At MASH, we provide specialized training for healthcare professionals at all levels, covering a wide range of safety and health topics. Our engaging and practical courses align with industry legislation and best practices, helping organizations build and maintain a strong safety and health management system.
To meet the diverse needs of healthcare teams, we offer both in-person and online training, ensuring flexibility and accessibility. Whether in a classroom setting or virtual environment, our customized programs enhance workplace safety, compliance, and overall healthcare excellence.
This one day course will provide employers, supervisors, workers and committee members with an understanding of the legislative requirements for identifying existing and potential risks to the safety and health of workers. It will also provide an understanding of:
Categories of hazards
Methods of identifying hazards
Assessing the risk of hazards and methods to control risk
How to develop safe work procedures
The purpose of the one-day workplace incident investigations training is to provide employers, supervisors, workers and committee members with an understanding of conducting workplace incident investigations. The course will cover the legal framework including duties and responsibilities, elements of a safety and health program, the structure and function of the internal responsibility system. It will also provide an overview of different types of causes to be considered in an investigation and the various incident causation models. The course will also cover being prepared for an investigation, the steps of investigating, including recommending corrective actions and writing the report and follow-up.
This is a two-day training course that is delivered in person only. This course is meant for the individual(s) from the workplace who will be responsible for conducting SWC maintenance audits.
Course Preparation:
Participants must download a copy of AuditSoft software and successfully complete the AuditSoft.
Application Overview:
Online training. Submission of your certificate of completion is required 7 days prior to the course date.
Course Information:
Participants will learn what Safe Work Certification is, the audit process and how to use the audit tool including the industry-specific element. Participants will be engaged throughout the two-day course through group discussions, and completion of a tabletop mock audit. Participants may have homework based on how quickly they complete course activities throughout the two-day course. To receive a certificate and Maintenance Auditor number participants are required obtain a minimum of 70% on the quiz, and successfully submit their mock audit file for review within 1 week of the completion of the course.
This one-day course is to introduce the principles, benefits and framework for a workplace safety and health program required to develop safety excellence. It is designed to support consistent and quality training for employers and workers in the development of workplace safety and health management systems.
The training is intended for:
Senior management
Persons accountable for, and who have authority over safety and health in the workplace
Persons responsible for conducting maintenance audits
PART training provides workers with the understanding of, and ability to assess, potentially violent situations and a means to manage, reduce or eliminate risks. PART interventions (e.g., verbal crisis intervention, breakaway, evasion, manual restraint techniques) can be used when the primary and back up treatment/care plans fail, and workers are faced with an immediate threat of injury.
BASIC (1 day training) - Theory Only
Understand and identify why individuals are acting out/assaultive.
Understand dementia, person-centered care, validation/redirection.
Understand how your attitude may aggravate the situation.
Know if you are physically and mentally prepared to work with potentially assaultive individuals.
Know the importance of effective communication to assist with de-escalation.
Create a plan for self-control and know how you respond in a crisis situation.
Understand the importance of proper communication and documentation.
INTERMEDIATE (1.5 days training) – Theory +Evasion/Deflection
TechniquesIncludes all content covered in Basic.
Principles of effective breakaway and evasion techniques.
ADVANCED (2 days training) – Theory + Evasion/Deflection Techniques + Manual
RestraintIncludes all content covered in Basic and Intermediate.
Principles of effective manual restraint techniques.
DEMENTIA ENHANCEMENT (Included as Part of Each Level)
Understanding dementia - high-level overview.
Identification of potentially violent situations (understanding triggers).
Safe work practices to minimize or eliminate risk (approach, documentation/care plan, own self-control plan).
Appropriate response (de-escalation, person-centered care, validation, skills training).
Safety and Health Leadership is a one-day course that will provide those who have charge of a workplace, or authority over a worker, with an understanding of their legal duties and responsibilities pertaining to everyday safety and health functions. It is designed to clarify their role in providing a safe and healthy workplace for workers.
The training is intended for persons who have:
Charge of a workplace
Authority over a worker
The purpose of this half-day compressed session, is to re-introduce supervisors the safety and health program. The session will provide brief explanations regarding the role, responsibilities, and legal duties of supervisors in the various capacities within the internal responsibility system (IRS).
The training is intended for persons who have:
Charge of a workplace
Authority over a worker
The four-hour Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Infectious Substances course offered by MASH
equips transporters, shippers, and receivers with the necessary skills to competently handle and
transport Dangerous Goods (DG) from their origin to their final destination. This healthcare specific
course familiarizes participants with the nine classes of DGs, with a particular emphasis on the
transportation of biological and infectious substances.
This course will cover:
TDG Regulation,
Schedules 1,2,3
Classification
Safety marks,
Means of containment
Documentation,
Special provision,
Emergency response assistance plans
Reporting
This one-day course is designed for Safety and Health committee members and workplace safety representatives. Participants will learn general legislation as it pertains to safety and health committees or representatives. They will gain knowledge of their roles, duties and responsibilities as it relates to workplace safety and health. This course will also inform participants on how to address safety concerns and make recommendations, they will understand what hazards are, different methods of recognizing hazards and controls to eliminate or mitigate hazards. Participants will also learn what Safe Work Certification is, and how the committee members or representatives are involved in the certification process.
*Mandatory for Safe Work Certification
This one-day course is designed for Safety and Health committee members and workplace safety representatives. Participants will learn general legislation as it pertains to safety and health committees or representatives. They will gain knowledge of their roles, duties, and responsibilities as it relates to workplace safety and health. This course will also inform participants on how to address safety concerns and make recommendations, they will understand what hazards are, different methods of recognizing hazards and controls to eliminate or mitigate hazards. Participants will also learn what Safe Work Certification is, and how the committee members or representatives are involved in the certification process.
*Mandatory for Safe Work Certification
This one-day course will provide employers, supervisors, workers, and committee members with an understanding of the legislative requirements for identifying existing and potential risks to the health and safety of workers. It will also provide an understanding of categories of hazards, methods of identifying hazards, Assessing the risk of hazards and methods to control the risk, how to develop safe work procedures.
This one-day course is to provide employers, supervisors, workers, and committee members with an understanding of conducting workplace incident investigations. The course will cover the legal framework including duties and responsibilities, elements of a safety and health program, the structure and function of the internal responsibility system. It will also provide an overview of different types of causes to be considered in an investigation and the various incident
causation models. The course will also cover being prepared for an investigation. the steps of investigating, including recommending corrective actions and writing the report and follow-up.
This one-day course is to introduce the principles, benefits and framework for a workplace safety and health program required to develop safety excellence. It is designed to support consistent and quality training for employers and workers in the development of workplace safety and health management systems. The training is intended for senior management, persons accountable for, and who have authority over safety and health in the workplace, persons responsible for conducting maintenance audits.
*Mandatory for Safe Work Certification
Safety and Health Leadership is a one-day course that will provide those who have charge of a workplace, or authority over a worker, with an understanding of their legal duties and responsibilities pertaining to everyday safety and health functions. It is designed to clarify their role in providing a safe and healthy workplace for workers. The training is intended for those who have charge of a workplace, authority over a worker.
*Mandatory for Safe Work Certification
This is a 2-day training course that is done in person. This course is meant for the individual(s) from the workplace who will be responsible for conducting the maintenance audits. The participants will learn what Safe Work Certification is, the audit process and how to use the audit tool including the industry-specific element. Participants will be engaged throughout the two-day course through group discussions, completing a tabletop mock audit, and a quiz. To receive a certificate and Maintenance Auditor number participants are required to obtain a minimum of 70% on the quiz, and submit a partially completed audit tool, based on the tabletop mock audit.
*Mandatory for Safe Work Certification
The purpose of this half day compressed session, is to introduce new and existing supervisors to the health & safety program. The session will provide brief explanations regarding the role, responsibilities, and legal duties of supervisors in the various capacities within the internal responsibility system (IRS). The training is intended for persons who have charge of a workplace or authority over a worker.
By participating in our training services, members can gain the knowledge and skills necessary to promote a safe and healthy work environment.
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Whether you are attending online or in person our training programs will provide you with theory, interactive participation through discussions and activities to meet the needs of everyone’s learning styles and learning outcomes.
MASH will also provide private in person classroom or online training, please fill out our contact form and someone from our Safety Team will be in touch with you.
Workplace Safety & Health Committee & Worker Safety & Health Rep Training
Principles of Safety & Health Management Training
Maintenance Auditor Training