Health and Safety
As per WorkSafe BCs Health & Safety policy you need to provide or review orientation for workers when they:
- Start a new job
- Go to a new worksite or department
- Face new hazards, such as working with new equipment
- Perform new tasks
During an orientation, you'll explain to workers what their rights and responsibilities are and emphasize the importance of not performing tasks they’re not trained to do safely. Encourage workers to ask questions if they are uncertain about how to do a task safely.
As part of the orientation:
1. Prepare written safety procedures for potentially hazardous tasks.
2. Show new workers where they will be working and demonstrate their tasks.
3. Show them where they can find first aid assistance and/or equipment and emergency exit.
4. Make sure they understand what they’ve been taught. For a few weeks or months following the orientation, provide supervision to ensure they’re following procedures.
5. Document the orientation. Give workers a copy of the worker orientation checklist and any other relevant materials. For a sample worker orientation checklist, please see Support for employers: Training and orientation for young and new workers.