Canada Drug & Alcohol Awareness — Supervisor Training

Making the Workplace Safer and Mitigating Liability with Training

This course is for front-line supervisors with a responsibility for recognizing safety risks in the workplace and requesting reasonable cause drug and alcohol testing of employees.

Drug and alcohol usage costs Canadians $46 billion in productivity losses, extended health care, judicial costs and many more expenses. Work performance can be impacted by drug use of any kind – alcohol, recreational or medical cannabis, prescription drugs or illegal drugs.

Identifying, assessing and approaching an employee who may be under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a challenging responsibility for supervisors. Corridor’s Drug & Alcohol Supervisor Training provides clear guidelines and resources to watch for the signs of substance abuse, understand reasonable cause or suspicion, drug and alcohol testing processes and the appropriate actions to take. Corridor training features Barb Butler, Canada’s preeminent alcohol and drug expert, showcasing her comprehensive knowledge base, best practices regarding alcohol and drugs in the workplace, extensive resources and real workplace situations for supervisors to learn from.

This 1.5-2 hour course will prepare supervisors to determine whether reasonable cause exists and what to do when they suspect impairment. Topics in our supervisor courses include:

• Applicable legislation (human rights, privacy, OH&S)
• Drugs and their effects (alcohol, cannabis, illicit drugs, prescription medications) 
• Cannabis (signs of use, legalization, performance)
• Recognizing and documenting impairment in the workplace
• Managing reasonable cause situations
• Unfit for work situations
• Safety risks
• Reasonable cause and post-incident testing protocols
• Real life situation handling examples
• Implementing policies

By the end of the course, you will:

• Understand the importance of reasonable suspicion
• Recognize and prevent hazardous situations
• Know the correct procedure for observing an employee who may be impaired and document your findings appropriately
• Understand how to use the situation handling tools and resources for future 
• Apply the proper procedure for addressing an employee who may be impaired, including how to handle a refusal for testing

This course exceeds the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (Construction Owners Association of Alberta – COAA / Energy Safety Canada), and provides an overview of how Canadian Regulatory Agencies, The Canadian Human Rights Commission, The Workers Compensation Act and Occupational Health and Safety Regulations treat drug and alcohol abuse and misuse in the workplace. For non-DOT employers this course meets and exceeds industry standards for providing a safe workplace.

Course Outline