Course Orientation
In this course you will learn about workplace safety, hazard management, and legislation. This course is a prerequisite for any off-campus learning experience and is meant to prepare you for your experience.
Guiding Questions: What is a workplace health and safety management system? How do I identify, assess, and control hazards in the workplace? What are my legal rights and responsibilities at work?
Assessment
This course, HCS3000:, Workplace Safety Systems, is worth one credit and generally takes students between 17 and 25 hours to complete, though that time varies depending on the student.
The course is divided into training rooms. Each training room has one or more guiding questions, and is meant to focus on a group of related concepts. Each training room has a project or assignment associated with it.
Work through each of the sections of the course carefully. This will assist you in completing the assignment for each section. A portion of your final grade in this course will be based on each of these assignments. You must successfully complete each section to receive credit for this course.
Your teacher will provide you with a detailed outline of how you will be assessed in this course.
Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship involves being a responsible and participative citizen in your online course. At the end of the course, you will be asked to rate yourself for each of the following categories:
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I am respectful of honesty, trust, and diversity in my work online. I cite sources, post only my own work, and treat my classmates and teacher with respect. |
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I work at a consistent pace, and set and meet my deadlines. |
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I am an active and enthusiastic participant in my course (contributing regularly to course activities, participating in discussions, communicating with instructor). |
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I adhere to course protocol (posting in the right place, naming files correctly). |
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Project Descriptions
Project 1: Workplace Health and Safety Management Systems
In this project you will be required to perform a health and safety plan inspection for a specific workplace.
Project 2: Hazard Identification, Assessment, and Control
In this project you will research different types of hazards, assessment, and control of hazards and complete a workplace hazard assessment and control plan.
Project 3: Workplace Legislation
In this project you will identify your legal rights and responsibilities, and the legislation that protects you at work.
Project 4: Glossary of Terms
In this project you will create a glossary of terms related to workplace safety and explain them.
Icon Explanations
Watch and Listen
This section includes multimedia content, both passive and interactive (e.g., podcasts, videos, interactive Flash activities, etc.)
Discuss
The Discuss component requires you to exchange ideas and knowledge with others and to think about, and respond to, what has been presented in this exchange. This component requires you to actively respond with classmates, friends, family, or other individuals as required within your community.
Assignments
Each assignment you must complete and submit to your teacher for grading is indicated by a symbol that looks like this to the right.
This section will highlight an assignment with formal assessment. Instructions, links to worksheets, and rubric will be provided here.
Discover
This icon will alert you to websites that you may find useful and interesting during your studies.
This component requires you to engage in a more independent search for information and understanding. The Discover component may take the form of a guided web search, a survey of newspapers, etc.
Tip/Focus
This light bulb indicates additional content about a particular topic that may be of interest to you or give you a question to ponder.
Help/Examples
This section will supply you with suggestions for further help or with examples.
Checking In
This section in the training room asks you to complete a series of questions and/or reflections regarding the material presented in that training room. Completing these questions will ensure that you have the understanding necessary to complete the project associated with that training room.
Checking My Work
This section provides opportunities for you to check your depth of understanding of new concepts learned in the lessons and make connections to prior learning. This section helps you to assess the quality of your work and make decisions about what to do and where to go next.
Lesson Glossary
This section highlights concepts and terms associated with the training rooms.
Project
This section will present instructions for completing the project.
Portfolio
Save your work to your course folder.
Learner, Facilitator, and Teacher Expectations
Learner
In order to achieve success in this course, be sure to read all of the instructions carefully and work systematically through the material and related activities. If you have a question, please ask.
Read through the project instructions and go through the information in the training rooms. Then complete the project including any self- or peer assessments. Finally, submit a completed project to your teacher for evaluation.
Facilitator and/or Teacher
Guest speakers, career practitioners, and other industry voices can provide new perspectives and up-to-date information on the topics covered in this course.