Heidi Hare CRSP
Speaker Bio
Company
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Vancouver, BC
Title
Senior Safety Advisor
Biography

Heidi Hare has more than 14 years of occupational health and safety experience, in safety training for utilities, construction, heavy industry, and post-secondary continuing education and occupational hygiene programs. She has developed staff orientation in health and safety practices for industrial, laboratory, and office and has been actively involved in strategic communications with government, provincial health, corporate partners, and scientific researchers. She has developed and contributed to research proposals, safe work procedures, exposure control plans, and scientific publications.

Heidi began her career in Health and Safety with the BC Cancer Agency and has expanded beyond safety services to adult safety instruction and project management. Her goal is to drive consistency, working collaboratively and providing solutions to continually improve worker safety.

Sessions

In this two-part workshop: First, learn the nuts and bolts of assessing MSI risk in manual material handling tasks with ergonomist Dr. Aaron Derouin. Get hands-on practice with tools to assess risk levels and limits for manual lifting. Then take part in a tabletop exercise to evaluate the effectiveness of an emergency response plan focusing […]
Get your safety committee members on board, on side, and excited to be involved in important work together. In this practical workshop, learn practical tips and participate in role-playing scenarios to build your skills in handling common challenges, improving teamwork, and increasing engagement. Take away with a renewed sense of purpose and actionable strategies to […]
Get new perspectives on common health and safety challenges in this moderated roundtable session. Put your heads together with other safety and HR professionals and access your collective “hive mind” to share ideas and find solutions at tables moderated by experts in multiple health and safety specialties. Sign up for your chance to submit your […]
For people working around mobile powered equipment and vehicles (indoors or out), pedestrian safety can be a critical risk area. In this session, learn more about identifying hazards to pedestrians in and around your workplace, and preventative steps you should be taking to keep everyone safe.
Inspection is one key task that the Joint Health and Safety Committee does to identify hazards in the workplace, recommend corrective action, and ensure completion.  In this practical workshop, learn the keys to committee involvement in effective workplace inspections  for safety committee members. More than that, learn new ways to follow up on completed inspections to […]
What are the key risk areas driving WorkSafeBC prevention campaigns and inspection activity in your industry? In this interactive session, get two expert perspectives on what might be some of the key hazards in your operations. Recognize the risks, review your controls, and find out where you can go for help. Don’t forget to bring […]
In this one-hour workshop for supervisors and managers, learn the fundamentals of safety management, including hazard identification, risk assessment, and emergency response planning. Gain practical techniques for how to implement a successful safety program that motivates teams towards prioritizing safety. With this workshop, attendees can begin to master the skills and knowledge necessary to create […]
We breathe 24/7 and rarely give it any thought.  But there are particulate contaminants, gas and vapours, and oxygen-deficient atmospheres that can impact our ability to breathe both at work and at home.  Sometimes their affects are acute (e.g., you pass out by getting a large exposure to a substance such as ammonia) or they […]
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