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Indigenous Culinary & Agritourism Success Series
Learn how to design immersive indigenous food experiences, navigate regulations, and market your offerings while celebrating Indigenous culture and traditions in the Indigenous culinary or agritourism space.
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Respect and Inclusion in the Workplace
Build a stronger, safer workplace where everyone feels respected and valued. This training helps you recognize unacceptable behaviours, foster inclusion, and create a culture where all employees can thrive.
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WHMIS
Hazardous materials pop up more often than you’d think in tourism – from cleaning supplies to pool chemicals. WHMIS training makes it easy to stay safe, feel confident, and get certified.
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Bear Awareness
Learn how to stay safe in bear country with this Bear Awareness course. Build confidence, prevent encounters, and protect yourself, others, and wildlife. Perfect for anyone working or guiding outdoors.
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Managing Food & Beverage Operations
Covering profitability, service excellence, and operational reporting, this popular series is designed to streamline front and heart-of-house operations for measurable results.
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Serving It Right
Want to obtain certification to serve alcohol with confidence and care? Serving It Right gives you the essential skills and knowledge to keep your guests safe and your service legal - click to get certified and serve responsibly!
Joint Health & Safety Committee Training
Joint health & safety committees (JHSC) bring workers and employers together to create safer workplaces. This training equips new committee members and worker health & safety representatives with the skills and knowledge needed to fulfill their responsibilities. By completing this course, you’ll meet the minimum 8-hour training requirement set out in the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (Section 3.27).
What You’ll Take Away
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- Understand the roles, duties, and functions of JHSC members.
- Learn how to conduct regular workplace safety inspections
- Know how to participate in incident investigations
- Understand your responsibilities in cases of unsafe work refusals
- Gain tools to evaluate the effectiveness of your committee
Who Should Attend?
Focused on tourism, this course is primarily designed for new joint health & safety committee members, both employer and worker representatives. Existing committee members or worker health & safety representatives who are looking for a refresher on their responsibilities and duties may also benefit from taking this course.
Session Details
This is an online, self-paced course you can take on your own schedule. It takes about 8 hours to complete, and you can work through it in a way that fits your life and commitments.
Eligibility
Indigenous Tourism BC will cover the full costs of this training for eligible participants:
- Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Metis) residing in BC
- Indigenous-owned tourism businesses (51%+ Indigenous ownership), and employees of
- First Nations-owned tourism businesses (51%+ First Nations ownership), and employees of
- First Nations Communities in BC
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites – just a willingness to learn and grow in the health & safety space. If you already know a bit about health & safety or are part of a committee, that will help you move even faster, but it’s not required.
Questions?
We would love to hear from you! Email [email protected]