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July 30, 2025 WHSC, Training
Workers Health & Safety Centre is making it more affordable to prioritize supervisor competency and better protect workers by offering training at half price for a limited time.

Not only is supervisor training mandatory, but it is also critical to the pursuit of safer, healthier work. Consider research undertaken by Ontario-based Institute for Work & Health confirming supervisors who are aware of workplace hazards and actively promote safety can reduce the likelihood of workers suffering an injury or illness.

This is why it’s essential for employers to meet their legal obligation to ensure their supervisors are adequately trained and competent.

Check out our 50% discount for in-person, mandatory training designed to assist with supervisor competency!

Mandatory training & competent supervision

Ontario’s Occupational Health & Safety Act (OHSA) requires employers ensure supervisors complete occupational health and safety awareness training. Training must be completed within one week of performing work as a supervisor and must address a wide range of topics, including their significant obligations to protect workers and how to recognize, assess and control workplace hazards.

Employers must also only appoint a competent person as a supervisor. This person must be:
  • qualified because of knowledge, training and experience to organize the work and its performance,
  • familiar with the OHSA and Regulations that apply to the work, and
  • knowledgeable about any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the workplace.

Competency is also important as it relates to Criminal Code amendments that resulted from Bill C-45, known as the Westray Bill. This established rules for attributing criminal liability to organizations and individuals, including supervisors, who direct the work of others but do not take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm and instead show a wanton and reckless disregard for workers’ lives and safety (s. 217.1 and 219). Earlier this year, a Toronto-area supervisor was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of criminal negligence causing the death of a worker.

Comply with supervisor training now…and save 50%

Workers Health & Safety Centre (WHSC) is Ontario’s only government-designated health and safety training centre and a leading provider of mandatory and essential training, including Supervisor Health & Safety Training that meets and exceeds mandatory training standards.

Book scheduled WHSC in-person Supervisor Health & Safety Training by August 31, 2025, and get 50 per cent off the regular price. This training is being offered in Markham, Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, Sudbury, London, Chatham, and Windsor. Training can be completed later in the year, but your registration must be booked by this deadline to lock in the discount.

Check out our scheduled in-person Supervisor Health & Safety Training. BOOK NOW for 50% OFF!

We know though some workplaces require a more flexible approach, so we are still offering training in virtual classrooms too, although at full price. All that is needed is a high-speed internet connection and a computer or tablet with a functioning camera, speakers and microphone.

Regardless of the training mode you choose, training is always led by a WHSC-qualified instructor in real time, so you can participate in engaging sessions designed to ensure learning is achieved.

Access related resources:
SPECIAL C-45 REPORT: Prison for supervisor found negligent in worker death
Inadequate work plan leads to critical injury and convictions
Supportive supervisors reduce risk of worker injury, study finds

Interested in other essential in-person training also offered at 50% off the regular price?

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