CCOHS: Pandemic Planning: Reopening for Business

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety is hosting an e-Course on Pandemic Planning: Reopening for Business. This course will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and is being offered for free.

As businesses and workplaces across Canada reopen their doors for workers and customers, it’s important to understand that the coronavirus will still be circulating so new infections are possible. Returning to the workplace will not be the same as before the COVID-19 pandemic began. This awareness course outlines common steps that can be taken to safely reopen during COVID-19. This course will help you prepare and put controls in place to help protect workers and customers and minimize the impact of the pandemic.

Upon completion of the course, attendees will:

• Understand how coronavirus spreads and the symptoms of COVID-19

• Know employer and worker duties in a COVID-19 return to business plan

• Be able to describe the role of hazard identification and risk control

• Know what measures are used to control the virus, including how to safely clean and disinfect surfaces

• Understand how to safely manage the workplace and prepare workers for a return

• Understand the impacts on mental health