A core interactive course of 10 interactions and 5 validated competencies where learners build a job safety analysis step-by-step — task step, hazard, control — on real tasks. It produces JSAs that actually protect the crew rather than sit unread in a binder.
How to build a formal, written Job Safety Analysis (JSA) — also called a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) — for a defined job. Where the Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment Fundamentals course teaches the methodology and the Field-Level Risk Assessment (FLRA) course teaches the daily point-of-work check, this course teaches the document that sits between them: the written…
Give competent workers and supervisors the skill to build a real, defensible JSA/JHA: break the job into steps, identify the hazard in each step, assign a control per hazard using the hierarchy, involve the people who do the job, know when a JSA is triggered…
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 crew leads who break a task into steps and build job safety analyses before the work begins.
Competent workers and lead hands asked to help develop a JSA / JHA for a task
Supervisors who write, review, and approve Job Safety / Hazard Analyses
Safety coordinators and committee members who build the JSA library
Anyone turning a hazard assessment into a written safe-work procedure
What you will learn
Break a defined job into its sequential steps at the right level of detail for a JSA/JHA
Identify the hazard(s) in each job step and assign a control to each using the hierarchy of controls
Explain who develops, reviews, approves, and uses a JSA — and why the people who do the job must be involved
Recognize when a JSA is triggered (new or changed task, high-risk / non-routine work, post-incident)
Keep a JSA a living document — reviewed and updated after change or incident — and distinguish a JSA from an FLRA and a risk assessment
Course outline
What a JSA/JHA Is — and When You Write One — What a JSA / JHA is — a written, task-specific analysis of a defined job that becomes the safe-work procedure and training basis — and when…
Breaking the Job Into Steps — Breaking a defined job into its sequential steps at the right level of detail — action-sized chunks in the order the job is actually done…
A Hazard for Every Step — Identifying the hazard(s) in each JSA step — going down the steps one at a time and asking "on THIS step, what could hurt someone?" using…
A Control for Every Hazard — and Who Signs It — Assigning a control to every hazard by reaching up the hierarchy of controls (PPE last, not the default), and getting the JSA developed…
A Living Document — Not a Dusty Binder — Keeping a JSA a living document — reviewed and updated when the task changes, after an incident or near-miss, and on a set cycle, with a…
Laws and standards covered
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210)
Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006
CSA Z1002 — Occupational health and safety: Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control
Passing the final test issues a QR-verified certificate, valid for three years.
Common questions
How long does JSA / JHA Development 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 JSA / JHA Development certificate valid?
Three years from the day you pass. JSA/JHA development is a competent-worker / supervisor skill best refreshed every 3 years, and sooner after an incident that revealed a gap in a JSA, when the analysis method or forms change, or when a worker takes on JSA responsibilities for the first time.
Which laws and standards does JSA / JHA Development cover?
Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act (C.C.S.M. c. W210); Manitoba WSH Regulation MR 217/2006; CSA Z1002 — Occupational health and safety: Hazard identification and elimination and risk assessment and control; and 1 more listed on this page.
Who should take JSA / JHA Development?
Workers and crew leads who break a task into steps and build job safety analyses before the work begins.