Due Diligence & the Internal Responsibility System
A specialist course that has safety leaders reason through how due diligence is built and evidenced, mapping duties across employer, supervisor, and worker within the Internal Responsibility System. Its 19 interactions and 6 competencies turn the IRS into a working, defensible system rather than a binder on a shelf.
Due diligence and Internal-Responsibility-System awareness for everyone with a safety duty — workers, supervisors, managers, employers, owners and contractors — with a lean toward the supervisors and leaders who run the frontline and build the system.
Equip everyone with a safety duty to understand that safety on paper isn't safety and "we're careful" is not a legal defence — that due diligence has two halves, the ACT (taking…
At a glance
Format: Online, self-paced and interactive
Length: about 1 hour, 5 modules
Pass mark: 80% on the final test
Certificate: QR-verified, valid for one year
Jurisdiction: Manitoba law and standards
Who this course is for
Safety leaders, senior managers, and program administrators accountable for the Internal Responsibility System under Manitoba's Workplace Safety and Health Act.
Supervisors, lead hands and area leads who run the frontline — who instruct, direct and supervise workers and take reasonable precautions every day, and now need to prove they did
Managers, employers, owners and senior leaders who build the safety system, provide the resources, and carry the organizational and personal duty that due diligence and s.217.1 place on those who direct work
Workers being oriented to their part in the Internal Responsibility System — the duty to follow, report and refuse — and how their reports and sign-ins become part of the organization's proof
Safety coordinators, HSE staff, contractors and prime-contractor representatives who work within (or coordinate across) a safety management system and its due-diligence records
What you will learn
Explain that safety on paper isn't safety and "we're careful" is not a legal defence — due diligence is every reasonable precaution AND the proof of it, two halves: the ACT and the PROOF
Describe the Internal Responsibility System — everyone owns safety, sized to what they control (worker, supervisor, employer and senior leaders, owner and prime-contractor) — and that the duty rises with authority
Explain what a "reasonable precaution" is — a foreseeable, controllable hazard addressed proportionately, measured against what a reasonable person in the same role would have done — and that it must be taken AND provable
Identify what a due-diligence record is (training records, inspection reports, closed-out corrective actions, toolbox-talk sign-ins, hazard assessments, maintenance logs) and recognize the missing proof — the act done but never recorded
Course outline
Safety on Paper Isn't Safety — Safety on paper isn't safety, and "we're careful" is not a legal defence — due…
The Duty Is Everyone's — The Internal Responsibility System (IRS): everyone owns safety, sized to what…
Every Reasonable Precaution — The due-diligence DECISION: what a "reasonable precaution" actually is.
Show Me You Did It — The PROOF half of due diligence — made concrete and practical.
Your Defence or Your Exposure — The day something goes wrong, the system is either your defence or the reason…
Laws and standards covered
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210)
Criminal Code s.217.1 (Bill C-45 / the Westray amendment)
CSA Z1000 — Occupational health and safety management: the framework for a documented, managed safety system (cited…
Certificate and renewal
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for one year.
Common questions
How long does Due Diligence & the Internal Responsibility System take?
About 1 hour online, over 5 modules, at your own pace. It ends with a final test that needs 80% to pass.
How long is the Due Diligence & the Internal Responsibility System certificate valid?
One year from the day you pass. Orientra’s standard is for due-diligence and safety-management training to be reviewed at least annually and whenever the organization, the work or the legal duties change — a new operation or worksite, a reorganization or new leadership, a new hazard or a change in the law, a COR / SECOR audit cycle, or a serious incident or near-miss all trigger a refresh.
Which laws and standards does Due Diligence & the Internal Responsibility System cover?
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Criminal Code s.217.1 (Bill C-45 / the Westray amendment); CSA Z1000 — Occupational health and safety management: the framework for a documented, managed safety system (cited…; and 5 more listed on this page.
Who should take Due Diligence & the Internal Responsibility System?
Safety leaders, senior managers, and program administrators accountable for the Internal Responsibility System under Manitoba's Workplace Safety and Health Act.