As many of you that attended the last Stunt Community Meeting(last Dec.) or the Stunt Coordinator Meeting (in May) are aware, there will be some mandatory and/or strongly recommended courses coming to all of us in 2017.
The world we work in has been changing and there is a lot more pressure being exerted on all film industry workers to understand the WorkSafeBC regulations and for everyone to understand their roles and responsibilities when it comes to health and safety at work.
When this stuff really comes into play is when something goes wrong. What is it that WorkSafeBC will be asking you (the Stunt Coordinator) for if something bad happens on your watch ??? Do you know???
The below courses are intended to help you understand what to do, what not to do, what your roles and responsibilities are as workers and supervisors, how to ensure you are compliant with the regulations and help ensure worker safety.
FYI, Actsafe is in the process of creating 3 new
Film Industry specific courses:
1) A Supervisor Training/Responsibilities
2) An industry wide Health and Safety Course for all workers in the film industry (all workers, all unions, top to bottom)
3) A course to train Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committeemembers (affects only a few 'worker and employer reps' that are elected to be on the Joint Committees)
I will have more information for you about all these courses, how the will be offered and who will need to take them in the next few months.
The aim is for these courses to be ready by Jan, 2017.
If anyone wants to get a jump on their education and better understand how the regulations work and what is expected of you as workers or supervisors under the laws of BC, please see the below information.
The BC Federation of Labour regularly puts on a multitude of courses that are relevant to what we do and there are a bunch of courses coming up in October that would help anyone understand their roles and responsibilities in BC.
These courses are not film industry specific but the principles apply to all industries.
The best courses for our Stunt Community
members to take at the BC Fed are:
Occupational Health & Safety Part 1
Tues Oct 4th 8:30 - 4:30
Occupational Health & Safety Part 2
Wed Oct 5th 8:30 - 4:30
Supervisor OH&S Responsibilities 1
Wed Oct 12th 8:30 - 4:30
Supervisor OH&S Responsibilities 2
Thurs Oct 13th 8:30 - 4:40
Understanding & Conducting Risk Assessments
Thurs Oct 13th 8:30 - 4:30
Incident Investigations
Thurs Oct 6 8:30 - 4:30
A full list of ALL the courses the BC Fed offers can be found
CLICK HERE
Cost is $115 for each full day course.
Let me know if you have any questions about these courses - I've taken most of them !
Best,
LORI STEWART
The world we work in has been changing and there is a lot more pressure being exerted on all film industry workers to understand the WorkSafeBC regulations and for everyone to understand their roles and responsibilities when it comes to health and safety at work.
When this stuff really comes into play is when something goes wrong. What is it that WorkSafeBC will be asking you (the Stunt Coordinator) for if something bad happens on your watch ??? Do you know???
The below courses are intended to help you understand what to do, what not to do, what your roles and responsibilities are as workers and supervisors, how to ensure you are compliant with the regulations and help ensure worker safety.
FYI, Actsafe is in the process of creating 3 new
Film Industry specific courses:
1) A Supervisor Training/Responsibilities
2) An industry wide Health and Safety Course for all workers in the film industry (all workers, all unions, top to bottom)
3) A course to train Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committeemembers (affects only a few 'worker and employer reps' that are elected to be on the Joint Committees)
I will have more information for you about all these courses, how the will be offered and who will need to take them in the next few months.
The aim is for these courses to be ready by Jan, 2017.
If anyone wants to get a jump on their education and better understand how the regulations work and what is expected of you as workers or supervisors under the laws of BC, please see the below information.
The BC Federation of Labour regularly puts on a multitude of courses that are relevant to what we do and there are a bunch of courses coming up in October that would help anyone understand their roles and responsibilities in BC.
These courses are not film industry specific but the principles apply to all industries.
The best courses for our Stunt Community
members to take at the BC Fed are:
Occupational Health & Safety Part 1
Tues Oct 4th 8:30 - 4:30
Occupational Health & Safety Part 2
Wed Oct 5th 8:30 - 4:30
Supervisor OH&S Responsibilities 1
Wed Oct 12th 8:30 - 4:30
Supervisor OH&S Responsibilities 2
Thurs Oct 13th 8:30 - 4:40
Understanding & Conducting Risk Assessments
Thurs Oct 13th 8:30 - 4:30
Incident Investigations
Thurs Oct 6 8:30 - 4:30
A full list of ALL the courses the BC Fed offers can be found
CLICK HERE
Cost is $115 for each full day course.
Let me know if you have any questions about these courses - I've taken most of them !
Best,
LORI STEWART
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