• Safety Basics

  January 31, 2025

Looking for a fresh way to engage your Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC)?

We offer free, expert-led drop-in sessions to help your committee stay informed, effective, and connected to real-world safety issues in BC's tourism & hospitality industry.

Whether you're looking to address seasonal hazards or strengthen year-round practices, these short sessions can be added to your regular JHSC meetings - virtually or in person.

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Why invite us to your committee meeting?

Our free, expert-led drop-in sessions are a great way to bring new energy and insight to your Joint Health & Safety Committee. Each session is designed to:

  • Help committee members understand their role in addressing specific hazards or safety issues
  • Use real examples from tourism & hospitality workplaces to make concepts relatable and practical
  • Include interactive elements like Q&A, discussion prompts, or visual tools to help the information stick
  • Strengthen both occupational and psychological health and safety awareness
  • Build confidence and effectiveness among committee members, helping them become stronger safety champions in your workplace

What topics can we cover?

We offer a wide range of topics relevant to the tourism & hospitality industry. Choose from year-round themes or seasonal subjects based on what’s happening in your workplace.

Year-round topics:

  • Planning for Success: Improving JHSC Effectiveness
  • Becoming Safety Champions: Supporting a Positive Safety Culture Day-to-day
  • Spot the Strain: Conducting MSI Risk Assessments
  • Keeping New and Young Workers Safe from Day 1
  • Are You Ready? Emergency Preparedness Essentials
  • Acing Workplace Inspections & Promoting Hazard Reporting
  • What Went Wrong? Actively Participating in Incident Investigations
  • Understanding Your Workplace’s First Aid Requirements
  • Effectively Managing a Refusal of Unsafe Work
  • Preventing Harassment, Violence, and Bullying at Work
  • Psychological Health & Safety: The Basics Every JHSC Should Know
  • Creating a Psychologically Safe Workplace: Your Role as a JHSC Member
  • Spotting and Addressing Psychological Hazards at Work
  • Let’s Talk About It: Communication Strategies for Safety Conversations

Seasonal topics for SUMMER:

  • Staying Cool: Preventing Heat Stress Indoors and Out
  • Safe to Operate: Building an Effective Equipment and Machine Safety Program
  • Clearing the Air: Managing Wildfire Smoke and Air Quality
  • Seasonal Stress: Preventing Burnout in the Busy Season

Seasonal topics for WINTER:

  • Winter Readiness: Slippery Surfaces, Snow, and Ice
  • Staying Warm, Staying Safe: Cold Stress & Hypothermia Prevention
  • Supporting Staff After a Crisis: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Critical Incident Response (CIR)
  • Mental Health Over the Holidays: Addressing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Don’t see the topic you’re looking for? Reach out and we’ll see what we can do!

 

What JHSC Members Say About Our Drop-In Sessions:

Our drop-in sessions aren’t just about sharing information, they’re about making safety real, relevant, and engaging for your committee. Here’s what JHSC members have shared after inviting us to their meetings:

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