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Health and Safety Training

McMaster’s Health and Safety Training Program is designed to provide mandatory and site-specific safety training for all employees, grad students, volunteers and visitors working at the University.

Health and Safety Training FAQ

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Please see below for detailed information on how to enroll in, complete, and monitor compliance with the required Health and Safety training courses.  Note that information regarding other mandatory Regulatory training courses, such as AODA and Primer on Privacy, are included on this page for ease of reference.  For information regarding the content of regulatory training please contact the relevant office.

Mandatory Training Courses:

All Employees (including Supervisors) – Mandatory Training

Health & Safety Orientation One time
SAFE Every 5 years
Violence & Harassment Prevention in the Workplace Every 3 years
WHMIS 2015 Every 5 years
AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act) and Human Rights Code Every 3 years
Primer on Privacy Every 4 years
FHS Hospital Fire Safety – FHS Employees only Annually

 

Supervisors & Managers – Mandatory Training

Accident Investigation Every 3 years
Due Diligence Every 3 years

 

Site Specific and Role Specific Training – As Required

An important and mandatory component of health and safety at McMaster is a documented job hazard analysis (JHA) of main activities associated with each employee.  A job hazard analysis is essential in clarifying the work to be done in conjunction with the hazards and controls that are associated with the activity.  Each workplace task outline identifies health and safety hazards and their required training.

Your manager will book some time to take you through a JHA at which time additional training courses may be identified depending on your role within the university and workplace environment.  For a detailed list of all role specific training please review the training matrices.

For Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) employees, please visit the FHS Safety Office for additional training requirements.

Other Contacts:

Privacy Office
privacy@mcmaster.ca

AODA
aoda@mcmaster.ca

Additional Regulatory Training Required:

  • PHIPA Training Requirement – mandatory for ALL university employees who work with or access personal health information in their work for the university, or partner institutions completed annually
  • Harmonized Research training (researchers working with personal health information, required annually) NEW

How to Enroll in Health & Safety Training

Auto enrollment for new employees includes the SAFE training, Health and Safety Orientation, Violence and Harassment in the Workplace, WHMIS 2015, AODA and Primer on Privacy.  Faculty of Health Sciences employees will be enrolled in the FHS Hospital Fire Safety training.  All other training needed for your position at McMaster will require you to register through Mosaic.

  • Mosaic
  • Job Aid – How to Enroll (coming soon)
  • Job Aid – How to Enroll Direct Reports (coming soon)

How to Complete Health & Safety Training

Approximately 15-30 minutes after registering for health and safety training in Mosaic, the course material and quiz will become available for review and completion by logging in to Avenue to Learn.  Auto-enrolled courses will be available upon hire.

How to View Your Training Summary

A summary of training you have enrolled in and completed is available to be viewed in Mosaic.  Your summary is refreshed each day.

  • Mosaic
  • Job Aid – How to View your Training Summary

Complete a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA with your Direct Reports)

An important and mandatory component of health and safety at McMaster is a documented job hazard analysis (JHA) of main activities associated with each employee.  A job hazard analysis is essential in clarifying the work to be done in conjunction with the hazards and controls that are associated with the activity.  While reviewing a list of the main activities involved with each job, common hazards are identified. This form is to be completed for new hires, rehires, position changes and new task assignments.  The employee also has the ability to create their own JHA to review with their supervisor.

  • JHA
  • Job Aid – How to Complete a JHA (coming soon)

Enroll Your Direct Reports in Health & Safety Training (if required)

  • Mosaic – NavBar>Navigator>Human Resources>Manager Self Service>Learning and Development>Request Training Enrollment>Search by Course Name>Search (leave the field blank)>View Available Sessions>Select a session>Continue>Select the check box of employees you wish to enroll>Continue>Submit>OK
  • Job Aid – How to Enroll Direct Reports in Training (coming soon)

Monitor Health & Safety Training Compliance

The responsible supervisor shall ensure that individuals within their area of responsibility have completed health and safety training as required and prior to working with any hazards.  Supervisors are also responsible for ensuring training is up to date.  Additional information can be found in RMM 300 Health and Safety Training Program.

  • Training Matrices
  • Mosaic – NavBar>Navigator>Human Resources>Manager Self Service>Learning and Development>Training Summary
  • Job Aid – How to Monitor Team Health & Safety Training Compliance (coming soon)

Please refer to the below training matrices for detailed information about which health, safety, and regulatory training courses may be required.

The Person of Interest (POI) request form is available for volunteers, visiting scientists, contractors and other persons during their temporary stay at McMaster University. The POI status provides individuals with the required access in Mosaic and Avenue to Learn to complete their Health and Safety training.

Once the required fields are completed, the form should be submitted to uts@mcmaster.ca by the McMaster employee who is sponsoring or overseeing the person of interest. We recommend that these forms be filled out before arrival at McMaster. If your need is urgent please contact uhs@mcmaster.ca for more information.

We have created the role of training coordinator for individuals who are responsible for keeping track of all the training records. This will allow you access to all of the training records for your department.

Requesting Training Coordinator Access

To set up this function you will need to submit a service request to UTS.

  • Request type:  Select Accounts and Access
  • Select Mosaic Access 
  • Access type:  HR Access
  • Security Required:  Select Training Coordinator  
  • Complete the remaining fields.  Ensure you enter all department ID’s you manage.

Please also enclose or forward an email from your supervisor approving the access.

Running Departmental Reports

Access the Department Training Summary report from the HR Reporting Hub tile in Mosaic.  The report can be found under the Employee and Job Info section.

  • Mosaic
  • Job Aid – How to Monitor Team Health & Safety Training Compliance (coming soon)

 

Resources

WHMIS 1A00 FAQ Learn More

For questions regarding UHS health and safety training please visit our frequently asked questions or contact us at uhs@mcmaster.ca or at extension 24352.  For FHS and Biosafety training please contact fhsso@mcmaster.ca.  For Primer on Privacy training contact privacy@mcmaster.ca and for AODA training please contact aoda@mcmaster.ca.