Health & Safety Publications

Occupational Health & Safety Manual

The BCTF Occupational Health and Safety Manual is a comprehensive resource for local offices and school health and safety committees. The manual includes sections on: legislation, a basic OH&S program, OH&S committees, workplace inspections, accident/incident investigations, indoor air quality, violence prevention and protection, WCB claims, and refusal of unsafe work.

Teacher newsmagazine articles

We are highlighting articles published in the Teacher newsmagazine for the last three years.

WCB update by Sarb Lalli (Nov/Dec 2012)
Health and safety: Advice for the summer by Karen Langenmaier (May/June 2012)
Health and safety: Precautions to take toward a successful WCB claim by Karen Langenmaier (March 2012)
Joint occupational health and safety committees - eight-hour education entitlement (Nov/Dec 2011)
Health and safety: Job action Phase 1: What you can or can't do by Karen Langenmaier (Oct 2011)
Bargaining objectives and health and safety by Karen Langenmaier (Sept 2011)
Bills 27 and 28: What do we get back in health and safety? by Karen Langenmaier (May/June 2011)
Health and safety: Inception and development of the BCTF Occupational Health and Safety Program (Apr 2011)
All I need is the air I breathe ... (March 2011)
Health and safety: Asbestos in the classroom (Jan/Feb 2011)
Health and safety topics and what to do about them (Nov/Dec 2010)
When is it time to pay attention to health and safety? (Sept 2010)
Who are you going to call? (May/June 2010)
Working and learning conditions in portables (Apr 2010)
Refusal of Unsafe Work (Mar 2010)
How does Bill 33 affect health and safety in tech ed classes? (Jan/Feb 2010)
Violence Prevention (Nov/Dec 2009)
Health and safety issues (Sept 2009)

You can also browse through archived issues of the Teacher newsmagazine for older articles.

Reports and other publications

The Construction/Renovation/Maintenance/Repair Protocol describes the role of health and safety committees in the event of planned construction or renovation projects, and includes specific hazards which must be addressed.