Education & Training

The Office of the Employer Adviser (OEA) provides expert legal advice to Ontario employers on workplace safety and insurance matters. Join us for FREE webinars on key WSIB topics. Mental stress claims continue to rise, and employers find them complex to understand and manage. Our webinar on Mental Stress will be very helpful in that regard.  Followed next is our essential, Practical Guide to Return to Work webinar. A good start to any new year.

Mental Stress
February 12th @12:30 pm to 1:30 pm.
This webinar will cover the different types of mental stress claims and their distinctive features. Also, the session will review the legal requirements for establishing Traumatic Mental Stress, Chronic Mental Stress, and presumptive PTSD claims, including the use of the WSIB specific form for the reporting of occupational mental stress disorders. An employer’s return to work obligations and noteworthy cases will also be discussed.
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A Practical Guide to Return to Work
February 26th @12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
This webinar provides a comprehensive review of what you need to know to implement a return-to-work program at your workplace with best practices for managing it. This webinar will help you understand WSIB cooperation, return to work and re-employment obligations as a construction or non-construction employer. To better appreciate these obligations, we will help you identify suitable and available work, guide you in addressing disagreements on job suitability, and help you prepare return to work assessments & plans.
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The Toronto Regional Labour-Management Health and Safety Committee is pleased to offer a free two-hour virtual seminar on Leadership, Culture, and Performance with Chris Roach from Danico Safety.

This session is intended for anyone looking to build leadership skills in construction, including owners, project managers, supervisors, superintendents, health and safety professionals, worker representatives, and JHSC members.

Topic - “Leveraging Behavioural Science and Safety Excellence to Enhance Leadership, Culture, Performance”

• The Science of Behaviour
• Applying Behavioural Science in the Workplace
• Elements of World-Class Health and Safety
• Intentional Leadership in Construction

Dates (same session offered four times - please pick the one that works best)

• Monday, February 9, 2026
• Friday, February 13, 2026
• Friday, February 20, 2026
• Monday, February 23, 2026

Time - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Format - Virtual (Zoom)

Cost - No charge

Action - Please register early and share with your colleagues

Register here: https://ihsa.formstack.com/forms/leadership_culture_performance_seminar

February 3 - 4, 2026 6 hours online , Earn 1 Gold Seal Credit
This course will provide the participants with an overview of the various administrative requirements and responsibilities contained within the various CCDC construction contract forms. CCDC guide manuals will be referenced and used. Participants will be provided with copies of administrative forms to assist in navigating those requirements and responsibilities. Learning Outcomes:
1.Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
2.Differentiate between the contract and the contract documents
3.List the six common modern construction contract arrangements.
4.Correspond those arrangements to documents used in Canada to form them.
5.Complete and execute the documents.
6.Understand the parties’ various administrative responsibilities under those contracts.
7.Fulfill those administrative responsibilities.
8.Identfy the various administrative forms necessary to meet obligations and responsibilities.
9.Refer to various guide documents to assist in the process of executing contractual responsibilities.

Member price is $375

Members email to cprymack@wca.on.ca to register

March 17 - 20, 2026 12 hours online , Earn 2 Gold Seal Credits
Who should attend? If you are new to the industry or to estimating, if you currently work in the field and are considering a move into the office, if you are a college or university graduate still considering your career options or if you are an employer wishing to educate your existing staff, this course will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the exciting career that is Construction Estimating. If you are pursuing your CCA Gold Seal certification, this course will award 2 gold seal credits. What will the course cover?
What will you learn? Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to: 1. Identify the various phases of a construction project from inception to commissioning and beyond. 2. Describe the role of the estimator in the modern construction industry. 3. Identify 6 common types of construction contract arrangements. 4. Identify 4 common types of construction estimates. 5. Detail the components of a construction estimate. 6. Recall the process of creating and applying various unit rates within a construction estimate as well as the completion and summarization of a construction estimate 7. Identify various methods used for procurement of construction services.

Member cost is $375

Email to cprymack@wca.on.ca to regsiter