Assignment #9 - Young Worker Awareness
Assignment Specific Objectives 
Health and Safety
HS1 an understanding of workplace health and safety rules
HS3 an understanding of the need for personal protective equipment, including goggles, gloves, boots, and aprons
HS5 the correct handling of materials and equipment as specified in the Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information Systems (WHMIS) training program
Young Worker Awareness
This workbook explains your rights and responsibilities on the job and tells you what Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) expects from your employer, your supervisor and you. These are things you need to know and understand so that you can be safe at work today and every day.
Everyone in the workplace, from the employer to the newest worker, has different but important duties to keep the workplace safe. Because employers have the most authority in the workplace, they have the greatest responsibility but it’s important for your own safety that you understand everyone’s health and safety duties, including yours.
Preventing injuries and illnesses at work - starts here, with the things you learn in this workbook, but it doesn’t end here. One of your employer’s duties under the OHSA is to give you specific information and instructions about how to stay safe on your job. What you learn from this program will help you start to understand those instructions. We hope you will use what you learn here every day of your working life.
Take a look at the workbook and then complete the online assignment.