Description
Although offices are not always thought of as hazardous places to work, an injury or illness that happens in an office can be just as serious and costly as that which occurs in any other workplace.

This course provides a practical introduction to office health and safety for managers, supervisors and employees, including health and safety committee members. It describes how to develop a health and safety program and introduces potential hazards in an office environment.

The material includes steps that can be taken to address important office health and safety concerns, to prevent injuries and illnesses. Learning is reinforced through quizzes, case studies and an exam. Links to more detailed information in CCOHS’ OSH Answers collection are provided.

Topics include

• How to develop a health and safety program
• Potential hazards in an office environment
• Ergonomics
• Lighting
• Workplace Stress
• Indoor Air Quality
• General Safety
• Slips, Trips and Falls
• Safe Lifting
• Safe Storage of Office Materials
• Hazardous Equipment
• Chemical Hazards
• Electrical Hazards
• Fire Prevention and Evacuation

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to

• Identify key components of a health and safety program
• Recognize the elements of an ergonomically correct workstation
• Recognize and control for the potential health effects of poor lighting
• Recognize causes of, and control workplace stress
• Identify factors that affect indoor air quality
• Recognize ways to reduce or eliminate general safety hazards (e.g. slips, trips and falls) and electrical hazards Identify chemical hazards in an office Identify procedures to follow in case of a fire

• Office managers
• Supervisors and employees
• Health and safety committee members
• Human Resources (HR) professionals

Delivery Method
This course is delivered as an on-line e-learning course. All you need is a computer, access to the Internet - and you are ready to go! This e-learning course is designed to help you learn at your own pace and in your own environment at your own convenience.

During checkout, you can choose to register as a single learner or select a multiple learner license. With a multiple learner license you will act as an administrator and add learners from your company. See the tabs above for additional information.

Register as an individual for online access to a specific course. This service is suited to a broad range of individual learners, including:

• students
• small businesses
• professionals wishing to comply with professional development requirements

Learn at your own speed, anytime, anywhere you have access to an internet-enabled computer.

Register a number of learners for online access to a variety of different courses. Monitor their learning experience using simple on-line tools and reports. This service is suitable to a broad range of learners, including:

• business & industry
• educational institutions
• government departments and agencies

Learners learn at their own speed, anytime, anywhere they have access to an internet-enabled computer.

Save with multi-seat licenses!
The more seats you buy the more you save.

A multi-seat license allows you to select course(s) for multiple users for a period of one year. The cost is based on the total number of seats purchased. You specify the course title and number of seats (users) and when the service is launched you enter the users names and assign them passwords. You can even track their learning experience using a few simple online reports!

Multi-seat pricing is based on the single user seat price (see course product page) with the following multi-seat discounts applied:

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