Education, training & certification
Employers are responsible for providing worker instruction and training under section 21 of the Workers Compensation Act. The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation also requires mandatory worker education, training, and/or certification. For many topics, health and safety training can be provided in-house by employers, or may be available from one of the following:
- Health and safety associations (HSAs)
- Industry reduction initiatives
- Employers’ Advisers Office
- OHS Training Providers
Where specified in the Regulation, education, training, and certification must meet an acceptable training standard, or be provided by a person or agency acceptable to WorkSafeBC.
Follow the links below for information relevant to these specific certification and training programs.
- Asbestos training, certification & licensing
- Blaster certification
- Concrete pump operator
- Crane operator certification
- Dangerous tree risk assessment training
- Diver certification
- Electrofishing operator certification
- Faller certification
- First aid attendant certification
- Forestry operation firefighter certification
- Forklift operator training
- Industrial audiometric technician certification
- Joint committee member & worker health and safety representative training
- Marine craft operator certification
- Oilfield driver training
- Traffic control person training
- Working near energized conductors
- Young & new workers
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