Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

5.13 (1) Every employer shall, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, develop and implement an employee education and training program with respect to hazard prevention and control on board an aircraft, including with respect to hazardous substances.

(2) The employee education and training program shall include

• (a) the education and training of each employee who handles or is exposed to or who is likely to handle or be exposed to a hazardous substance, with respect to

  • (i) the product identifier of the hazardous substance,

  • (ii) all hazard information disclosed by the supplier or by the employer on a safety data sheet or label,

  • (iii) all hazard information of which the employer is aware or ought to be aware,

  • (iv) the observations referred to in subparagraph 5.5(a)(i),

  • (v) the information disclosed on a safety data sheet referred to in section 5.21 and the purpose and significance of that information, and

  • (vi) in respect of hazardous products on board an aircraft, the information required to be disclosed on a safety data sheet and on a label under Division 3 and the purpose and significance of that information;

• (b) the education and training of each employee who is referred to in paragraph (a), with respect to

  • (i) the procedures to follow to implement sections 5.8 and 5.9,

  • (ii) the procedures to follow for the safe storage, handling, use and disposal of hazardous substances, including procedures to be followed in an emergency involving a hazardous substance, and

  • (iii) the procedures to follow if an employee on board an aircraft is exposed to a hazardous product in gas, liquid, solid, vapour, fume, mist, fog or dust form that escapes from processing equipment, from control emission equipment or from a product that is outside of or on board the aircraft; and

• (c) the education and training of each employee on the procedures to follow to access electronic or paper versions of reports, records of education and training given and safety data sheets.

(3) Every employer shall, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, review and, if necessary, revise the employee education and training program

• (a) at least once a year;

• (b) whenever there is a change in conditions in respect of the presence of hazardous substances on board an aircraft; and

• (c) whenever new hazard information in respect of a hazardous substance on board an aircraft becomes available to the employer.