| 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 |