Workplace Safety and Sustainability

Course code OPMT 2020

Credit 3.0

Length 45.0 hours

Course outline View

This course provides the students with knowledge of workplace health and safety along with sustainability considerations in the project settings.

Prerequisites

Course type

This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.

  • Health, Safety and Environment Management and Sustainability concepts
  • Introductions to Health and Safety agencies, authorities, & work/project safety regulations
  • Health and Safety agencies: WorkSafeBC Walkthrough Policies and Regulations (WorkSafeBC in BC)
  • An overview of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
  • Describe the Site visits, inspections, and risk assessment audits performed by the Health and Safety agencies (WorkSafeBC in BC)
  • Describe Hazard control
  • Environmental, Health and Safety, and Sustainability Issues Knowledge
  • Review of active projects concerning the environment's health, safety, and sustainability
  • Knowledge of Indigenous peoples and their environmental and sustainability concerns

Course schedules

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How to take this course

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please email at [email protected].

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.