The heat stress online training program is designed for employers, contractors, staffing agencies, and government agencies across all industries who need to train their workers to recognize and prevent heat-related illness, including:
- Employers onboarding new workers who will be exposed to hot indoor or outdoor conditions.
- Companies running pre-season heat stress refreshers before the summer months.
- Operations with contractors or temporary workers requiring documented heat stress training.
- Multi-location employers who need consistent, standardized heat stress training across facilities and provinces.
- Training managers looking for SCORM heat stress training to add to their internal learning management system.
- Staffing agencies training workers before placement into construction, agriculture, landscaping, or industrial settings
Aligned with provincial occupational health and safety regulations, the Heat Stress Online Training Program is organized into two modules that build from the types of heat-related illness and the risk factors that cause it through to recognizing the signs and symptoms, responding when a worker is affected, and understanding employer and worker responsibilities.
Each module includes a knowledge assessment to confirm comprehension before advancing.
Module 1: Heat Stress Introduction and Overview
- Heat Stress Overview
- What is Heat-Related illness?
- Types of Heat-Related Illnesses
- Risk Factors
- Legislation
- Module Quiz
Module 2: Recognizing and Responding to Heat Illnesses
- Signs, Symptons, and Response to Heat Illnesses
- General Response
- Employer Responsibilities
- Worker Responsibilities
- Module Quiz
This course has been designed in alignment with the following standards and regulations:
- Provincial and Territorial Occupational Health and Safety Acts and Regulations
- Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (COHSR)
- ACGIH Threshold Limit Values for Heat Stress and Strain
- CCOHS Hot Environments Guidance and Industry Best Practices
