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Grade 11
A1. Health,Safety,andWell-Being:demonstrateanunderstandingoflegislation,practices,andbehaviours related to health, safety, and well-being in connection with the cooperative education experience
A2. Preparing and Planning for the Experience: demonstrate an understanding of requirements and various considerations related to the cooperative education experience, in preparation for the experience
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | Cooperative Education
are the responsibilities of employers to ensure that the workplace supports the safety of workers?” “The definition of ‘worker’ under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) includes unpaid secondary school students who are participating in a work experience authorized by their school board. What are these students’ roles and responsibilities, as workers, in helping to maintain a safe work environment? How will you determine your specific responsibilities with respect to safety?” “Is it advisable for you to have student accident insurance for your co-op experience? Why or why not?”
A1.2 identify legislation, regulations, and policies, as well as various strategies and skills, that support well-being (including emotional safety) and the protection of human rights, and explain how they apply to the cooperative education experience (e.g., legislation, regulations, policies: Ontario’s Human Rights Code prohibits discrimin- ation and harassment based on seventeen protected grounds, including race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression; the Occupational Health and Safety Act [OHSA]
sets out the rights and duties of all parties in the workplace to protect workers from health and safety hazards on the job; the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) protects confidentiality and the right to privacy; the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) sets accessibility standards in order to achieve accessibility for people with disabilities;
A. PREPARING FOR THE EXPERIENCE: HEALTH AND SAFETY, WELL-BEING, AND INITIAL REQUIREMENTS
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
Before the cooperative education experience, students will:
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
A1. Health, Safety, and Well-Being
Before the cooperative education experience, students will:
A1.1 identify legislation, regulations, and policies related to health and safety, and explain how they apply to the cooperative education experi- ence (e.g., the Occupational Health and Safety Act [OHSA] as it applies to (1) a worker’s right to: know about any hazards to which they may be exposed, participate in the process of identifying and resolving health and safety concerns, and refuse work they believe is dangerous, and (2) the employer’s responsibility to provide site- and equipment-specific Mandatory Worker Awareness Training; the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act [WSIA]; the Work Education Agreement [WEA] and the process of responding to workplace-related accidents and illnesses, including reporting injuries and providing support for recovery; the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System [WHMIS]
and regulations requiring employers to: label or identify controlled products, obtain material safety data sheets for controlled products, and educate workers; company policies on health screening, criminal record checks, workplace violence, workplace harassment, emergency procedures, and acceptable use of technology)
Teacher prompts: “Workers that are new to their job, including young workers, are three times more likely to be injured in the first month than at any other time. In addition to providing the Mandatory Worker Awareness Training, what
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