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Cannabis & the Workplace: Employer Overview/Rights and Responsibilities

This course is designed to provide employers, managers, and supervisors with a more detailed understanding of cannabis in the context of the workplace, as well as regulations, rights and responsibilities, and tips on approaches to managing cannabis and safety.

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Course Overview

This course is designed to provide employers, managers, and supervisors with a more detailed understanding of cannabis in the context of the workplace, as well as regulations, rights, and responsibilities, and tips on approaches to managing cannabis and safety.

Course Topics

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 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

Online Course Duration

Approximately 20 minutes

Universally Compatible

This course was created using standards that will allow playback on most Internet-capable devices with standard web browsing capabilities including Apple’s iTouch, iPad, and iPhone, as well as most other smartphones and tablets including those with Android and Windows operating systems.

Pass mark

Testing conducted throughout this online Managing Cannabis and the Workplace: Employer Overview/Rights and Responsibilities course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available for download and printing.

Registration Fee: $79.95

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Frequently asked questions about online training

For general questions about certifications, payments, etc. See our comprehensive FAQ page.

What are the benefits of online training?

Benefits of online training include:

Cost effective: no hotels, travel, meals and less time away from the workplace.
Convenient: courses can be completed wherever you have access to a computer and internet access.
Self paced: students can pause at any time and continue where they left off.
Consistent: video /slide format ensures the course is the same every time.
Easy verification: online access to training and certification records for students and managers.

Which online training courses does Safe + Sound offer?

What is BIS Training Solutions?

The BIS Training Solutions is a network of more than 200 leading safety training companies from across North America who collectively share and provide companies and individuals with access to a wide variety of safety training courses through one centralized online application.

Since 2010, the collaborative partnership between these training companies has not only enabled the best-of-the-best in online safety training to be brought together in one location but it is also helping to improve industry safety performance through the provision of convenient, cost-effective training.

Our partners BIS Training Solutions are, in our opinion, the best providers of online safety training courses in Canada. We’ve been working with BIS since March 2012 and we are completely happy with the service they provide.

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What is I-CAB?

ICAB is the International Competency Assessment Board

The International Competency Assessment Board (I-CAB Foundation) is a non-profit organization with chapters in Canada, the United States of America, Great Britain and Australia.

The mission of the I-CAB Foundation is to administer assessments that measure existing levels of competency and facilitate ongoing development. It provides individuals and organizations with
competency assessments and development planning based on accepted academic rationale and provides demonstrative due diligence for applicable regulatory requirements.

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Cannabis & the Workplace: Employer Rights and Responsibilities