Program
Schedule:
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Monday, April 6th, 2009 (click
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| 7:30am |
Registration
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Safety
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| 11:45 - 1:15 |
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| 2:45 - 3:15 |
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 (click
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| 12:00 - 1:30 |
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| 3:00pm |
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2008 -
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Thursday, April 9th, 2008 -
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Sessions:
Monday April 6, 2009
7:30 am
Registration and Safety Tradeshow Opens
8:30 – 10:00am
Opening Remarks
David Anderson, Persident and Chief Executive Officer, WorkSafeBC
Bryan Lowes, Executive Director BC Safety Council
Terry Swain, Pacific Safety Center Ltd
Opening
Keynote Presentation: Sponsored
By: PHH Arc Environmental 
Countdown to Teamwork: by Mike Mullane, Former
NASA Astronaut.
One of the most amazing presentations you will
see. Weaving gripping and sometimes hilarious real-life experiences
from his Air Force and NASA careers with captivating NASA
video, retired astronaut Mike Mullane talks about the fundamentals
of teamwork: guarding against a “normalization of deviance”,
responsibility, trust, courageous self and team leadership.
His presentation uses memorable events from the space program
to drive home these hard-hitting lessons. You will walk away
with a profoundly new way of looking at work related challenges.
Speaker:
Retired NASA Astronaut Mike Mullane
10:30 – 11:45am
Session 2A
The New “Impaired Driving” Issue:
Managing Cellphones and Other Mobile Device Usage
Traffic collisions are still one of the leading causes of on and off the job injuries and fatalities. Recent studies have shown that using mobile devices while driving, whether hand-held or hands free, are as distracting as driving with a blood alcohol content of .08. With the growing use of cell phones and text messaging by employees while driving corporate vehicles and the resulting 400% increase in the risk of a having a traffic accident, this issue should be of interest to every organization.
Speaker: David Teater, VP, Aegis Mobility. Grand Rapids Michigan
Session 2B
Human Factors: What Are You Really Doing About Them?
Safety people are regularly challenged with ensuring the human aspects of safety are fully integrated into their safety management systems. So what are Human Factors? Why are they a fundamental component for building a strong safety culture? How does human error and behavioral issues fit into it? This session covers this and more!
Speaker: Dave Fennell, Senior Safety Advisor, Imperial Oil, Calgary Alberta
Session 2C
The Violence Risk Assessment: Putting Pen to Paper
The speakers will share their experiences conducting large-scale violence risk assessments after a brutal assault occurred on a City of Vancouver employee. The incident spurred improvements to the City’s violence prevention program in the country's most notorious downtown neighbourhood. Leave with tools and templates to guide you in conducting your own violence risk assessment, as well as tips for success. If there is a potential for violence in your workplace, this is the session for you!
Speakers: From the City of Vancouver:
Erin Hoess, CRSP, OH&S Coordinator, Community Services Group
Kim Kennedy, CRSP, OH&S Superintendent, Engineering Services
Session 2D
Hearing Protection: A Change Is Coming!
Quick quiz! You are exposed to 100 dB of noise and wear an earplug rated for 30 dB of protection. How much noise is reaching your eardrum? It’s a question that strikes at the core of hearing conservation, yet most of us have little idea how different actual protection can be from what we expect. This session covers the reasons for any differences, proper fit of hearing protection and the new two-number NRR label and how to implement it into your Hearing Conservation Program.
Speaker: Brad Witt, Director of Hearing Conservation, Sperian Hearing Protection, San Diego USA
Session 2E
You hit WHAT?
"It seems like a day doesn’t pass that I don’t
see a vehicle incident report on my desk.”
Sound familiar? The greatest risk most workers face is when they drive and the
damage cost is enormous. Is your safety program meeting the challenge of controlling
vehicle incident losses? Learn the elements of a comprehensive program from policy
and best practices to evaluation, investigation and training.
Speaker: Spencer McDonald Thinking Driver Surrey BC
1:15 – 4:30pm
Session 3A
Safety 101: Primer for the New Safety Professional
Designed for the new safety practitioner, this informative presentation will lay the groundwork for further professional development by explaining basic concepts such as hazard recognition, evaluation and control (engineered, administrative and PPE). Grant will show how this model can used as a simple, stand-alone safety program, or as a framework for more sophisticated efforts.
Speaker: Grant W. Henneberg, CRSP, Manager, Health & Safety, Canada, Tenaris Calgary AB
Session 3B-4B (Double Block Session)
Accident Investigations
Investigating accidents is one of the most important responsibilities
of the health & safety professional. This interactive workshop
is designed to give health & safety practitioners the information
to: Describe the legal framework applicable to accident investigations,
Describe the basics processes involved in investigating a
workplace accident, Develop recommendations to reduce recurrence
Participants will be able to apply these skills to investigate a mock incident
during this session.
Speaker: Bruce Jackson Manager of Education & Development Services, Prevention for WorkSafeBC
Session 3C
Workplace health & Safety Crimes
Occupational Health & Safety law in Canada has been evolving since the passing of Bill C-45 into law. The first charges and convictions now in the law books, workplace incidents can be more than accidents, they can result in criminal convictions too! Norm Keith, one of Canada’s leading OSH lawyers (and the only practicing lawyer in Canada to achieve his CRSP) will provide an overview of the latest legal developments, cases and what you can learn from them.
Speakers: Norm Keith, BA, LLB, CRSP, Gowling Lafleur Henderson
LLP (Gowlings) Toronto Norm Keith, BA, LLB, CRSP, Gowling
Lafleur Henderson LLP (Gowlings) Toronto
Session 3D
Scams, Frauds and Identity Theft: Reducing Your Chance of Becoming A Victim
This session will focus upon the common scams and frauds that exist in today’s fast-paced, technologically driven society where attempts are continually made to defraud individuals of their money, property and identity. Learn how to protect your identity and how to reduce your chance of becoming a victim.
Speaker: Rick Parent, Ph.D
Session 3E
GHS Meets WHMIS: Planning and Preparing for Change
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was developed to provide consistent communication of chemical hazard information, around the world. Understand the challenges ahead and the implications for WHMIS training and MSDS management. What can you do now to prepare for these changes?
Speaker: Cathy Dumschat, Canadian Center for Occupational health and Safety (CCOHS).
3:15 – 4:30pm
Session 4A
Your Future in Safety What’s Next?
Are you interested in making your career in safety? Curious about what you need to become a full time safety professional? This session covers formal safety education, safety organization for the safety professional, and the various types of professional safety certifications currently available. A great session for those interested in working in the occupational safety profession.
Speakers: James Hopkins, BC Provincial Director, Canadian Society of Safety Engineers, Speaker: Rob Miller Dip.T., CRSP, Med,
Jim Moroney, Executive Director, Alberta Municipal Health & Safety Association
Session 4C
Risk Communication in the New Millennium
Today we live in an economy of fear. We fear some things that we shouldn’t. We aren’t afraid of things that we should be concerned about. Our job as risk communicators is to discover the bias people have about risks and help them think and act rationally about them.
Speaker: Glyn Jones, EHS Partnerships Ltd. Calgary AB
Session 4D
Sustaining an Error Management Culture
During this entertaining presentation you’ll discover challenges the aviation industry faced as they struggled to identify problems in the cockpit that led to many devastating accidents. Learn how this industry evolved to be the safest means of travel by adopting an “error management culture”.
Speaker: Keith Martinsen
LOHFT Development Ltd. Delta BC
Session 4E
Field Level
Ergonomics: Real Solutions In Real Time
You have enough on your plate without having to tackle the world of ergonomics on your own. Thankfully, the most knowledgeable people are right there and willing to help you ... your employees. This session will focus on how to implement a systematic, employee driven ergonomics process that delivers real results. Following a step by step methodology and cost matrix, you will learn how to empower your organization, maximize employee input, implement quick turn-around solutions and avoid “analysis paralysis”.
Speaker: Mike Harnett, WorkSmart, Edmonton Alberta
Tuesday April 7, 2009
7:30 am
Registration and Safety Tradeshow Opens
8:30 – 10:00am
Opening Keynote
Presentation
Seven Humour Habits for Workplace Wellness
A fun, high energy presentation that spoofs personal growth and reminds people to take good care at work. You will laugh and enjoy an eclectic mix of comedy, song and experiential activities. You will hear about research and easy to apply concepts to improve your day to day in and out of the office. Idea for people who provide service to others, are overworked or have been through a stressful for busy period.
Paul Huschilt, Toronto Ontario
10:00 – 10:30am
Safety Tradeshow and Coffee Break
Sponsored by North American Occupational Safety and Health Week and WorkSafeBC
10:30 – noon
Session 6A
Working With New Generation Workers
Tearing your hair out on what motivates younger generations? Do you have to train them to work safely? Why do they take risks? How can you make them work safer? How can you get the different generations to respect one another and work together in harmony, as a team to create a safer workplace? Whether you are a manager, health and safety committee member, supervisor or employer, you’ll have information you can use and apply.
Speaker: Barbara Semenuik Purcell Enterprises, Edmonton Alberta
Session 6B
Risk Homeostasis: the Theory, Evidence and Consequences
for Effective Accident Prevention
As there is no human behaviour with total certainly of outcome, all behaviour may be viewed as risk taking. Concepts such as risk perception and risk acceptance are key to understanding behaviour, in the workplace, and from that, causation of accidents.
This session will present the basic features of Risk Homeostatis Theory (RHT) in which the target level of risk (the level of risk people are willing to take in return for the benefits they expect from the risky activity) functions as the controlling variable that relate the accident rate to behaviour and behaviour to accident rate.
Empirical studies show lack of effectiveness of common engineering, eductionation and enforcement practices. Measures that actually reduce the accepted level of risk, on the other hand, have consistently demonstrated significant and lasting reductions in accidents in the workplace and in the driving population.
Speaker: Dr. Gerald J.S. Wilde, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus Queens University, Kingston Ontario
Session 6C
What to Expect When the Worst Occurs
A panel presentation on what happens after a serious incident occurs to one of your workers or on your worksite. A two person panel made of a WorkSafeBC officer from their Fatal and Serious Investigations Division and a Lawyer who specializes in OH&S law to provide helpful advice for employers. Know what to expect if the worst happens.
Speakers: Larry Spouler CRSP, Occupational Safety Officer WorkSafeBC, and Norm
Trerise LLB, Partner, Fasken & Martineau.
Session 6D
Irrational People in the Workplace
This session will discuss encountering irrational people in the workplace that may include the mentally ill, angry customers, intoxicated individuals and the emotionally distraught. Learn of the dynamics surrounding “crisis intervention” and how to use the psychology of influence to obtain voluntary compliance when dealing with irrational individuals.
Speaker: Rick Parent, Ph.D Delta BC
Session 6E
Getting Involved in Safety & Health Week (NAOSH Week)
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH) happens May 3-9, 2009. It’s a terrific opportunity for your organization and particularly your safety committee to promote workplace safety on your jobsite. This session will overview NAOSH, how your organization can get involved, what resources are available to assist you and what interesting activities other organizations have done during past NAOSH weeks.
Speaker: NAOSH BC Steering Committee
1:30 – 3:00pm
Session 7A
Worksite Safety Inspections
Looking for tips on how to conduct your safety inspections? Trying to get more participation? Then this session is for you. Learn how to plan and conduct successful safety inspections, rate hazards , and get advice on implementation. A great session for safety committees, supervisors or anyone else responsible for doing safety inspections on the worksite.
Speaker: Barbara Semeniuk, Purcell Enterprises, Edmonton Alberta
Session 7B
Supervising for Safety
When workers are promoted to Supervisor, educating and training them in their accountability and responsibility for safety is often overlooked . This session overviews the skills supervisors need to successfully manage people. It covers the fundamentals every supervisor needs in order to provide a safe work environment. Great for new and experienced supervisors
Speaker: Isabel Krueger, CRSP,
Safety Matters, Vancouver BC
Session 7C
Building Stamina and Managing Fatigue
Human fatigue is recognized as being one of the primary causes of accidents in the industrial sector. The costs are a major human and financial burden to companies, workers, and their families. Worksites must ensure that everyone is aware of fatigue hazards, and take steps to prevent workplace accidents, injuries and illnesses that may result from fatigue. This session will present some of the key issues related to employee fatigue and identify resources for managing fatigue. It will answer the following questions: What is fatigue? What variables impact fatigue? What are the consequences of fatigue? How do you overcome fatigue? How do you develop a fatigue management plan?
Speaker: Don Melnychuk Ph.D. Edmonton Alberta
Session 7D
Eco-HAT Driving: Driving for Safety and Economy
The loss of an employee who drives on the job and the cost of driving incidents are factors no employer can afford. BC Safety Council offers a new version of its Hazard Avoidance Tactics program that integrates fuel conservation and reduction of environmental impacts with driver safety. This program has been able to demonstrate fuel consumption reductions of up to 34% with improved techniques and driving styles.
Speaker: Bryan Lowes, Executive Director, BC Safety Council
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Optional Post Conference Professional Development Courses:
Please Note: You do not need to attend the conference in order to register for these optional Post Conference courses.
PC–1
Joint Health & Safety
Committee Training (WorkSafe)
8:30am to 4:30pm, Wednesday April 8, 2009
Joint Health & Safety Committee Training Course – A
WorkSafe Certificate Program
Ideal for new safety committee members or for existing members
looking to refresh or upgrade their safety knowledge and
skills. If you organization is setting up its first safety
committee or looking to make its existing committee more
effective, then this one day course is just what you need.
Topics include: promoting workplace health and safety, applying
the process of safety inspections and accident investigations,
participating in constructive committee meetings, helping
your committee work together plus much more.
Bonus: Participants may choose to write the optional WorkSafe
exam. Successful exam participants will be awarded a WorkSafe
certificate. It demonstrates the participant has taken training
that meets the criteria that WorkSafeBC has specified for
safety committee training.
Course Leader: Isabel Krueger CRSP, Safety Matters.
Fees:
$245 up to February 27, 2009
$265 after February 27, 2009
GST extra
Group Fees: (4 or more people)
$225 up to February 27, 2009
$245 after February 27, 2009
GST extra
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PC–2
Supervisors Safety Training
8:30am to 4:30pm, Wednesday April 8, 2009
Supervisors are some of the most influential people in preventing workplace injuries and accidents. If they understand their key roles and have the specific skills needed to follow through on that understanding, a safe worksite almost always follows. If they don’t and have never been taught how to supervise for safety (as well as productivity), then accidents and injuries nearly always follow. This jam packed 1 day course guides your supervisors through the fundamentals they need to ensure safety on the job. Includes: What the regulatory agencies expect of supervisors, understanding risk taking, how to motivate for safety, how to interact with risk taking individuals, key prevention activities for supervisors and much more.
Course Leader: Randy Kelbert, KITS Corp.
Course Fees:
$265.00 up to February 27, 2009
$295.00 after February 27, 2009
GST extra
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PC–3
Office Ergonomics Workshop
(CANCELLED)
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PC-4 CRSP EXAMINATION PREPARATON WORKSHOP
Two Day Course April 8 & 9, 2009 (8:30am to
4:30pm each day)
The current failire rate
occurs because candidates don't fully understand the depth
and comprehensive nature of the exam and as a result, don't
prepare properly. More importantly, they study in a haphazard
way and easily become overwhelmed with the volume of information
from which exam questions are drawn.
The objective of our workshop is to help you
prepare your personal study plan and focus on the competencies
that you need to master before the exam.
The workshop enables participants to identify
their individual strengths and weaknesses in the 124 competencies
that form the basis of the CRSP examination. The competencies
are grouped into 11 categories (domains) and the fundamental
information in each category is reviewed and discussed.
Participants will complete simulated exams
which will identify gaps in their knowledge and skills. This
gap analysis can be used to develop your own study plan and
strategy. A Workshop Manual and an additional practice exam
is provided for on-going practice and study.
Presenter – Jim Moroney
Fees:
$595 up to February 27, 2009
$695 after February 27, 2009
GST extra
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PC-5 Measurement and Evaluation in OHS Managed Systems
Presented in Cooperation with The Canadian Society of Safety
Engineering
Two Day Course April 8 & 9, 2009 (8:30am
to 4:30pm each day)
As Occupational Health and Safety initiatives become more sophisticated and emphasize more of a managed systems approach, measurement and evaluation tools
must also become more strategic in their intent, use and application.
This two-day course will highlight key measurement
and evaluation techniques that can be used to support the
development, implementation and maintenance of today’s OHS intelligence based processes. Participants will explore the intent, applications and value of such tools as baseline assessments, statistics, physical conditions audits, task observations and coaching, internal and systems auditing, cost-benefit analyses, employee satisfaction and perception surveys.
Participants will be able to evaluate measurement
and evaluation tools within such frameworks as CSA Z1000
and other international standards.
Who Should Attend
Health and Safety Professionals responsible for the evaluation
and on-going development of high-quality safety initiatives
should attend. It also appeals to supervisors, labour representatives,
consultants, technical experts and joint workplace safety
and health committee members.
This course is one of the
courses eligible for CSSE's Certified Health & Safety
Consultant (CHSC) certification program.
BCRSP has awarded this course 1.0 CMP.
Fees:
CSSE Members: $638
CSSE Non Members: $849
GST extra
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