Field Safety

Students, Volunteers, Graduate Students, Faculty and Post-docs who engage in field work in a natural setting require support and resources to be adequately trained to perform their work safely.  A separate stream for field personnel has been developed on the Health and Safety Training site on D2L.  Please see the training page for further information on accessing the training site. 

Policy

 

Documentation

Field Work Personnel Training Record*

 

Resources

Example - Risk Assessment Guideline**

 

*This document has been in use since 2017 as part of the University's new personnel orientation process.

**Identification of hazards associated with individual research programs, and steps taken to mitigate risk of injury are required by the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act.  This process is required to be documented.  The document provided above is an example and may be used as a source to integrate relevant sections into individual research group's planning documentation, but will not be required as a standalone form.

 

Some resources that may assist supervisors in providing job specific training to their personnel can be found below: