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Supervisor’s Guide to Field Level Risk Assessment Part 2: Training OthersTime Objective Content Method Helps5 minutes Discuss theresponsibilities theyhave to use FieldLevel RiskAssessment.• Present the responsibilities outlined in theOccupational Health and Safety Act. Explain thateveryone on the site is responsible foroccupational health and safety.• Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Acttells who’s responsible for what in work sitehealth and safety. The Act says that workers have3 specific responsibilities. They are:Presentation about responsibilitiesoutlined in the Health and Safety ActOverhead#23 Health andSafetyResponsibilities• Do every thing they reasonably can toprotect their own and other workers’ healthand safety on the job.• Cooperate with their employer’s effortsto protect their own and other workers’ healthand safety on the job.• Refuse to do unsafe work.• Ask, “How does Field Level Risk Assessmenthelp workers to fulfill these legalresponsibilities?” Answers should includeeveryone is thinking about hazards, assessing therisk and putting controls. This makes sure thateveryone is working safely. Since the company isdoing this and making it a part of the health andsafety program they are acting on theirresponsibility to make sure that people areworking safely. Crew discussions are part ofthis.Construction Owners Association of Alberta 28