Occupational Health and Safety Resources for CTS
Learn Alberta: Guide to Career & Technology Studies
This is a MONEY resource! It contains the entire sequence of steps in understanding and
teaching OHS along with relevant links to government sourced websites. It also contains relevant
checklists for teaching OHS,
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ctsg/hs/hs.html?chkAccept=on
Government of Alberta: OHS Resource Portal:
If you have any questions about OHS for yourself or others, this website provides everything:
https://ohs-pubstore.labour.alberta.ca/#educators
OHS SchoolKit:
The Schoolkit describes your roles and responsibilities under the Alberta Health & Safety Act. It
follows the school year, breaking your tasks into six manageable sections. As a teacher, you are
responsible for knowing & adhering to the health and safety codes from the Alberta
government. “Each section introduces a task and then offers to-do lists and ready-made
messages to help you communicate the importance of occupational health and safety, along with
a commitment to make your schools and departments healthy and safe places to work. The
Schoolkit then provides suggestions about how to carry your health and safety program forward
after the first year. It also provides templates and sample forms for you to use.
https://education.alberta.ca/media/3114911/whs-pub_ohs_schoolkit.pdf
Work Safe Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Teacher Resources
These have been developed to support teacher's delivery of instruction to meet the occupational
health and safety outcomes specified in the approved programs of study for junior and senior
high schools in Alberta. Many of these resources are transferable to any workplace or school
setting. This website also includes a ‘Teacher’s Facilitation Guide’ (TFG) with over 40 activities
that can be used to engage students, Grades 7–12 enrolled in Knowledge & Employability
(K&E) courses & Career and Technology Studies (CTS), with occupational health and safety
(OHS) activities. Each activity is tied to a specific course and learning outcome(s) from Alberta
Education’s Programs of Study; however, many activities can be adapted for use with other
courses and topics.
https://open.alberta.ca/publications/work-safe-alberta-occupationa-health-and-safety-teacher-resources
Preparing Students for the Workplace:
X-Treme Safety: A Young Workers Guide to Safety & Employment Rules
This 40 page booklet is an invaluable resource useful for teaching students OH&S. It provides stories that
highlight the importance of work safety, health and safety rights for workers, understanding and dealing
with hazards, the WHMIS hazard classics, health and safety checklists and more. Additionally, this
website contains resources for parents, and safety cards that young employees can keep with them:
https://ohs-pubstore.labour.alberta.ca/yw009
If a student is going to be working with hazardous materials, they will need to take the WHMIS course
(which is approximately 1 hour) through the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and be
certified. The WHMIS course can be found here:
https://www.ccohs.ca/products/courses/whmis_workers/
Workplace Hazards: Interactive Website
This resource provides a way for students to engage their understanding of workplace hazards. It
provides interactive quizzes with immediate feedback.
https://work.alberta.ca/elearning/WorkplaceHazards/index.htmlhttps://work.alberta.ca/elearning/
WorkplaceHazards/index.html
Where is OHS found in the Program of Studies?
Where: Website:
Career & Technology Foundations https://education.alberta.ca/career-
and-technology-foundations/program-
The second website has a PDF document that addresses supports/everyone/support-documents/
these CTF outcomes:
I address safety requirements associated with http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ctf/
occupational areas and related technologies. CTF_safety_env.pdf
I demonstrate environmental stewardship
associated with occupational areas.
Career & Technology Studies http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/cts
-Lists of hazards organized for g/hs/hs_ass_res.html
all clusters/occupational areas
Health Program of Studies: https://education.alberta.ca/media/160
Grade 7-9 OHS related outcomes can be found on p.11 196/health.pdf
& 27
Knowledge & Employability: https://education.alberta.ca/media/108
Workplace readiness for Grade 8 & 9 9036/work89_06.pdf
Knowledge & Employability https://education.alberta.ca/media/563
Workplace readiness for Grade 10-12 454/work10_06.pdf
