Ontario-Quebec Agreement on Labour Mobility and Recognition of Qualifications, Skills and Work Experience in the Construction Industry (1996)


Part 4: Recognition of Occupational Health & Safety Training

4.1 For the sole purpose of implementing the terms of this agreement, the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail or another body recognized by this Commission is mandated to recognize training courses in occupational health and safety on the basis of content evaluation and to issue the necessary certificates of completion.
4.2 Within the framework of this agreement, the government of Quebec recognizes that the training provided in the compulsory Quebec course entitled "Santé et sécurité générale sur les chantiers de construction" (Health and Safety on Construction Sites) is equivalent to the training received or acquired by holders of the following Ontario certificates:
  1. a certificate of qualification issued under the Interprovincial Red Seal Program to an Ontario worker in one of the trades listed in section 2.2 of this agreement;
  2. a Certificate of Qualification issued to an Ontario worker in one of the trades listed in sections 2.2, 3.3 a), and 3.3 b);
  3. a Certificate of Apprenticeship issued to an Ontario worker in one of the trades numbered 6-23 in sections 2.2 or 3.3 a);
  4. a Provisional Certificate issued to an Ontario worker in one of the trades numbered 6-23 in section 2.2.
4.3 Within the framework of this agreement, the government of Quebec also recognizes that the compulsory Quebec course entitled “Sante et sécurité' générale sur les chantiers de construction" (Health and Safety on Construction Sites) is equivalent to the following Ontario courses:(12)
  1. Courses taken by holders of a certificate of construction health and safety training issued or endorsed by the Workers' Health and Safety Centre and delivered by qualified union, management, college or school board trainers:
    • Level I - III or any successor programs.

  2. Courses taken by holders of a certificate issued by the Workplace Health and Safety Agency’s:
    • Core Certification Program.

  3. Courses taken by holders of a training certificate of any of the following courses issued or endorsed by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario (CSAO) and delivered by qualified union, management, college or school board trainers.
    • Health and Safety Representatives Program;
    • Trade Specific Multi-level Training Programs:
      • Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Program (Level I - III);
      • Carpenters Program (level I - III);
      • Acoustical, Drywall and Interior Systems;
      • Pipe Trades (Level I - III);
      • Electrical Utilities Program;
      • Millwrights Program.

  4. The course developed by the Ontario General Contractors' Association in conjunction with the Construction Safety Association of Ontario:
    • Construction Safety.
4.4 Within the framework of this agreement, the government of Quebec recognizes that the course entitled “Sante et sécurité générale sur les chantiers de construction" (Health and Safety on Construction Sites) is equivalent to the training acquired in the field of occupational health and safety by Ontario workers who perform or who have performed tasks in Ontario in any of the occupations listed in section 3.4 if they provide proof of 750 hours or more of work experience in the construction industry.
4.5 The government of Quebec also undertakes to have the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail or another agency recognized by this Commission handle expeditiously any other request for recognition of possible equivalence between the compulsory Quebec course entitled “Sante et sécurité générale sur les chantiers de construction" (Health and Safety on Construction Sites) and other health and safety courses delivered in Ontario.

(12) Ontario and Quebec acknowledge that at the time of drafting of this agreement, health and safety organizations in Ontario were the subject of policy and program review and possible reform. In the event that, as a result of this review, only the name of an Ontario health and safety organization changes, equivalence will be maintained.