Ministry of Labour Prevention Update Ontario Council for Technology Education (OCTE) Conference May 12, 2017 Ministry of Labour Prevention Update

Why are we here? Construction Health & Safety Action Plan Still high injury and fatality rates 7 strategies include one for youth and one for training Training Strategy Includes several opportunities to partner with education sector Aim to build awareness and training across career-lifetime Short update on Working at Heights (WAH) & Mandatory Awareness Training Construction Health & Safety Awareness Training Plenty of lead time (not a repeat of WAH) Intent of the proposed Construction Health & Safety Awareness - “still in proposal stage” Proposed content Proposed provider and trainer requirements including delivery partners Group discussions and feedback

Focus: Construction Health and Safety Action Plan Advisory Committee produced 7 areas of focus, one dedicated to enhancing training in the sector Collaborating with other enforcement authorities, including municipalities Working with youth and young workers so a culture of health and safety starts early Putting more emphasis on effective supervision in the workplace Social marketing and awareness H&S initiatives Increasing participation and accountability of all workplace parties Enhancing health and safety training in the construction sector Ensuring occupational health and safety laws are up to date and understood

Construction Health and Safety Training Strategy Change in focus from point-in-time to career-long training Cycle of improvements supporting innovation Building connections between priorities and the partners who enable training Focus on resources and points of access to help small business, new settlement, youth Integrate OH&S with other key learning milestones Better individual preparation for workplace Enhancing health and safety training in the construction sector Working with youth and young workers so a culture of health and safety starts early

Occupational Health and Safety Cycle for Individual Construction-Career Training Transitional Learning Career Learning Early Learning K-12, Coop, Post Secondary Apprenticeship Hazard-specific Move to trade Become supervisor Become owner Evidence, Research & Demand Outcomes Measurement System Capacity for Existing Training and New Innovation

Ministry of Labour May-14-18 Health & Safety At Work • Prevention Starts Here

Update - OHS and High School Experiential Learning Programs Ministry of Labour May-14-18 Update - OHS and High School Experiential Learning Programs Current Status: Public Services Health and Safety Association (PSHSA) is building an affiliate page for Ontario Cooperative Education Association (OCEA) members The affiliate page is a resource page that organizes health and safety resources for the co-op teachers and is the engine that supports resource availability in one spot The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) will make available electronic resources that can be linked to through the affiliate page OCEA is updating their website and resources will be posted when complete Next Steps: Complete resource reviews and post to affiliate page Reviewing Coop Curriculum policy for OHS Working with EDU to review other related documents for OHS Health & Safety At Work • Prevention Starts Here

Update - Ontario College of Trades Ministry of Labour May-14-18 Update - Ontario College of Trades Current Status: Next Steps: Training standards are being matched against existing regulatory training requirements for construction (general and trade-specific) and where safety is a significant issue but no regulatory training requirement exists 1) Work with OCOT to identify opportunities for OH&S enhancement 2) OCOT long-term project for Training Standard review 3) Currently working on 5 construction trades as a test Health & Safety At Work • Prevention Starts Here

Update - Resources to Clarify Training Required by Regulation Ministry of Labour May-14-18 Update - Resources to Clarify Training Required by Regulation Current Status: IHSA produces a Training Requirements Chart for construction covering several regulations and mandated training requirements, in most cases it does not define what this training must include Example page: Health & Safety At Work • Prevention Starts Here

Update - Resources to Clarify Training Required by Regulation Ministry of Labour May-14-18 Update - Resources to Clarify Training Required by Regulation Current Status (cont’d): Elements of our plan for this project include: Assessment of this chart against regulatory requirements Prioritizing resource development based on construction hazard focus and where the greatest need exists Establishing a content framework for the ‘one-pagers’ based on observations from jurisdictional scans Proposed Next Steps: Post information to PSHSA/OCEA affiliate site Health & Safety At Work • Prevention Starts Here

Individual Career Planning Tool for Occupational Health and Safety Individual tool for OH&S in construction careers Based on career planning tools applied to OH&S Identification of current skills vs future needs Identifies clear steps Uses “Essential Skills” Human resource standard Matches HRDC/Federal Matches Ontario school system tools concept

Update - Working at Heights Training (WAH) Standards New working at heights training requirements came into effect on April 1, 2015 NOTE: the new definition of worker under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) expands coverage of the OHSA to unpaid co-op students, certain other learners and trainees participating in a work placement in Ontario Employers need to ensure workers who use specified fall protection systems on construction projects successfully complete a Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) approved working at heights training program If co-op students use fall protection systems on construction projects, both the existing fall protection training requirements and the new working at heights training requirements will apply Co-op students must also receive adequate training that is specific to the workplace, including site specific instruction in the fall protection systems and equipment that they will use

Update - Working at Heights Training (WAH) Standards (cont’d) Co-op coordinators and teachers placing students in construction should ask about employers’ policies and procedures related to working at heights and fall protection, including: Their training programs and policies Verification that the relevant regulatory requirements are being met by the prospective employer, including mandatory worker awareness training The regulation did provided for a two-year transition period for workers who, prior to April 1, 2015, had been previously trained. The deadline has been extended to October 1, 2017; thereby, lengthening the transition period by six months Note: Students would not qualify for the extension and will be required to successfully complete CPO-approved training. In some circumstances, teachers may be eligible for the extension To qualify they would need to enrolled in a CPO-approved training program which would be completed prior to October 1, 2017

Working at Heights Training System: Current Status Below is a snapshot of the CPO-approved working at heights training system: The training regime set up by the MOL has been able to train over 330,000 workers over the past two years, and maintains a network of training providers which allows for full training coverage across the province Training Provider 175+ training providers Approximately 300 entities training (half under umbrella of existing training providers) Health and safety system and private providers each make up 50% of the training market Learners Trained Over 330,000 learners successfully trained Over 30,000 working at heights training classes delivered The accessibility of training is cross province, and includes French providers

Update – Mandatory Awareness Training for all Sectors Applies to all workers regardless of industry, all supervisors regardless of industry Since introduced in 2013: eLearning Worker modules online 3,293,686 eLearning Supervisor modules online 75,311 Worker booklets ordered 1,327,850 Supervisor booklets ordered 342,248 Over 200 organizations sent modules for their learning management systems While training is mandatory for all workers and supervisors, many use their own training and are not represented in these counts.

Construction Health and Safety Awareness Training Build awareness of upcoming changes Want feedback about what you teach now compared to what we propose Need to build capacity to train a large number of workers in Ontario who do construction work OCTE as a delivery partner?

Construction Health and Safety Awareness Training Six years ago a comprehensive review of occupational health and safety in Ontario highlighted the importance of how quality training in the construction sector could help reduce injuries, illnesses and fatalities When an employer sends a worker into a highly hazardous situation without adequate supervision, training or safety equipment, that worker is put under serious threat of injury, illness or death. Some sectors and work activities are more hazardous by their nature; therefore, the training and preparation to undertake such high-hazard work must be more rigorous, standardized, accredited and subject to audit. Recommendation 16 - The Ministry of Labour and new prevention organization should develop mandatory entry-level training for construction workers as a priority

Proposed Construction Health and Safety Training Program Summer 2016 a draft standard was posted for public consultation Over 100 submissions were received including ones from high school teachers Key Elements of the Proposed Program Standard 6.5 hour minimum, can be longer Legal framework and role of workplace parties Hazard identification, assessment and control Common hazards and conditions on construction projects Common high hazards on construction project The learning environment Program Standard list requirements for those who would deliver the training Feedback was diverse and we are looking at first principles again to determine the best approach

What is the Proposed CHSAT Standard? Ministry of Labour Prevention Office May-14-18 What is the Proposed CHSAT Standard? Program and provider standard to be used together for development of program and appropriate instruction EACH PROVIDER Requires approval by the Chief Prevention Officer for program accompanied by list of qualified instructors Provider could be an umbrella group like OCTE or Regional Groups or Individual Boards Not intended to provide workers with advanced knowledge or performance capabilities for controlling hazards in construction The Health and Safety Program Administration and Certification Unit (HSPACU) is responsible for the administering the 5-stage approval process for anyone seeking to be an approved training provider with an approved program Level 1: Triage - the ministry will review the training provider application to ensure all components of the application (e.g. attestations, program submissions, signatures) are complete Level 2: Desk Assessment - the ministry will conduct an assessment of the submitted application. Standardized forms are used to streamline the process of measuring program content and provider elements against the requirements of the WAH training standards Level 3: Field Assessment - the ministry will visit the proposed learning site to confirm effectiveness of the delivery of the program Level 4: Recommendation - the ministry will prepare a formal recommendation report including the desk and field assessment findings, with a recommendation for CPO’s review and consideration Level 5: Approval - the CPO will provide a formal approval or rejection of the training provider program application July 2013 Draft 1 Confidential

Current Training Programs part of Strategy Working at Heights an obvious top priority Effective as of April 1, 2015 173 + approved providers of training and over 330,000 learners to date Still pent-up demand Short lead time to prepare for training Performance-based – using the equipment Construction Health and Safety Training (CHSAT) Will apply to any worker doing construction work as defined in legislation Much broader audience will require much larger provider capacity Have a longer lead time to prepare In search of partnerships outside the usual training providers Broad-based roadmap to hazard identification and requirements for additional training

Proposed: Training providers must also demonstrate That approved Training Programs will be delivered by instructors with the following qualifications and knowledge: OHSA, regulations, codes standards and guidelines related to construction Common hazards in construction, which may be demonstrated by experience working in construction Concept of the hierarchy of controls as it applies to construction activities Correct use and application of tools or equipment, if tools or equipment is present during the training.

Large number of workers to train Ministry of Labour Prevention Office May-14-18 Non-workforce Influencers 5.9 million Outside the system unknown number of workers doing construction Unemployed Workforce ½ million Workforce not in system 2.8 million Workforce in system 4.1 million Inside the system 500,000 workers doing construction Here is what our “universe” looks like in Ontario. Of a 13.3 million population about 7.4 million are either working or capable of working. That is the labour force. 4.1 million are part of the system we know so well. They are on the WSIB database. 2.8 million of the labour force are not in the system. They are self-employed, work for employers who don’t know they are supposed to be in the system or they are part of the intentional underground. About a half million people are unemployed. And the rest of the province, 5.9 million people, are not part of the workforce. They are retired or in school but are still influencers of those who go to work. Unemployed looking for opportunities in construction Based on Statistics Canada Ontario population: 13.3 million :7.4 million labour force: 6.9 million employed July 2013 Draft 1 Confidential

Please review standards and discuss the following questions

Q1 If CHSAT is brought into force it may be mandatory for all co-op students, technology students and teachers, and all pre-apprentices. Who should the training apply to? All students taking construction or related courses? Only students going on co-ops? All students/workers performing work to which the construction projects regulation applies? Students when they get to the workplace for summer/part-time jobs? All students regardless of field of study? Other? ______________________________please specify

Q2 MOL Prevention is currently investigating the possibility of delivering training through high schools, skills training agencies and other agencies that deal with settlement issues for new Ontarians. Should students be receiving this training … in school? at workplace? Other? _____________________________please specify Who should deliver the instruction to students? Trainers from commercial organizations? Health and Safety Associations like IHSA, PSHSA? The workplace/employer? Specially trained system teachers? Other? ______________________________please specify

Q3 Do you believe the minimum of 6.5 hours to teach the Training Standard is … Too long for a construction co-op student? Not enough time for a construction co-op student? About the right length for a construction co-op student? Are the particular learning outcomes in each section… Too much content for a construction co-op student? Not enough content for a construction co-op student? About the right amount for a construction co-op student? How closely do these learning outcomes match to what you currently teach? My classes would know 90% of this content My classes would know 50% of this content My classes would know 10% of this content Other_________________________________________please specify

Q4 If this becomes a voluntary program would you still use the learning outcomes to prepare students to become work or co-op ready? Do you believe that OCTE should become a provider and train members to be instructors to provide instruction? If so could OCTE member-instructors train all the co-op students in the system? If so could OCTE instructors also train students/adults outside the school system?

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