Get JHSC certified from home with our virtual instructor-led training
Our JHSC virtual instructor-led sessions are facilitated by one of our certified health and safety consultants, providing you access to trained and knowledgeable experts for all your JHSC certification needs. These structured sessions are completed online with a live virtual instructor to guide your health and safety journey.
Looking for JHSC training at your own pace or in-person? Try our self-paced eLearning option and complete your certification from home, or receive instruction in-person at our head office in Toronto or at your own workplace.
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What is a Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC)?
A Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) is a collaboration between workers and employer representatives dedicated to enhancing health and safety standards in a workplace. They aim to keep workplaces and workers happy, healthy, and safe by fostering cooperation, identifying health and safety concerns, and recommending solutions.
Every business in Ontario with 20 or more regular employees is required to have a JHSC in place, with a minimum of two certified members.
Why do you need a JHSC certification?
A JHSC makes workplaces healthier and safer by acting in an advisory role to raise awareness, identify risks, and develop recommendations for employers. They may also hold regular meetings and workplace inspections for the improvement of the health and safety of workers.
A JHSC can bring a workplace:
- improved productivity
- reductions in workplace absences
- improved health and safety outcomes
- reductions in disability claims from illness or injury
- improved health and safety awareness
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What will you learn?
Through the JHSC training offered by PSHSA you will learn:
- the relevant portions of the Ontario Health and Safety Act (OHSA)
- the legal rights and responsibilities as a JHSC member
- common workplace hazards
- how to recognize, assess, control and evaluate workplace hazards
- how to conduct workplace inspections and accident investigations
- responding to employee health and safety concerns and suggestions
- maintaining and monitoring records
About the Public Services Health and Safety Association (PSHSA)
Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) and is an approved provider under the training standards developed by MLITSD. PSHSA works with Ontario’s Public and Broader Public Sector employers and workers, providing training, consulting and resources to reduce workplace risks and prevent occupational injuries and illnesses.
We serve more than 10,000 organizations and over 1.6 million workers across the province’s education and culture, community and healthcare, municipal and provincial government and emergency services sectors.