Hazard Assessment and Control for Canadian Workplaces
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Our hazard assessment and control training shows Canadian workers, supervisors and safety program owners how to find hazards before they hurt someone, rate the risk, choose controls that still work on a rushed day, and keep assessments current. This self-paced online course covers formal and informal hazard assessments, Canadian occupational health and safety (OHS) law, CSC Energy Sources, risk rating, the hierarchy of controls, job hazard analyses (JHAs), field-level hazard assessments (FLHAs) and toolbox talks, using realistic examples from construction, health care, warehousing, retail, farming and more.
Need training for your team? For online group training, buy your enrolments here, then complete our Group Training Student Information form so we can set up each worker’s account. If you’d like help building or reviewing the hazard assessments themselves, see our hazard assessments, JHAs and workplace inspections consulting services.
Learn more about how our online safety training works.
Poor hazard assessment shows up as injuries, claims, stopped work and failed audits. Good hazard assessment does the opposite: crews plan the job, bring the right equipment, and know when to stop. This course gives everyone on the job a shared, practical method, so the assessment on paper matches the work in the field.
This is foundation-level (awareness) training. It supports, but doesn’t replace, your employer’s site-specific orientation, practical training and competency verification. It doesn’t qualify or authorize anyone for high-risk work such as lockout, confined space entry, fall rescue, atmospheric testing, electrical work or hot work.
Online Hazard Assessment and Control Course at a Glance
Delivery: 100% online and self-paced
Course format: 16 narrated video lessons in four modules, with written lesson notes, workplace examples and knowledge checks
Course length (estimated): About 4 to 5 hours, including just under 4 hours of lesson video plus knowledge checks and the final quiz
Assessment: A three-question knowledge check after every lesson (100% to continue) and a six-question final quiz (80% to pass)
Resources: Downloadable Training Reference Guide, available after purchase
Certificate: Certificate of Completion issued after you finish all required course steps
Price: $39.99 CAD plus GST
Level: Foundation (awareness)
Audience: Workers, contractors, supervisors, crew leads and safety program owners across Canada
Workplace training: Your employer’s site-specific instruction is still required
What Does Online Hazard Assessment and Control Training Cover?
This hazard assessment and control training walks through the full cycle: identify the hazards, assess the risk, control the highest risks first, communicate the controls, and review when anything changes. Each lesson connects the method to decisions you make on the job.
You’ll learn how to:
- Explain how uncontrolled contact with energy, or exposure to a harmful condition, causes injury and illness.
- Tell formal and informal hazard assessments apart, and choose between a formal assessment, a JHA, an FLHA and a quick check.
- Find the OHS rules that apply to your work site in any of Canada’s 14 jurisdictions.
- Identify safety, health, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards, including working alone and violence.
- Use the 12 CSC Energy Sources to find hazards you’d otherwise miss, and flag high-energy hazards.
- Rate risk on the CSC 3 × 3 risk matrix and decide when work must not go ahead.
- Choose controls with the hierarchy of controls, including a direct control for every high-energy hazard.
- Put controls in place with an owner and a due date, then verify they’re working in the field.
- Complete JHAs and FLHAs, lead toolbox talks, and review assessments as a supervisor.
Every lesson includes a short written summary, a real-world example and a knowledge check, so learners practise applying the method rather than memorizing rules.
Online Hazard Assessment and Control Training for Canadian Workers
Hazard assessment is required in some form in every Canadian jurisdiction, but the rules aren’t the same everywhere. Canada has 14 OHS jurisdictions: the federal government, 10 provinces and 3 territories. Provincially regulated work follows the law where the work is done, while federally regulated employers, such as interprovincial trucking, airlines, banks and telecommunications, follow the Canada Labour Code, Part II, wherever they operate.
This course teaches hazard assessment and control principles that apply across Canada, and it uses selected legal examples, checked in September 2026, to show how the rules differ. Learners use the CSC legislation quick reference to find the requirements for their own jurisdiction. The course doesn’t determine whether a particular employer complies with the law, and it isn’t approved or recognized by any regulator.
Who Should Take This Hazard Assessment and Control Course?
This course is built for anyone who takes part in hazard assessments, whether they’re filling in an FLHA at the start of a shift or approving a JHA for a high-risk task.
It’s suitable for:
- Workers, including new, young, contract and temporary workers
- Supervisors, forepersons and crew leads
- Safety coordinators, managers and business owners who run the safety program
- Joint health and safety committee members and health and safety representatives
- Employers building or refreshing their hazard assessment process
Lessons are written for a mixed audience. Some sections speak directly to supervisors and program owners, such as building a control action plan or reviewing FLHAs, while every lesson explains what workers should do on the job. Employers often use the course for orientation, for supervisor development, or as a common starting point before rolling out new JHA and FLHA forms.
Online Hazard Assessment and Control Training Course Features
Our hazard assessment and control training is designed to be practical and easy to follow.
Course features include:
- 100% online and self-paced learning
- 16 narrated video lessons, each about 14 to 17 minutes long
- Written lesson notes with learning objectives, examples and key takeaways
- Downloadable Training Reference Guide with lesson summaries, key points, reflection questions and space for notes
- Realistic examples from many Canadian industries
- A three-question knowledge check after every lesson, with feedback after each answer
- A six-question final quiz
- Certificate of Completion after you finish all required course steps
- Progress tracking through your training account
The course focuses on what to do, not just what the law says: how to write a hazard statement that names the source, how to tell a direct control from a sign or a reminder, and when to stop work and reassess.
Online Hazard Assessment and Control Training Course Modules
The course is organized into four modules of four lessons each. Each lesson is one complete narrated video with written notes and a knowledge check.
Module One: Foundations and Canadian Law
The first module explains why hazard assessment matters, how the different levels of assessment fit together, and what Canadian OHS law requires.
Lessons:
- Lesson One: Why Hazard Assessment Matters
- Lesson Two: Formal and Informal Hazard Assessments
- Lesson Three: Canadian OHS Law: Hazard Identification and Control
- Lesson Four: Working Alone and Other Hazards Named in Law
By the end of this module, learners understand the key terms, their rights, and how to find the rules that apply to their work.
Module Two: Identifying Hazards
The second module focuses on finding hazards, including the quiet ones that crews commonly miss.
Lessons:
- Lesson One: Hazard Categories and Where Hazards Come From
- Lesson Two: Methods of Hazard Identification
- Lesson Three: Using CSC Energy Sources to Find Hazards
- Lesson Four: Common Mistakes in Hazard Identification
Learners practise writing specific hazard statements and flagging high-energy, critical ergonomic and critical psychosocial hazards.
Module Three: Controlling Hazards
The third module moves from finding hazards to rating risk and controlling it.
Lessons:
- Lesson One: Assessing and Prioritizing Risk
- Lesson Two: The Hierarchy of Controls
- Lesson Three: Putting Controls in Place and Making Sure They Work
- Lesson Four: Common Mistakes in Hazard Control
Learners finish with a control quality check they can run on any JHA or FLHA before work starts.
Module Four: The Tools: JHA, FLHA and Toolbox Talks
The final module puts the method to work with Calgary Safety Consultants’ procedures and forms.
Lessons:
- Lesson One: The Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)
- Lesson Two: The Field-Level Hazard Assessment (FLHA)
- Lesson Three: Toolbox Talks
- Lesson Four: Supervising Hazard Assessment and Continuous Improvement
Supervisors and program owners learn how to review assessments, verify controls in the field and use findings to improve the whole system.
Complete Your Online Hazard Assessment and Control Training
Register online, then work through the lessons in order at your own pace. After each video, complete the lesson’s three-question knowledge check. You need all three answers correct (100%) to move on, and you can retry the knowledge check as many times as you need, with feedback after each answer to help you learn.
When you’ve finished all 16 lessons, complete the six-question final quiz. The passing score is 80%, so you need at least five of six correct. If you don’t pass, review the lessons and try again. Once you’ve passed the final quiz and completed all required course steps, you can download your Certificate of Completion.
The certificate shows that you completed awareness-level online training. It isn’t a qualification or authorization for high-risk work, and employers should pair it with site-specific instruction on their own hazards, procedures, equipment and emergency plans.
Frequently Asked Questions About Online Hazard Assessment and Control Training
Is this Hazard Assessment and Control training valid across Canada?
The course teaches hazard assessment and control principles that apply in every Canadian jurisdiction, and it shows how to find the specific rules for federal, provincial and territorial workplaces. It isn’t approved by any regulator, and it doesn’t replace the site-specific training your employer must provide under the law that applies to your work.
Do I receive a Hazard Assessment and Control certificate?
Yes. You receive a Certificate of Completion after you complete all the lessons and knowledge checks and pass the final quiz. It records completion of awareness-level online training; it doesn’t certify or qualify you for high-risk work.
How long does the online Hazard Assessment and Control course take?
We estimate about 4 to 5 hours. The 16 lesson videos run just under 4 hours in total, and the knowledge checks and final quiz add time depending on your pace. You can stop and return at any time.
Who should take Hazard Assessment and Control training?
Workers, contractors, supervisors, crew leads, safety coordinators, managers, owners and joint health and safety committee members who take part in hazard assessments, FLHAs, JHAs or toolbox talks.
Does the course include JHA and FLHA training?
Yes. Module Four teaches how to complete a job hazard analysis (JHA) and a field-level hazard assessment (FLHA) step by step using Calgary Safety Consultants’ procedures and forms, and how to lead toolbox talks built from them. Your employer may use its own forms, and the same method applies.
Can employers purchase training for multiple workers?
Yes. Employers can buy online training for two or more workers on this page. After placing your order, complete our Group Training Student Information form with your order number and each learner’s name and email address. We set up each learner’s account and email course-access instructions within 24 hours of receiving complete information.
Does online Hazard Assessment and Control training replace workplace-specific training?
No. This course gives a common foundation. Workers still need instruction on their own workplace’s hazards, assessments, procedures, equipment and emergency plans, plus any practical training and competency verification their tasks require.
Additional Hazard Assessment and Control Resources
The resources below help you apply what you learn to your own workplace. Use them to check the legal requirements where you work, to compare your hazard assessment process with regulator guidance, and to get help when your assessments need more than a refresher. Always check the law for your own jurisdiction, since requirements differ across Canada.
Alberta OHS Code, Part 2: Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control
Issued by: Government of Alberta
Sets out Alberta’s requirements for hazard assessments, worker participation and choosing controls from elimination down. Use it when you work in Alberta or want to see a detailed example of hazard assessment law.
Alberta OHS Code, Part 2: Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control
Hazard Prevention Program Guide
Issued by: Employment and Social Development Canada
Explains how federally regulated employers build a hazard prevention program under Part XIX of the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. Use it if your employer is federally regulated, such as interprovincial trucking, airlines, banks or telecommunications.
Hazard Prevention Program Guide
Assessing Risks
Issued by: WorkSafeBC
Walks through identifying who could be harmed, rating risk and documenting what you find. Use it alongside Module Three when you rate risks, especially for work in British Columbia.
Assessing Risks
Hazard Assessments, JHAs and Workplace Inspections
Issued by: Calgary Safety Consultants
Our consulting support for building, reviewing and improving hazard assessments, JHAs and inspection programs. Use it when your forms, assessments or audit findings need hands-on help.
Hazard Assessments, JHAs and Workplace Inspections
Online Workplace Inspection Training
Issued by: Calgary Safety Consultants
A companion online course on planning inspections, finding hazards and following up on corrective actions. Take it next if you lead or take part in workplace inspections.
Online Workplace Inspection Training
Related courses: Online WHMIS Training, Incident Reporting and Investigation Training and OH&S Online Leadership Training.
