Supervisors and Managers
Safety training built for the people who lead teams.
Supervisors carry legal OHS obligations — they need training that reflects that responsibility. Leadership, legal duties, incident investigation, health and safety committees, respectful workplace, and more.
Legal obligations
Supervisors have a higher duty of care than workers.
Under Canadian OHS legislation, supervisors are legally required to ensure the health and safety of workers under their direction — not just their own. This creates specific training obligations that go beyond what front-line workers need.
Legal duties and responsibilities
What the OHS Act requires of supervisors — know your obligations before something goes wrong.
Leadership and safety culture
Leadership for Safety courses show supervisors how their behaviour directly shapes their team's safety performance.
Health and safety committees
JHSC training for committee members — legislatively required in most provinces, and directly applicable to COR audits.
Incident investigation
Supervisors lead or participate in incident investigations. Know how to do it correctly and document it properly.
Respectful workplace
Harassment and violence prevention is a legislated obligation. Supervisor training is often a separate requirement from worker training.
Supervisory and management skills
Beyond compliance — leadership, coaching, team building, and people management for new and developing supervisors.
Decision framework
Which supervisor role describes you?
Pick the role that matches your situation. We will show you the required training to meet OHS legal duty plus the recommended courses that build leadership capacity.
New Supervisor
You were just promoted to supervisor or lead hand.
- ·First-time leadership role
- ·Need the legal-duty foundation
Field Foreman / Crew Lead
You run a crew on a site every day.
- ·Direct workforce oversight
- ·Toolbox talks and pre-job briefings
Site Superintendent
You oversee multiple crews or projects.
- ·Multi-crew coordination
- ·Project compliance and audit-readiness
Safety Officer / HSE Lead
You own the safety program and audit readiness.
- ·Program ownership and reporting
- ·Audits, JHSC, and investigations
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Relevant courses for supervisors
All provinces
Applicable across Canada
Online
Self-paced, any device
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10% off individual purchases
Leadership for Safety Excellence
8 hours — Alberta municipal leaders
Our top recommendation
Leadership for Safety — start here.
This is our highest-grossing course for a reason. Leadership for Safety Excellence is designed for municipal supervisors and front-line leaders who need to understand their role in supporting a health and safety management system. Alberta-specific version available. Generic version for all other provinces.
- Covers the supervisor's legal role in the OHS management system
- Builds the leadership mindset to create a safety culture
- Directly supports COR and SECOR audit elements
- 8-hour course — digital certificate on completion
- Alberta municipal version and national generic version available
Most popular
Top supervisor and manager courses
Use code ONTRACK10 for 10% off, or get a corporate account for 20% off your first three months.
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$79.9936 Month(s)Leadership for Safety
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$299.99Supervisory & Management Skills
Participants will improve their skills in leadership, management and supervision of staff. Participants will learn skills to enhance their ability to build a collaborative team culture with their staf
$75.99Health & Safety Committees and Representatives – Online
This on demand course is designed to provide the Health and Safety Committee (HSC) members and Health and Safety Representatives (HSR) an understanding of their legislated duties and responsibilities.
$37.9936 Month(s)The Respectful Workplace
This online course for managers, supervisors and employees describes the characteristics of a respectful workplace, demonstrates various types of harassment and bullying, and gives a comprehensive ove
$49.99Accident Investigation
When accidents happen, it's important to know why. Even when the reason seems obvious, the real cause may be more complicated. That's where accident investigation comes in. It examines the incident sy
$69.99Workplace Incident Investigation
The purpose of this lesson is to familiarize employees with the common procedures of conducting an incident investigation, specifically an incident involving an injury. The crux of why incident invest
$99.99AlbertaLeadership for Safety Excellence - Alberta Only
Designed for municipal supervisors and front-line leaders, this course helps participants understand their role in supporting their health and safety management system.
$94.9536 Month(s)Ground Disturbance 201
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$44.99Workplace Inspections
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$44.99Hazard Identification, Assessment, and Control
This online Hazard Identification course will help keep you safe on the job by showing you how to prevent injuries and illness in the workplace through hazard identification, assessment, and control.
$44.99Supervisor's Role
As a supervisor you have a great deal of responsibility for the health and safety of your staff. You also have influence on how workers act and how they perform their jobs. It is critical to understan
$79.9936 Month(s)Leadership for Safety
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Save on team training
Train your whole supervisor team. Save 20% for 3 months.
Whether you have 5 supervisors or 50, a corporate account gets you bulk pricing, a centralised training matrix, automated expiry alerts, and audit-ready certificate exports — all on one branded portal.
- 20% off all courses for 3 months
- Bulk pricing on every course
- Training matrix for all supervisors
- Auto expiry alerts at 90/60/30 days
- Audit-ready certificate exports
- Branded with your company logo
Sample savings
10 supervisors · 4 courses each
Individual buyers can still use code ONTRACK10 for 10% off any single course.
Common mistakes
Six supervisor training mistakes Canadian employers make.
These show up every COR audit and incident investigation. Most are easy to fix once an employer sees the rule clearly.
The myth
“I've been a supervisor for years — I don't need training.”
The reality
OHS legislation in most provinces has shifted significantly over the last decade. Auditors check the date on the training cert, not the years on the job. Documented current training is what protects you and the company.
The myth
“Safety training is for the workers, not the supervisors.”
The reality
Supervisors have a HIGHER duty of care under Canadian OHS legislation than the workers they direct. Personal liability and fines apply when a supervisor fails to ensure worker safety.
The myth
“Our manager is office-based — they don't need OHS training.”
The reality
OHS duties apply to anyone with direction or authority over workers. Office-based managers who set workload, deadlines, or staffing decisions carry the same legal duties as field supervisors.
The myth
“We have a safety manual — that's the same as training.”
The reality
Manuals are documentation. Training builds competency. Auditors look for evidence a supervisor can demonstrate understanding of their duties, not just point to a binder on the shelf.
The myth
“Leadership for Safety is too generic for our COR audit.”
The reality
Leadership for Safety directly supports COR audit elements 1, 2, and 8. Auditors specifically look for documented supervisor leadership training as part of the management commitment scoring.
The myth
“JHSC training is optional in our province.”
The reality
In Alberta, BC, Ontario, and most provinces, JHSC member training is a legislative requirement. The provincial OHS Code specifies the topics that must be covered and the timing.
Common questions about supervisor safety training
Get your leadership team trained and documented.
Corporate account gives 20% off all courses for three months plus a full training matrix so you can see exactly who is trained and what is expiring.