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New App Provides Remote Access to COVID-19 Resources for Workplaces - Canada.ca
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched a new mobile app to help make workplace health and safety resources on COVID-19 accessible to workers in Canada.
The CCOHS Safe Work app hosts the Centre’s collection of over 120 COVID-19 resources, including industry and sector-specific tip sheets, infographics, videos, and other guidance materials created to help workplaces keep their workers and customers safe.
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched a new mobile app to help make workplace health and safety resources on COVID-19 accessible to workers in Canada.
The CCOHS Safe Work app hosts the Centre’s collection of over 120 COVID-19 resources, including industry and sector-specific tip sheets, infographics, videos, and other guidance materials created to help workplaces keep their workers and customers safe.
Users can search the app by topic or type of resource, save items to their favourites list, and share videos and other resources with colleagues. Once downloaded, there is no need for an internet connection to run the app. It can be used in remote areas and manufacturing shop floors where connectivity is absent or unreliable.
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.
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
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