Mobile Equipment Trainer and Working at Heights Instructor

Position: Mobile Equipment Trainer and Working at Heights Instructor

Employment: Full-time/Part-time

Location: Waterloo/Cambridge

Salary: $65,000-75,000 to start, DOE (Full-time)

Are you interested in a job that has both independence and a friendly, supportive team to work with - and where you can make a real, life-changing difference in people's lives? If you are a knowledgeable and experienced health and safety professional who is passionate about construction or industrial safety training and keeping workers safe, this role is for you!

Worksite Safety Compliance Centre is looking to grow our current team of instructors, specifically for the delivery of our CPO-approved Working at Heights program. This position is currently open and will deliver classes at our Training Centres in Waterloo and Cambridge, Ontario, and occasionally at other locations within the area.

In addition to Working at Heights class delivery, there is an opportunity for this instructor to train others on mobile elevated work platforms. This could be a full-time or part-time position, depending on the candidate's needs.

As a Health & Safety Instructor your key responsibilities are:

• Delivering engaging and informative Working at Heights training to job seekers, the general public and new and current members of the construction industry
• Evaluating participants through practical skills and written evaluation
• Organizing, filing and submitting digital and hard copy participant records following training
• Potentially delivering other courses, such as Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) Training
• Participating in team meetings and instructor development workshops

The right candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• 3+ years experience delivering training (Working at Heights and MEWP preferred)
• Forklift, mobile elevated work platforms and any other mobile equipment experience considered an asset
• Background in construction management and/or other fall hazard-related industry
• Work experience or certification in occupational health & safety preferred
• Strong interest educating people on the importance and value of health & safety training
• Self-starter who is able to work independently, while also contributing to a team
• Strong presentation and adult-engagement skills
• Valid Ontario’s Driver Licence - occasional travel by car for work
• Able to legally work in Canada

Why A Career At Worksite Is For You

We are looking for a great person to join a great team and we offer a work environment that can see you develop your career with an established leader in the industry. Worksite also offers:

• Competitive base salary for full-time or comparable hourly rate if part-time
• Three weeks’ paid vacation (full-time) or 6% vacation pay accrual (part-time)
• Health benefits package including $2k spending account (100% company paid) (full-time positions)
• Company-provided training equipment
• Ongoing career development and learning
• Exciting and collaborative work environment
• Working on an awesome team with a great company culture!

For a little more about us, please check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FpJSm9We4o

If this role is the right fit for you, please submit your resume and cover letter. We thank all those that apply, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted

A Little More About Us

Worksite is one of Canada’s leading providers of occupational health and safety services and was listed on Growth 500 as one of Canada's Fastest Growing Companies for three consecutive years by Canadian Business and Maclean's.

We help workers stay safe, and we help employers make it happen. We believe that work life should be enjoyable, and that creating a safe workplace should be enjoyable too. We do that through providing our clients with excellence in advice and service, as well as delivering high-quality online, instructor-led training, and safety products.

Worksite is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those with disabilities, and will make all reasonable accommodations needed to ensure fairness in the recruitment, assessment and selection process.

In an effort to provide an authentic experience for our candidates, Worksite Safety does not use AI tools in the recruitment process. Similarly, we appreciate candidates who offer us only content that is a true reflection of their own work.

Our Values

Building Together - We work collaboratively because we know that everyone has great ideas and unique perspectives build a better result. We are stronger when we are all-in as one team.

Growing Through Experimentation - We relentlessly pursue our vision by improving and expanding what we do, experimenting with new ideas, and valuing tests over assumptions.

Being Surprisingly Helpful - We look for ways to surprise and delight by going above and beyond to help others, even when we don't stand to gain anything from it.

Enjoying our Work Life - Because our lives are better when we enjoy our work, we build genuine, positive, and supportive relationships with each other and inject a little fun wherever we can.