Member Health and Safety Training
STAR Safety Training Awards
Recognition that will benefit you!
UP TO $100,000 in prizes to be awarded!
Your participation in training will entitle you to enter the STAR Program. The opportunity for awards is simple:
- Be a Journeyperson in good standing.
- Attend at least 3 regular monthly membership meetings in 2009.
- Complete all 5 Entry Level Training*
- Courses (minimum requirement) with certificates of completion expiring after December 31, 2009.
- Provide copies of your certificates of completion to your Union Representative.
- You will be automatically entitled to win Bronze Level prizes!
- Journeyperson members who take Advanced Training Courses can qualify to win Silver, Gold or Platinum Level prizes, depending on your STAR Points Level.
*All training must be taken from the OIFSC, IFSTC, or the CSAO.
If you require further information call the Local Union office near you for details!!!!
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Members “need not apply” Without Mandatory H&S Training Certificates
A letter was sent in August 2008 to every IUPAT member in every trade in Ontario to specifically notify the membership of their obligation to be trained in all of the mandatory health & safety programs necessary (WHMIS/ fall protection) before they begin work with our contractors. Many members continue to expect referrals to job sites without being trained and are questioning why their name was skipped on the Out-of-Work List when contractors need workers. It cannot be stressed enough that, all members must have the required training. Language was negotiated into the collective bargaining agreements in 2007 for this purpose. The letter is once again being repeated for the benefit of those members that did not receive the letter. Click here to read the letter
