A core interactive course that walks workers and coordinators through prequalification, orientation, and oversight decisions on shared Manitoba worksites, clarifying who controls each hazard and who owns each control. Its 10 interactions and 5 competencies build practical judgment for managing contractor work, not just policy awareness.
For owners, prime contractors, supervisors, and coordinators — anyone who hires or works alongside contractors on a multi-employer worksite. When you bring another company’s workers onto your site, their safety becomes your business: hiring a contractor does not transfer away your own obligations. You can’t sub out the duty.
Give everyone who hires or coordinates contractors the fundamentals of managing a multi-employer worksite: the roles and their overlapping safety duties, the shared-responsibility rule that you can’t sub out the duty, and the contractor lifecycle (prequalify…
At a glance
Format: Online, self-paced and interactive
Length: about 50 minutes, 5 modules
Pass mark: 80% on the final test
Certificate: QR-verified, valid for three years
Jurisdiction: Manitoba law and standards
Who this course is for
Workers and coordinators who engage, host, or work alongside contractors and need to manage shared-workplace safety obligations.
Owners and builders who hire contractors and subtrades onto their sites
Prime contractors and contractors coordinating a multi-employer worksite
Supervisors and site superintendents overseeing subcontractor work
Safety coordinators and administrators running a contractor-management program
Anyone who works alongside contractors and needs to understand shared responsibility
What you will learn
Describe what a multi-employer worksite is and identify the roles on it (owner, prime contractor, employer, self-employed person, worker)
State each role’s core safety duty and the prime contractor’s coordination duty
Explain shared responsibility — that hiring a contractor does not transfer away your own obligations ("you can’t sub out the duty")
Sequence the contractor lifecycle: prequalify → orient → control on site → monitor → evaluate
Recognize why contractor incidents happen (scope / hazard mismatch, no orientation, no coordination) and the cost in people and legal / due-diligence exposure
Course outline
The Multi-Employer Worksite — Why a Contractor’s Safety Is Your Business — What a multi-employer worksite is (more than one employer’s workers on one site at the same time), why a contractor’s safety becomes the…
Who’s Who — Roles and Duties on a Multi-Employer Site — The roles on a multi-employer worksite — owner, prime contractor, employer (each contractor), and worker / self-employed person — and the…
You Can’t Sub Out the Duty — Shared Responsibility — Shared responsibility — that hiring a contractor does not transfer away your own duties.
The Contractor Lifecycle — Prequalify to Evaluate — The contractor lifecycle — prequalify (before hiring) → orient (before starting) → control on site (during the work) → monitor (how they…
Putting It Together — Fundamentals and the Family Ahead — Bringing the fundamentals together — the multi-employer worksite, the roles and their overlapping duties, shared responsibility ("you can’t…
Laws and standards covered
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210)
Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006
COR / SAFE Work Manitoba
CCOHS — contractor safety and multi-employer workplace coordination
Certificate and renewal
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for three years. Contractor safety management fundamentals are best refreshed every 3 years, and sooner after a contractor incident or near-miss, when the organization takes on the…
Common questions
How long does Contractor Safety Management Fundamentals take?
About 50 minutes online, over 5 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
How long is the Contractor Safety Management Fundamentals certificate valid?
Three years from the day you pass. Contractor safety management fundamentals are best refreshed every 3 years, and sooner after a contractor incident or near-miss, when the organization takes on the prime-contractor role for the first time, or when contractor scopes and site conditions change materially.
Which laws and standards does Contractor Safety Management Fundamentals cover?
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006; COR / SAFE Work Manitoba; and 1 more listed on this page.
Who should take Contractor Safety Management Fundamentals?
Workers and coordinators who engage, host, or work alongside contractors and need to manage shared-workplace safety obligations.