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Instructor applicants must be at least 19 years of age, must participate in an OHS Registry instructor certification course (ICC), must have participated in an OHS Registry student level training program or equivalent, or have relevant field experience and or previous instructor experience.

Instructors must sign a standard Instructor application and Instructor terms and conditions agreement.

Instructor applicants must participate in a formal ICC, or a structured instructor mentoring program.

Instructors must have their qualifications (certification card and Registry instructor status letter) available for presentation upon request.

Not less than once each three years.

A formal standard monitoring form is required to be completed by a qualified person conducting the monitoring session.

A qualified person that has the ability, the knowledge, skills and attitude to conduct competency monitoring.

Instructors must be monitored for competency at least every three (3) years to renew their teaching status.

Instructors will often require a team teaching of the first course delivered to determine competency and will be required to have an in-class monitoring completed and documented.

OHS Registry information is available for inspection by an officer of a provincial or territorial occupational health and safety agency and for inspection by a peace officer representing the provincial or territorial laws of Canada.

The instructor must ensure the integrity and protection of student written testing materials from duplication or distribution.

Twelve (12) participants, however larger class sizes may be considered on an individual basis.

The teaching and accreditation standard requires students to be at least 16 years old or the age of majority within the province or territory that certification is being issued.

Students must be able to produce one piece of acceptable photographic identification, or a letter from their employer typed on the firm’s letterhead and signed by a company official or a letter from a sponsoring agency (if the candidate is unemployed).

Students must demonstrate competency and they must achieve at least 70% on written test.

Student certification cards can only be issued by authorized Instructors that are certified and that hold current teaching status with the registry.

Only after a student has pursued and exhausted all other means of appeals or remedies.

Instructors must keep accurate course records and send them to the OHS Registry within 30 days of the completion of a training program.

All student records are kept on file by the registry for the life of the student certification (three years plus one day).

The OHS Registry will only disclose information they maintain in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Equipment used for training purposed must be maintained in accordance with the manufacturer recommendations and the maintenance records must be kept up to date.

All training facility (classroom) and field exercise grounds must comply with relevant sections of the OH&S Regulations and applicable building/occupancy codes.

Instructors must adhere to the OHS Registry Teaching and Accreditation Standard regarding decisions about students who may require accommodation.

Regardless of accommodation made during a training class, students are required to demonstrate skills according to an accepted reasonable performance standard.

Written knowledge tests are applicable during all training programs and are a requirement for all students to complete successfully.

An oral test may be conducted if the instructor believes that a student’s performance on a written test was poor as a result of a learning disability, Low levels of literacy, or English as an additional language.

The recommendations of many training source authorities are used for training purposed and include Canada’s occupational regulations and industry specific codes of practice.

New knowledge is gained through the combined use of the five senses of hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell.

The OH&S teaching system is a combination of an instructor guide, PowerPoint presentation and student guide.

The student guide is a resource that provides academic learner support and is required for classroom presentation of all OHS Registry training programs.

An operations level training program requires that all students perform and demonstrate skill during an assigned scenario and/or operator skill assessment.

Debriefing and feedback is to be provided to the students as a means of discussing successes or failures and to explain how errors made may relate to real world consequences.

Students performance of skill is based on the reasonable outcome derived from the actions that a student takes.

At the end of each OHS Registry program, students have the opportunity to give feedback about the training course, the training provider and the training environment.

OHS Registry has developed Awareness level and Operation level of safety training.

Only Certified Professional Instructors in Current Teaching Status.

Instructors are issued a national certification however they must make students aware of the correct local protocol, and local OH&S government requirements.

Quality assurance reviews are conducted to ensure that instructors are delivering training in accordance with the OHS Registry Teaching and Accreditation Standards.

The quality assurance process includes the services of the quality review board. The board reviews complaints submitted to the OHS Registry by students, clients, or anyone that takes issue with a member of the OHS Registry.

Instructors may not serve as an educator, aide, or substitute during the period of the denial, or suspension.

OHS Registry uses statuses such as denied application, current active teaching status, not current status, suspended status, or revoked status.

Active current status indicates that the instructor has renewed their certification to teach each 3 years and has been monitored each 3 years, has maintained acceptable performance standards and has delivered at least 1 course annually, and has met the requirements of the OHS Registry Teaching and Accreditation Standard and is deemed able to teach.

Once a review has been conducted by the registry and an Instructors status has been revoked, the revoked instructor status may not be restored by the OHS Registry.

Instructors may contact the OHS Registry Instructional support services by phone or email to get all their questions or concerns answered.

Instructors get the training materials they need from the Training Centre they have an affiliation with, or through which they are employed.

The instructor that delivers the training program is to complete and sign the student certification card.

Failure to respond to the quality review boards inquiries, fraudulent or illegal action, and financial irresponsibility with the OHS Registry.

The initial training program is completed again.

A company cannot override a training policy, training must be delivered in accordance with OHS Registry Teaching and Accreditation Standards and OHS Registry policies.

The goal of the quality assurance team is to assist instructors in maintaining their compliance with the regulations, guidelines and policies that govern their occupational health and safety training career.