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We are currently offering the following online learning opportunities. Courses are grouped into topic categories. Click on a topic heading to be taken to that group of courses.
Driving/Transportation
Fall Protection
First Aid
Electrical
Industrial Equipment
Occupational Health & Safety
WHMIS & TDG
Various Topics
BACKING SAFETY FUNDAMENTALS
The Backing Fundamentals online course will explore the main risks associated with backing up a vehicle. You will learn the 7 Fundamentals of preventing backing incidents.
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COMPLIANCE, SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR NON-DRIVERS
This course includes a brief overview of CSA, the specific ways CSA affects your job and the jobs of other non-driving personnel, and explains how you and others can have an impact on your company's CSA score
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DEFENSIVE DRIVING
A powerful 2 to 3 hour short course designed for people on the go. This program is excellent for corporate drivers and features our World Renowned SAFER System of Defensive Driving.
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DEFENSIVE DRIVING ATTITUDES
Employees may know defensive driving skills but do they practise them? Behind the wheel it is ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE and driver attitudes determine how your drivers respond to risk while driving. Defensive Driving Attitudes makes drivers think about their motivations and the PERSONAL FACTORS that cause excessive risk taking and impulsive driving decisions.
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DEFENSIVE DRIVING FUNDAMENTALS
Driving is a serious responsibility. Every time you or someone else takes to the road, there is a level of risk involved. Using principles taught throughout this course you can learn ways to reduce this risk to you and others on the road.
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DROWSY DRIVING - TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
This program will teach you about drowsy driving and provide strategies that work to prevent it.
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FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE FUNDAMENTALS
This course provides all the basic information for commercial four-wheel or all-wheel drive operation.
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PRE-TRIP INSPECTION
This course offers drivers training on how to properly perform their required inspections as per National Safety Code compliance. In addition to providing an understanding of how a driver should perform these inspections, this course explains how to address any defect that may have been found during the inspection.
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SAFE SLINGING AND RIGGING
This course covers the regulations, practices, and techniques required to safely sling and rig loads.
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THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON DRIVING
The purpose of this course is to teach drivers how workday stress affects safe driving. Stressed drivers are often distracted, make poor decisions, and have physical impairments, such as a loss in peripheral vision or muscle coordination.
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WINTER DRIVING
This program is excellent for organizations and people who wish to review and enhance their winter driving knowledge.
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WINTER DRIVING FUNDAMENTALS
The Winter Driving online course will explore the main risks associated with winter driving and offer simple solutions on how to reduce winter driving risk, making your journey a safe and prudent one.
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FALL PROTECTION
Fall Protection Professional Series is a theory course designed for individuals who plan, supervise, or perform work at heights. This is one of the most comprehensive online training courses available. If you are serious about safety, this is the right course for you.
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SLIPS, TRIPS & FALLS
This course helps enable employees to identify hazardous conditions and unsafe practices that can lead to slips, trips, and falls in the workplace.
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ALBERTA STANDARD FIRST AID RECERTIFICATION
If you have a current first aid certificate, you can take a Standard First Aid Recertification course. This is a challenge of the theory and practical skills required to receive a Standard First Aid certificate in Alberta.
If the student's first aid certificate has expired, even by one day, they are not eligible to participate in the recertification process.
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BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN
This online Bloodborne Pathogens course helps employers to provide a safe and healthy work environment for their employees and minimize the possibility of employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
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This online Bloodborne Pathogens: Exposure in the Workplace course provides important information that workers and supervisors can use to protect themselves from being exposed to blood or blood-containing materials in the workplace.
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FIRST AID AWARENESS
This comprehensive online First Aid awareness course is designed to provide information required to respond appropriately to injuries and medical emergencies. This course is appropriate for those with or without prior First Aid training.
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FIRST AID INTERACTIVE REFRESHER
Interactive Emergency Simulations with decision-trees to help students practice First aid and Safety Management.
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STANDARD FIRST AID
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Online Standard First Aid is a blended training course. It allows companies with a number of employees requiring First Aid Recertification to schedule the training at their convenience. The theory portion can be taken over a period of 90 days. Astec will schedule the practical portion and the exam once per month to complete the certification. Participants only need to be available for 1 day to demonstrate the practical skills. This course is designed for companies who have employees that have had previous classroom First Aid training. This course is ideally suited for companys with ten or more employees needing recertification.
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ARC FLASH AWARENESS
The use of electricity in today's industry presents many hazards. This course will help you to better understand the dangers of electricity from a shock protection and an arc flash protection point of view.
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ELECTRICAL HAZARD IDENTIFICATION & RISK ASSESSMENT
This online Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment for Electrical Workers course focuses on aspects of hazard identification and risk assessment as outlined in Canadian Standards Association CSA Z462-12 Workplace Electrical Safety.
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ELECTRICAL SAFETY TRAINING
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LITHIUM BATTERY SAFETY
The Lithium Battery Safety program addresses the unique dangers Lithium anode batteries present to workers servicing and repairing industrial equipment.
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LITHIUM BATTERY TRANSPORT
Lithium batteries pose unique concerns when shipping them by air. Even shipping a cell phone of laptop from one location to another will require basic knowledge of the hazards involved. This online course presents in detail, how to properly ship lithium batteries by air.
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AERIAL LIFTS AND SCISSOR LIFTS
This online Aerial Lifts and Scissor Lifts course covers the safe operation, inspection and anatomy of powered industrial aerial and scissor lifts.
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BOOM TRUCK
This is a complete Boom Truck course and provides information on the safe operation of powered mobile cranes. This course runs 1.5 hours and meets the OSHA requirements for powered industrial boom trucks.
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FORKLIFT FUNDAMENTALS
This series of forklift training sessions generally satisfies the requirement of formal instruction on basic safe operating practices.
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FORKLIFT OPERATOR SAFETY
This all-in-one training program makes it easy to train your forklift operators. It covers safety topics that are critical to avoiding accidents and injuries, including general safety, pre-operation, operation, load handling, fuel/battery maintenance, and specialized units.
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STAND UP FORKLIFT
This course covers the safe operation of powered industrial trucks, also known as fork trucks, lift forks or forklifts. The information provided will increase your knowledge and make you a better operator.
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UTILITY BUCKET RESCUE
This lesson provides employees with techniques of bucket rescue so that when faced with a rescue situation they will be able to respond appropriately.
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CONFINED SPACE ENTRY
This online Confined Space Entry course provides important information to individuals required to work within a confined space.
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This online Confined Space Entry and Monitor course provides information to individuals required to perform tending worker duties to personnel working in a confined space.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
In this lesson you will learn to identify emergency medical procedures, typical fire warning signals, fire fighting equipment, and how to use a fire extinguisher. You will also learn the importance of escape and evacuation to your assembly area and prompt reporting of all incidents. In addition, you will learn how to respond to weather-related and natural disasters and other emergencies such as explosions, bomb threats, hazardous spills, and acts of violence.
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GROUND DISTURBANCE FOR SUPERVISORS
This online course is designed for planners, managers, supervisors and employees who are or will be required to develop, plan and implement any kind of ground disturbance. By the end of this course you should be able to - identify and define ground disturbance; describe the hazards of ground disturbance; decide what permits and agreements will be required; describe how to locate and identify underground facilities; describe regulations associated with ground disturbance; describe the responsibilities for owners and ground disturbers; and describe safety requirements.
HAZARD ASSESSMENT
The primary goal of occupational health and safety management is to maintain a healthy and injury-free work environment. This course will enable participants to understand the importance of hazard assessments on the overall performance of health and safety management systems.
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HAZARD COMMUNICATION
In this course the worker will learn about more about Safety Data Sheets and Pictograms, as well as potential physical and health effects of hazardous chemicals, and what workers can do to make everyday a safe day at work.
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LADDER SAFETY
This online Ladder Safety course identifies hazards inherent with ladder work, provides safe practices to reduce or eliminate these hazards, reviews techniques for determining fall protection requirements and provides strategies for determining how and when to inspect ladders.
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LADDER SAFETY FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY
This online Ladder Safety course covers what everyone needs to know about the most common ladder dangers.
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LOCKOUT TAG OUT IN THE WORKPLACE
This course covers the entire process of Lockout Tagout, a safety procedure that is used in a variety of workplaces ranging from industrial establishments to construction projects.
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OH&S AND THE LAW FOR SUPERVISORS
This course offers a comprehensive understanding of the Occupational Health & Safety Act and other key pieces of health and safety legislation for those in supervisory positions within the workplace. Duties, rights, and responsibilities of workers and employers, details of Joint Health & Safety committees, and basics of criminal justice in the workplace are thoroughly covered in this online course.
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT: SAFE AT WORK
Personal protective equipment (PPE) protects workers and their livelihood when hazards are present in the workplace. This course teaches employees and their managers how to properly choose, use, and maintain PPE in the workplace.
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GLOBAL HARMONIZED SYSTEM (GHS) AWARENESS
This online GHS Awareness course is aimed at the worker or handler of hazardous chemicals and introduces general awareness under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200. Learners will gain an understanding of Hazcom requirements and their role and responsibilities in the workplace.
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GLOBAL HARMONIZED SYSTEM (GHS) FOR SUPERVISORS
This program is aimed at supervisors, managers or chemical specialists who are responsible for OSHA or health and safety in the workplace. This course covers the new requirements under HAZCOM 2012 29CFR 1910.1200.
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TRANSPORTATION OF DANGEROUS GOODS
Designed to teach individuals about Transportation of Dangerous Goods Clear Language Regulations, this course covers regulations for ground transport within Canada.
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WHMIS
This online WHMIS course provides a comprehensive series of lessons on the essential topics of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System.
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WHMIS & TDG PACKAGE
This online WHMIS and TDG Package course provides comprehensive lessons on the essentials for each topic and includes a certificate for both courses.
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ABORIGINAL AWARENESS
This course introduces students to the concept of culture, setting the foundation for further discussion on Canada's Aboriginal people, their values, concerns and history.
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BACK SAFETY
This online Back Safety course covers what individuals needs to know about the most common back injuries and safety practices for lifting.
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BASIC FIRE FIGHTING
The purpose of this course is to teach you the basic knowledge and skills required to fight a small fire. By the end of this course you should be able to describe fire types, classifications, and behaviours; describe types of fire extinguishers, extinguishing agents, and extinguisher classifications; explain procedures for operating a fire extinguisher and describe techniques for extinguishing a small fire.
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BEAR AWARENESS
This course covers information that will assist you to identify different bear species and react appropriately should you encounter a bear in the wild.
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CHAINSAW SAFETY
Chainsaw safety is critically important. Chainsaws are often the most dangerous tool on a worksite. This course will help you to better understand the dangers of chainsaws and the steps required for safe operation of these units.
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FATIGUE MANAGEMENT FOR SUPERVISORS
This program is specifically designed to assist organizational leaders better understand fatigue, how it effects their employees and evaluate their own organization for fatigue dangers.
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HYDRAULIC SAFETY TRAINING - EXPOSURE LEVEL
Hydraulics are used in all industries. Exposure to hydraulic energy can be extremely hazardous. This HSAC course will establish an awareness of hydraulic hazards in the workplace including environmental health.
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HYDRAULIC SAFETY TRAINING - HIGH RISK MAINTENANCE LEVEL
Maintenance and repair of equipment which utilize hydraulics systems is extremely hazardous. This industry leading course will establish an awareness of hydraulic energy hazards and control. Hydraulic energy is used throughout industry and has caused injury, death including property and environmental damage. For personnel, supervisors, and safety professionals in the reduction of risk through specific training.
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SAFETY MOMENTS
Safety Moments are a series of short safety videos that can kick off your meetings with dynamic, thought provoking safety points that are great for on or off the job.
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ONLINE COURSE OFFERINGS AS OF APRIL, 2013
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Welding Safety - Arc Flash Wawareness Online Course Signup
Vehicle Safety - Backing Up Online Course Signup
Basic Fire Fighting Online Course Signup
Electrical Safety Training Online Course Signup
Fall Protection Awareness Online Safety Course Signup
Hazard Assessment Online Course Signup
Hydraulic Safety Authority of Canada - Exposure Level Online Course Signup
Hydraulic Safety Authority of Canada - High Risk Maintenance Level Online Course Signup
Lithium Battery Safety - Online Course Signup
