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To help businesses and organizations better understand how the new standard can impact their energy consumption, CSA Standards is presenting a 90-minute webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. EDT. Entitled “ISO 50001: Insights into Implementation,” it will discuss how implementation of an energy management system can improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs -- making them more competitive in the global marketplace. CSA believes the adoption of this new standard will help businesses and organizations throughout Canada and the world to become highly-efficient energy users. For more information on ISO 50001, or to register…
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Cimco Refrigeration, a division of Toromont Industries Ltd. that manufactures and maintains refrigeration systems, was fined $95,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Sobeys Capital Inc., carrying on business as Sobey's Whitby Retail Support Centre, a grocery distribution centre, was fined $30,000 in relation to the same incident. On Aug. 22, 2009, a worker from Cimco Refrigeration was servicing an electrically-powered door at the Sobey's Whitby Retail Support Centre. While standing on a ladder, the worker made contact with the door's energized control panel. The worker fell from the ladder, sustaining…
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The Supervising for Safety course provides information and resources on supervision and the key role it plays in providing and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
"It's all about getting occupational health and safety resources to the customer in ways that meet their needs," says Gordon Thorne, WorkSafeBC manager of safety videos and publications, who helped build the course. "Making the course available on its own website and on Facebook increases access by bringing the classroom experience to the participant."
The program originated with an industry group of labour, business and WorkSafeBC officers concerned with injury and disease prevention. Supervisors in industry may lack a full understanding of their role and responsibilities relating to the safety of their workers, including the requirement to provide information, instruction, training, supervision, verification of knowledge, and correction of workplace hazards.
"We built the program because there wasn't much out there for supervisors," says Mike Tasker, a WorkSafeBC occupational safety officer based in Prince George, and one of the program's originators. "So we put together the course based on our experience as supervisors, and best practices for what works in safety management."
Organized into nine modules, the course can take seven to eight hours to complete and also allows you to select the topics you want to explore and proceed at your own pace. It contains over 60 video clips and templates of forms, checklists and other WorkSafeBC safety resources to download.
The course can be accessed at SupervisingforSafety.com or on Facebook by searching for "Supervising for Safety."
WorkSafeBC is an independent provincial statutory agency
Supervisors, workers and employers in any industry in B.C. may benefit from a new WorkSafeBC online safety training course that can be accessed any time, free of charge.
The Supervising for Safety course provides information and resources on supervision and the key role it plays in providing and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
"It's all about getting occupational health and safety resources to the customer in ways that meet their needs," says Gordon Thorne, WorkSafeBC manager of safety videos and publications, who helped build the course. "Making the course available on its own website and on Facebook increases access by bringing the classroom experience to the participant."
The program originated with an industry group of labour, business and WorkSafeBC officers concerned with injury and disease prevention. Supervisors in industry may lack a full understanding of their role and responsibilities relating to the safety of their workers, including the requirement to provide information, instruction, training, supervision, verification of knowledge, and correction of workplace hazards.
"We built the program because there wasn't much out there for supervisors," says Mike Tasker, a WorkSafeBC occupational safety officer based in Prince George, and one of the program's originators. "So we put together the course based on our experience as supervisors, and best practices for what works in safety management."
Organized into nine modules, the course can take seven to eight hours to complete and also allows you to select the topics you want to explore and proceed at your own pace. It contains over 60 video clips and templates of forms, checklists and other WorkSafeBC safety resources to download.
The course can be accessed at SupervisingforSafety.com or on Facebook by searching for "Supervising for Safety."
WorkSafeBC is an independent provincial statutory agency
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The prospect of a second recession two years after the last one has people worried that record Canadian debt and slower growth could make another downturn feel worse than before. There is mounting evidence the world economy is slowing, stoking concerns another recession is near. That could mean higher unemployment, slower income growth and rising household debt for Canadians. A sharp slump could also wreck plans by the federal government to balance the books by 2014, or lead to even bigger cuts to public sector jobs and spending than the Harper government's recent budget had forecast. The provinces would also…
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Welcome to PEM’s eighth annual salary survey. This year, we continued to receive significant participation from respondents who completed our comprehensive online questionnaire form, and we continue to compare results against previous surveys. Some tables reflect multiple answers and total more than 100 percent. In other tables, categories with a low response were left out and not factored in the overall average to reinforce accuracy. PEM wants to thank the industry stakeholders who took the time to participate; it has helped us to build detailed benchmarks of industry trends, which maintenance professionals, engineers and plant operations can benefit from. [CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE]…
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Statistics Canada’s latest report that manufacturing sales are on the rise following three straight declines, doesn’t come as a surprise to organizers of the upcoming Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show 2011 (CMTS 2011). Coinciding with reports of the country’s increase in manufacturing sales is a heightened interest in CMTS 2011, which takes place Oct. 17 to 20, 2011, at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. In fact, the number of show exhibitors is up by 33 per cent, and attendee pre-registration is significantly stronger, compared to two years ago, says Nick Samain, Event Manager with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, organizers…
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A new report suggests Canada's factory sector is continuing to expand despite growing concerns about the global economy. The RBC manufacturing purchasing manager's index rose slightly in September for the third straight month to 55, reaching its highest reading since April. The report says the pace of growth in both output and new orders quickened last month, and job creation was the strongest since March. Statistics Canada will issue the official employment numbers for September on Friday, with economists expecting a pick-up of just under 20,000 jobs. The manufacturing report warned, however, that supply-side pressures continued to build in September.…
