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January 17, 2012
Survey For Teachers of HCS 3000, HCS 3010 and/or AGR 3000
If you teach one or more of the new Alberta Education safety courses (HCS 3000; HCS 3010; AGR 3000), please complete the following survey questions. Your responses will assist the Job Safety Skills Society in providing the best instructional resources possible.
Click here to access the survey (PDF Form format)
January 12, 2012
The James Rintoul OHS Memorial Scholarship
The James Rintoul OH&S Memorial Scholarship is funded by the Job Safety Skills Society to support the completion of an Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Certificate taken through the Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta. Learn more on the Scholarship page.
November 8, 2011
Alberta trucking company, worker fined nearly $300,000
Read the full story on the Occupational Health & Safety Magazine's web site or download the PDF version of this article:
News item - Alberta Trucking Company, Worker Fined Nearly $300,000
September 29, 2011
Invitation to Participate in Spring, 2012 Inservices
The Job Safety Skills Society is committed to safety education and training for both educators and students, and will continue to provide instructional supports to assist educators in the delivery of safety in the classroom and beyond. All school district/school administrators, teachers and instructors, especially those involved in delivering off-campus education programs and/or safety courses are invited to participate in one or more of the JSSS’s 2012 regionally located inservices (Upon request and if numbers warrant (minimum 10), inservices may be held at your school or in your community.) For further details, view the Job Safety Skills Society 2012 Spring Inservice Opportunities PDF below.
Job Safety Skills Society 2012 Spring Inservice Opportunities
September 28, 2011
Help stop bullying by taking part in annual Anti-Bullying Day
The Third annual Anti-Bullying Day will take place in schools across Canada on Friday, December 16, 2011.
Anti-Bullying Day is a day for raising awareness, increased support, and providing education on the issue of bullying in schools, workplaces, and communities across Canada, as well as to celebrate the efforts of those working to end bullying. Anti-Bullying Day is a day where the color Blue can be worn in honour of Anti-Bullying Awareness and in support of those anti-bullying efforts that are taking place across the country.
BullyingCanada, Canada's First Youth-Created Anti-Bullying Website, and a youth-driven organization is the creator behind December 16th's Anti-Bullying Day.
Check out http://www.bullyingcanada.ca/content/247840 for additional information.
September 26, 2011
Popular Demand for Networking and Clearing House Opportunities
The JSSS has been requested by popular demand to provide networking and clearing house opportunities for teachers and students to share their ideas, thoughts, feedback, etc. with each other and with others dedicated to youth safety.
To this end, the JSSS encourages all teachers and students to make use of the JSSS Blog and Bulletin Board to share their feedback, ideas, concerns and challenges related to teaching and learning about safety.
Everyone’s input is welcomed… the more involved you become with safety, the more safety will be involved.
September 26, 2011
2010 - 2011 Highlights now available!
August 18, 2011
CD - Job Safety Skills in the Classroom and Beyond
Welcome to a new school year and more students improving their safety knowledge!!
To Teachers/Instructors responsible for delivering the courses listed below.
• HCS3000: Workplace Safety Systems
• HCS3010: Workplace Safety Practices
• AGR3000: Agriculture Safety
By now, you should have received the “Job Safety Skills in the Classroom and Beyond” CD that was sent to you in May, 2011 containing the Instructor Resource Manuals for the new safety courses introduced by Alberta Education:
Each Instructor Resource Manual is comprised of eight parts:
- 1. How To Use This Manual
- 2. Alberta Education Curriculum Summarized
- 3. Learner Outcomes
- 4. Unit Guide to Instruction
- 5. Instruction Units, including Fact Sheets, Key Messages, Unit Tests and Answer Keys
- 6. Supporting Safety Resources
- 7. JobSafe Assessment and Credentialing including Summative/Final Exam and Assessment and Credentialing opportunities
- 8. Copy Masters for use in the Classroom
However, if your school has not received a copy, please contact Donna Jones at the Job Safety Skills Society’s main office immediately at (780) 413-6876 or toll free (866) 513-6876 or by email to jobsafe@shaw.ca to ensure you receive these teaching resources.
We welcome your feedback and look forward to receiving any input you would like to share with us regarding these new resources.
Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Alpern - Executive Director - Job Safety Skills Society