Cannabis @ Work: Employee Training
Cannabis & the Workplace: Employee Overview / Rights and Responsibilities (20 min)
After the completion of this course, you will:
- Understand how laws have changed with regard to recreational cannabis at work, through 2018
- Know about the Occupational Health Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Be explained key terms surrounding workplace safety and cannabis use
- Understand what cannabis awareness training means in the context of impairment and work
- Understand the difference between recreational and medical marijuana at work
- Know rights and responsibilities that apply to employers, employees, and contractors as they pertain to cannabis
- Know when driving is considered a work task
- Learn best practices for remaining alert and responding to impairment situations
Cannabis and the Workplace: Impairment Awareness for Employees (30 min)
After the completion of this course, you will:
- Understand impairment and how it can affect the workplace
- Learn some common alcohol and drug related terms
- Know the differences in medicinal and recreational cannabis when it comes to impairment
- Understand what awareness means in the context of impairment and work.
- Be shown some of the telltale signs of drug and alcohol abuse
- Understand the importance of ensuring driving is always done unimpaired.
- Know when driving is considered a work task
- Learn best practices for remaining alert to recreational cannabis at work and responding to impairment situations
- Be explained some reporting procedures for medical marijuana at work
- Understand the right to refuse unsafe work
Cannabis @ Work: Management Training
Cannabis & the Workplace: Cannabis Awareness for Employers and Leaders (20 min)
After the completion of this course, you will:
- Know what cannabis is .
- Understand the difference between hemp, marijuana, and cannabis.
- Know what CBD and THC are, and what they do
- Understand the different types of cannabis and their effects.
- Understand the occupational health affects on the body.
- Be explained some medical cannabis treatments and uses.
- Know how cannabis is used or consumed.
Cannabis & the Workplace: Disclosure and Accommodation (20 min)
After the completion of this course, you will:
- Know how disclosure and accommodation relate to workplace safety and medicinal use of cannabis.
- Understand disclosure, what it should include, best practices, and rights and responsibilities.
- Know the limits of occupational health accommodation.
- Be shown some of the more common types of accommodation.
- Understand rights and responsibilities as they relate to accommodation.
- Be shown a recommended accommodation process (Based on " Duty to Accommodate: A General Process For Managers" by the Government of Canada).
Cannabis and the Workplace: Employer Overview / Rights and Responsibilities (20 min)
After the completion of this course, you will have learned:
- Understand how laws have changed with regard to cannabis through 2018
- Understand the difference between recreational and medicinal cannabis use
- Be explained key terms surrounding workplace safety and cannabis use
- Know how to ensure due diligence by updating workplace Drug and Alcohol Policy to adequately consider and reflect changes to cannabis laws
- Know the rights and responsibilities of employers, managers, supervisors, and employees, as they relate to cannabis and the workplace
- Have a basic understanding of the legislation that governs these rights and responsibilities
- Know the importance of confidentiality and occupational health record-keeping
- Know when and why to test for impairment
- Get some post-incident testing tips and timelines
- Know when and why to use drug testing for reasonable cause
- Be briefly introduced to disclosure and the duty to accommodate
Cannabis & the Workplace: Impairment Awareness for Employers (45 min)
After the completion of this course, you will:
- Understand what impairment is, and impairment awareness language
- Be shown details on cannabis, alcohol, and other drugs, and how they affect users
- Be explained best practices for maintaining high impairment awareness on worksites
- Review information on impaired driving
- Understand how to react to situations of impairment
- Understand the process for documenting reasonable cause and triggering testing
- Know the importance of confidentiality and record-keeping
- Know when and why to test for impairment
- Get some post-incident testing tips and timelines
- Know when and why to use drug testing for reasonable cause
- Understand how testing can happen
- Know who is responsible for testing
- Be reminded of the importance of policy updates and explained which updates should be prioritized
Reasonable Suspicion Training
Reasonable Suspicion and Managing Impairment for Supervisors (90 min)
This online Reasonable Suspicion and Managing Impairment for Supervisors course covers the following topics:
- An introduction to the topic
- Employer and employee obligations
- The characteristics of the modern workforce and how this impacts substance use trends
- Facts on medical and recreational cannabis use in Canada
- Tips for reviewing, updating and implementing your drug and alcohol policy
- Tips on when to use drug testing and why
- How to document reasonable suspicion and trigger testing
- Post-incident testing tips and timelines
- Tips on accommodating prescription drug use
Reasonable Suspicion and Managing Impairment for Employees (30 min)
This online Reasonable Suspicion training and Managing Impairment for Employees course covers the following topics:
- The characteristics of the modern workforce and how this impacts substance use trends
- What to be aware of in your company occupational health & safety drug and alcohol policy
- When drug and alcohol testing is used and why
- How to document reasonable suspicion
- Signs and symptoms of drugs and alcohol use
- Tips on accommodating prescription drug use
Reasonable Suspicion in the Workplace: Identity, Documentation, & Address (30 min)
This Reasonable Suspicion training course is designed to teach employees how to:
- Identify the core purpose of reasonable suspicion
- Identify potential safety risks, discovery, observation, and prevention of potentially hazardous situations
- Document and assess signs of impairment
- Address the employee and the possibility of refusal
Reasonable Suspicion Course Topics
This online course covers the following topics:
- Identifying occupational health & safety risks
- Documenting and assessing
- Addressing the employee
- And more
Cannabis & Workplace Safety (60 min)
This course will teach learners how to:
- Identify and address physical and mental health safety hazards
- Identify workplace rights and responsibilities for the changing legal landscape including reasonable suspicion training
- Identify challenges including workplace best practices, policies and Cannabis Awareness training
- Address the employee and the possibility of refusal
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