The Ontario Skilled Trades Occupational Exposure and Demands Survey
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Skilled trades workers play an essential role in the lives of all Ontarians as well as in the provincial economy. They build and maintain infrastructure such as homes, schools, hospitals, and roads. They keep industries running and perform many services that people across the province rely on every day.
Keeping skilled trades workers healthy and prolonging their working lives while attracting newly trained workers from diverse backgrounds will be essential to Ontario’s continued growth and prosperity.
Conestoga College’s Canadian Institute for Safety, Wellness, and Performance (CISWP), is currently recruiting workers, students, and apprentices from the skilled trades to participate in a research survey. We are seeking participants to evaluate the occupational exposures and job demands (such as knowledge, work activities, abilities, physical demands) required to perform skilled trade jobs in Ontario.
Participation in this survey will help inform practices to optimize workforce abilities and skills to better match the demands required of skilled trade jobs and to reduce the likelihood of workplace injuries. Participants can complete the 30-minute by clicking here.
All participants who complete this survey will be entered into a draw to win one of 100 $50 Amazon gift cards. Participants’ identity and survey responses will remain confidential and only accessed by CISWP researchers.
This research project is supported by Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training Skills Development, and has received ethical clearance from Conestoga College’s Research Ethics Board. This project is part of a larger initiative, Skilled-Trade Research, InnoVation and Education in Occupational Safety and Health (STRIVE OSH), that aims to improve the health, safety, and wellbeing of the skilled trades workforce and improve the productivity and performance of organizations.
The Canadian Institute for Safety, Wellness, and Performance, located within Conestoga’s School of Business, works to improve the safety, wellness and performance of the Canadian labour force by generating knowledge, transferring research to practice, and strengthening workforce development – all in collaboration with stakeholders.
Any questions regarding the survey can be directed to Nicki Islic at nislic@conestogac.on.ca
