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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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Joint Health & Safety Committee Training
Ready to serve on your workplace’s safety committee? This essential training gives you the tools to fulfill your role, learn how to keep your workplace safe, and meet provincial requirements.
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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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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!
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Food Safety: FOODSAFE, MarketSafe and ProcessSafe
Online food safety courses – FOODSAFE, MarketSafe, ProcessSafe, and Food Microbiology – are available as self-paced training. Designed for food workers, managers, producers, and processors, these courses cover safe handling, sanitation, food safety planning, and microbiology. Refresher and advanced certifications are also offered.
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Wilderness & Remote First Aid
When medical help is far away, knowing how to respond can make all the difference. These specialized first aid courses are designed for those who work or play in the wilderness.
Marine Basic and Advanced First Aid
Whether you work on the water, guide tours, or operate boats in remote marine areas, emergencies can happen when you least expect them. Marine Basic and Advanced First Aid courses help you stay calm, act quickly, and make smart decisions during time-critical and life-threatening marine emergencies.
These hands-on, interactive courses are designed to meet Transport Canada requirements and teach you how to care for others until help arrives – even when you’re far from shore. You’ll build the confidence to handle everything from minor injuries to major incidents. With practical skills and real-life marine scenarios, this training helps keep you, your crew, and your guests safe at sea.
What You’ll Take Away
- Skills to recognize and respond to life-threatening marine emergencies
- Confidence to provide first aid in a remote or water-based setting
- How to treat breathing, circulation, and airway issues
- Wound care, head, spine, and bone injuries
- How to respond to environmental and medical emergencies
- Patient movement and safe transfers at sea
- Understanding the EMS system and marine-specific challenges
- Hands-on scenario training from the marine and fishing industry
- 3-year Red Cross certification and Transport Canada credentials
- Knowledge that meets federal marine safety regulations
Who Should Attend?
These courses are designed for people who work or travel in marine environments, including tourism operators, guides, fishing crew, water taxi drivers, and others working on or near the water. If your job puts you on the sea, this training is for you.
Session Details
These are in-person, instructor-led courses with practical hands-on training. Marine Basic First Aid is 16 hours and also available in a blended format (part online, part in person). Marine Advanced First Aid is 31 hours and includes more in-depth training for serious marine emergencies.
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 to take either course – just a willingness to learn and the ability to participate in all activities. You must attend 100% of the course and achieve a minimum passing grade to earn certification.
Questions?
We would love to hear from you! Email [email protected]