🟠 Details
📆 Date: Wednesday, July 16
🕘 Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM
📍 Location: Lifelong Learning Centre
🟠 Course Overview
In today's industrial landscape, safety is paramount, especially in high-risk settings like smelters where hazardous conditions are common place. This comprehensive training program, mandated by the Ministry as a common core standard, equips non-production workers with the essential knowledge and skills to navigate these dangers effectively. Trainees begin by reviewing critical safety protocols for working in a smelter environment, focusing on identifying and mitigating risks such as hot dust, which can cause respiratory issues and burns; molten metal, which poses severe thermal hazards; operating equipment and conveyors that may lead to mechanical injuries; and confined spaces that increase the risk of asphyxiation or entrapment. Through interactive sessions and practical demonstrations, participants learn to recognize these threats early and implement appropriate controls, fostering a culture of proactive safety that protects both individuals and the workplace.
Beyond hazard identification, the program emphasizes hands-on competencies that trainees must demonstrate to ensure they can respond confidently in real-world scenarios. They also practice lock and tag procedures for hazardous energy sources, a vital step in isolating equipment to avoid unexpected startups that could result in serious injuries. Additionally, trainees own their ability to identify hazards and apply effective controls, such as using personal protective equipment (PPE) or engineering safeguards, while engaging in simulated emergency procedures. These exercises, often conducted in controlled environments that mimic smelter conditions, build muscle memory and decision-making skills, ensuring workers can act swiftly and correctly during actual emergencies like fires, spills, or equipment failures.
🟠 Career Pathways
This ministry-mandated program is specifically designed for non-production smelter workers, including roles that support operations without direct involvement in core production processes. It also extends to 2nd line supervisors responsible for oversight, yard services personnel managing external logistics, and skilled tradespersons like millwrights, electricians, instrumentation technologists, General Labourers, Confined Space teams, Stationary engineers. By requiring this common core program for these diverse roles, the ministry ensures a standardized level of safety awareness across the organization, reducing incidents and promoting a safer, more efficient workplace for all.
🟠 Course Modules
- U1590: Safety – Protect Self and Others
- U1591: Work Safely in a Smelter Environment
- U1596: Deal with Designated and Other Hazardous Substances
- U1597: Operate Elevators
🟠 Requirements
- Proof of ID (i.e. status card, birth certificate, or drivers license)
- Social Insurance Number
🟠 Registration
Space is limited to 15 participants. For more information and to register, you can
- 📧 Email christie_judy@sagamok.ca
- ☎️ Call 705-865-2421 and ask for Judy Christie at the Lifelong Learning Centre
