campaign discusses critical things that can be done to reinforce actions against potential dangerous situations that occur during the winter months.
Join us on September 21 or September 29 as we offer a Winter Preparedness Program webinar presented by our subject matter expert, Mike Lowes.
To learn more about this program and to watch our summer work co-op student interview Mike Lowes with questions and answers, please click here to visit our website.
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If you are still working from home or re-entering the workplace, AMHSA can assist with ergonomics training to help prevent musculoskeletal injuries.
We are offering multiple FREE webinar sessions as follows:
September 17 - 8:30 am - Warm-up 101 Program Workshop
September 24 - 8:30 am - Office Ergonomics
October 8 - 8:30 am - Ergonomics Coaching Workshop
October 22 - 8:30 am - Ergonomics Coaching Workshop
Don't forget that we are also offering a FREE online ergonomics course and self-assessment tool until September 30. You can register for these webinars and take the free online courses on our website by clicking here.
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AMHSA and the University of New Brunswick College of Extended Learning (UNB CEL) are pleased to announce our commitment to Occupational Health and Safety education in the workplace and beyond and are by offering a tuition giveaway.
Who can enter? All Alberta municipal members and AMHSA's associate members in good standing who are currently working or are interested in the occupational health and safety field. To be eligible, you must complete and submit the online entry form outlining your interests and aspirations for a career in OHS as well as including any positive contributions and/or demonstrated leadership in the OHS field.
Learn more by clicking on the button below which will take you to the Safety Program Tuition Giveaway website.
Entries will be accepted until October 8, 2020 - 11:59 pm MST with the winner being announced in early November.
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Open Registration for Live Classroom
Webinars
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AMHSA is hosting the following live classroom training webinars:
Health & Safety Management Systems
September 14-15, 2020 - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
$119 for members / $179 for non-members
Health & Safety Auditing
September 23-24, 2020 - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
$119 for members / $179 for non-members
Joint Work Site Health & Safety Committee/Health & Safety
Representative
October 6, 2020 - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
$100 for members / $150 for non-members
Call 1-800-267-9764 for more information or to register for training
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Stay Tuned for More on
The Working Mind!
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AMHSA is looking forward to offering The Working Mind's evidence-based training program designed to address and promote mental health and reduce stigma in the workplace.
Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
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AMHSA's Subscription Service |
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AMHSA continues to offer its subscription model as an alternative to the classic pay-as-you-go training.
This service increases the volume of courses available, lowers member costs of online delivery, creates an opportunity for members to utilize software modules such as digital forms and training matrices to determine who requires what type of training, and increases overall implementation of health and safety management systems.
To learn more information or to sign up for a subscription, please contact Rick Northrop.
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Make your Office a COVID-19 Safe Zone |
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Looking for one-stop shopping for signage at your workplace to remind your workers to be safe during COVID-19?
Our partner Devco Consulting can help you with this and provide you with floor and surface decals, posters, signs, banners, physical barriers, and sign stands for your workplace. They can even be customized with your municipality's logo!
Visit Devco's website for more detailed information and to receive a quote on your order. Or contact Michael Rinsma via email for special pricing and tell him AMHSA sent you!
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Municipal Moments
Upcoming Safety Council Meetings
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Don't forget that we are hosting a September 22 Joint NASC/SASC meeting via Zoom due to the current pandemic challenges. If you haven't already registered for our meeting, please click here to register.
We have scheduled a special guest speaker, Todd Conklin, who will discuss team resilience and systems that manage variability during the lunch hour from 12 - 2 pm. Todd will take us on a journey of workers solving problems in real time, how valuable the nature of the worker is, and how your municipality can strive and thrive through challenging times. Bring your own stories of team resilience and the current outlook shift from workers being the challenge to workers being problem solvers.
This lunchtime presentation is also open to our Alberta Cities Safety Council members. If you represent a city municipality, please click here to register.
All municipality representatives are encouraged to attend our safety council meetings according to the area of Alberta they represent. Our Northern Alberta Safety Council includes towns, MDs, villages and counties north of Red Deer while our Southern Safety Council includes towns, MDs, villages and counties in Red Deer and south of Red Deer. Our Alberta Cities Safety Council includes all cities in Alberta.
Our next meeting for our Alberta Cities will be virtual and is scheduled for December 1.
To keep you and our AMHSA staff safe during the quarantine, our meetings for now will be offered virtually until further notice.
These meetings are for members only.
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Alberta Labour
Read the latest eNews dated August, 2020
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Workers' Compensation Board - Alberta - Updates
WCB recently announced COVID-19 Cost Relief for Employers.
This important WCB announcement is now live on their website and links to the attached Q&A document.
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AMHSA's New Course!
Trenchless Underground Construction Awareness
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#AMHSA's new Trenchless Underground Construction Awareness (TUCA) online and classroom courses have been designed specifically for municipal and other workers who do not have a strong foundation of knowledge in the industry, and who may be visiting or interacting with trenchless underground construction sites or technology.
These courses will allow participants to safely visit trenchless underground construction sites, and to understand the health and safety considerations on these sites if they are involved in planning or development.
Trenchless underground construction sites present specific health and safety considerations, and these innovative new online and classroom courses provide practical understanding of trenchless underground construction sites and methods from a health and safety perspective. They will enable you to develop situational hazard awareness through engaging, informative material that effectively communicates complex, technical, and safety-related information.
You will also be supplied with the knowledge and tools required to recognize, identify, and assess site hazards and to have the confidence and terminology to effectively communicate any observed concerns.
Our online course is FREE to members and $90 for non-members.
AMHSA is also offering a full-day classroom course that will expand and build on the learned knowledge from our online course. Please note that the online course is a prerequisite for the classroom course. Call 1-800-267-9764 for more information or to register for our live webinar classroom course.
Jessica from Mountain View County had this to say about our new course:
“From a health and safety perspective, the TUCA course has provided me with a basic understanding of the history of trenchless underground construction, and how it may apply to some municipalities here in Alberta. Having no prior knowledge of this subject, I found that the identification and understanding of the various types of energy-based hazards, as well as the site roles and responsibilities were a key takeaway. I also found the chapter knowledge checks to be helpful for retention of the information being learned.”
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Municipality Job Postings |
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MD of Willow Creek is seeking a Safety Coordinator and Emergency Services Administration Assistant (Deadline: September 16).
The City of Lethbridge is looking for a candidate for its Field Risk & Safety Coordinator position. (Deadline is September 25 11:59 pm MST).
If your municipality has a job posting that you would like AMHSA to share, please contact Terri.
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