Certification Information

Section III - Occupational Health, Safety & Wellness

  • OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY & WELLNESS

    RPC:170 Develops, implements, and ensures the application of policies, regulations, and standards relating to occupational health and safety.
    170.01 Investigative techniques
    170.02 Hazard recognition
    170.03 Disaster recovery techniques
    170.04 Relevant legislation and regulations
    170.05 Principles of effective health and safety strategies, polices and programs
    170.06 Common health and safety practices
    170.07 Company policies and procedures
    170.08 Theories and practices for protection of individuals and groups
    170.09 Hazard identification and control
    170.10 Program planning, development, implementation and evaluation
    170.11 Industry best practices
    170.12 Organization goals and culture
    170.13 Business operations
    RPC:171 Ensures compliance with legislated reporting requirements.
    171.01 Relevant legislation, regulations and jurisprudence
    171.02 Methods of reporting incidents
    171.03 Organization goals and culture
    171.04 Training and development techniques
    171.05 Report writing and record keeping
    171.06 Change management
    171.07 Economic, legal, technical political, and personal implications of OHS
    171.08 Business operations
    171.09 Hazard identification and control
    171.10 Accident investigation procedures
    171.11 Emergency preparedness procedures
    171.12 Principles of effective health and safety programs and practices
    RPC:172 Ensures due diligence and liability requirements are met.
    172.01 Relevant legislation, regulations and jurisprudence
    172.02 Company policies and procedures
    172.03 Industry best practices
    172.04 Program and policy development
    172.05 Training and development techniques
    172.06 Risk analysis
    172.07 Organization goals and culture
    172.08 Principles of effective Health and Safety programs and practices
    RPC:173 Ensures that policies for required medical testing fall within the limits of statute & contract.
    173.01 Industry best practices
    173.02 Relevant legislation, regulations and jurisprudence
    173.03 Organization goals and culture
    173.04 Program and policy development
    173.05 Internal and external resources
    173.06 Reliability and validity concepts related to common medical tests for substance abuse
    173.07 Collective agreements and other contractual requirements
    173.08 The legal, ethical, financial and health and safety issues of employee substance abuse
    RPC:174 Develops and implements policies on the workplace environment.
    174.01 Relevant legislation, regulations and jurisprudence
    174.02 Program and policy development
    174.03 Organization goals and culture
    174.04 Conflict resolution
    174.05 Record keeping and reporting
    174.06 Technical terminology
    174.07 Environmental hazards
    174.08 Principles of effective health and safety programs and practices
    174.09 Trends in occupational health and safety
    RPC:175 Ensures adequate accommodation, modified work and graduated return to work programs are in place.
    175.01 Relevant legislation, regulations and jurisprudence
    175.02 Collective agreements and other contractual obligations
    175.03 Program and policy development and implementation
    175.04 Industry best practices
    175.05 Claims and case management
    175.06 Conflict resolution
    175.07 Report writing and record keeping
    175.08 Job analysis techniques
    175.09 Physical and mental requirements of positions in the organization
    175.10 Ergonomics
    175.11 Internal and external resources
    175.12 Organization goals and culture
    175.13 The impact of accidents and occupational illness on organizations and individuals
    175.14 Methods of accommodating employee needs
    175.15 Principles of effective return to work programs and procedures
    RPC:176 Ensures that modifications to the work environment are consistent with worker limitations.
    176.01 Relevant legislation, regulations and jurisprudence
    176.02 Collective agreements and other contractual obligations
    176.03 Industry best practices
    176.04 Problem solving techniques
    176.05 Claims and case management
    176.06 Job analysis techniques
    176.07 Technical terminology
    176.08 Physical and mental requirements of positions in the organization
    176.09 Ergonomics
    176.10 Principles of effective return to work programs and procedures
    176.11 Methods of accommodating employee needs (e.g., flexible hours, job sharing, child care)
    176.12 The impact of accidents and occupational illness on organizations and individuals
    Employee Wellness and assistance
    RPC:177 Develops or provides for wellness and employee assistance programs to support organizational effectiveness.
    177.01 Program planning, development, implementation and evaluation
    177.02 Collective agreements and other contractual requirements
    177.03 Industry best practices
    177.04 Outside service providers
    177.05 Organization goals and culture
    177.06 Conflict resolution techniques
    177.07 Problem solving techniques
    177.08 Principles of effective wellness strategies and programs
    177.09 The relationship between employee wellness and productivity
    177.10 Elements of EAP programs such as intake, assessments, counseling, traumatic incident debriefing, and cap on service
    177.11 Cost-benefit analyses (including audits, utility analysis, and impact studies)
    177.12 Types of employee assistance and wellness programs
    177.13 Identification and consequences of occupational stressors (e.g., potential stressors, methods of identifying potential stressors and strain outcomes, response to organizational stressors, and management of employee strain outcomes)
    177.14 Trends in employee wellness
    RPC:178 Provides information to employees and managers on available programs.
    178.01 Elements of EAP programs
    178.02 Promotional and marketing tools and techniques
    178.03 Communication theories, tools, techniques, and processes
    178.04 Training and development techniques
    178.05 Types of employee assistance and wellness programs
    178.06 Trends in employee wellness
    178.07 Importance, criteria, and techniques of program evaluation
    178.08 Organizational goals and culture
    RPC:179 Ensures that mechanisms are in place for responding to crises in the workplace, including critical incident stress management.
    179.01 Communication theories, tools, techniques, and processes
    179.02 Fundamentals of effective emergency preparedness and emergency response procedures
    179.03 Industry best practices
    179.04 Internal and external resources, including availability of emergency equipment and personnel, evacuation routes, etc.
    179.05 Policy and program development and evaluation
    179.06 Intervention strategies
    179.07 Relevant legislation and regulations
    179.08 Stress management techniques
    179.09 Types of employee assistance programs
    179.10 Hazard identification and control
    179.11 Fundamentals of post traumatic stress counselling and management
    Safety
    RPC:180 Establishes a joint Health & Safety Committee as required by law.
    180.01 Relevant legislation and regulations
    180.02 Inspection techniques and procedures
    180.03 Hazard recognition
    180.04 Principles of training and development
    180.05 Program and policy development
    180.06 Audit processes
    180.07 Joint Health and Safety Committee functions
    180.08 Principles of effective health and safety programs
    180.09 Collective agreements and other contractual requirements
    180.10 Accident investigation and reporting procedures
    RPC:181 Responds to any refusals to perform work believed to be unsafe.
    181.01 Relevant legislation, regulations and jurisprudence
    181.02 Collective agreement and other contractual requirements
    181.03 Procedures for dealing with work refusals
    181.04 Conflict resolution procedures
    181.05 Emergency procedures
    181.06 Principles of effective health and safety
    181.07 Hazard identification and control
    RPC:182 Responds to serious injury or fatality in the workplace.
    182.01 Program and policy development
    182.02 Accident investigation and reporting procedures
    182.03 Relevant legislation and regulations
    182.04 First aid training and emergency response equipment
    182.05 Employee assistance programs
    182.06 Pension and insurance benefits/policies
    182.07 Fundamentals of effective emergency preparedness and emergency response procedures
    182.08 Fundamentals of post traumatic stress counselling and management
    182.09 Hazard identification and control
    RPC:183 Analyzes risks to employee health & safety and develops preventive programs.
    183.01 Relevant legislation and regulations
    183.02 Nature of the business and physical work environment
    183.03 Hazard recognition
    183.04 Workplace inspection techniques
    183.05 Safety programs, equipment, and emergency procedures
    183.06 Ergonomics
    183.07 Functions of joint health and safety committees
    183.08 Training and development/presentation techniques
    183.09 Industry best practices
    183.10 Program and policy development
    183.11 The collective agreement and other contractual requirements
    183.12 Principles of effective health and safety
    183.13 Training and development program design and administration
    183.14 Organizational goals and culture
    183.15 Types of employee assistance and wellness programs
    RPC:184 Establishes an investigation process for incidents and accidents in the workplace.
    184.01 Relevant legislation and regulations
    184.02 Inspection, and reporting procedures
    184.03 Nature of the business and physical work environment
    184.04 Hazard recognition
    184.05 Collective agreement and other contractual requirements
    184.06 Internal and external resources
    184.07 Industry best practices
    184.08 Principles of effective health and safety programs
    184.09 Accident investigation procedures
    RPC:185 Ensures that security programs and policies minimize risks while considering the obligation of the employer and the rights of employees, union, and third parties.
    185.01 Nature of the business and physical work environment
    185.02 Relevant legislation and regulations
    185.03 Industry best practices
    185.04 Program and policy development
    185.05 Safety and security equipment
    185.06 Risk assessment/techniques
    185.07 Cost-benefit analyses (including audits, utility analysis, and impact studies)
    185.08 Internal and external resources
    185.09 Principles of effective health and safety programs
    185.10 Collective agreements and other contractual requirements
    185.11 Fundamentals of effective emergency preparedness and emergency response procedures
    185.12 Types of employee assistance and wellness programs
    Worker’s Compensation
    RPC:186 Establishes and implements strategies to minimize workers’ compensation costs.
    186.01 Relevant legislation and regulations
    186.02 Cost-benefit analyses (including audits, utility analysis, and impact studies)
    186.03 Workers Compensation billing, rate structures, and claims adjudication processes
    186.04 Industry best practices
    186.05 Modified return to work programs
    186.06 Ergonomics and physical demands analysis
    186.07 Collective agreement and other contractual requirements
    186.08 Principles of effective health and safety strategies and programs
    186.09 Measurement bases and underlying methodologies used in finance departments
    186.10 Insurance benefits and their costs
    RPC:187 Prepares Organizational Health & Safety files for investigation and/or for litigation.
    187.01 Accident and incident reporting procedures
    187.02 Workplace inspection and accident investigation procedures
    187.03 Report writing and record keeping
    187.04 Principles of effective health and safety programs)
    187.05 Relevant legislation and regulations
    187.06 Collective agreements and other contractual requirements
    187.07 Audit processes