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If you have questions about this course, please contact the OBOA directly.
Offered By:
OBOA Office
Status: Open
Location:
Woodbridge - OBOA OFFICE Unit 7
Online Exam:
Please ensure you bring a Notebook computer or similar Wi-Fi capable device for use on the last day of this course.
Price:
Members: $593.25 / Non Members: $819.25 Prices include 13% HST
Credits:
30
Also Runs
2024 Jun 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 (cancelled)
2024 Nov 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 (Woodbridge)
Prerequisites: General Legal
Who is this course for?
- Mandatory course for CBCO and BCQ certification
- To the extent that the material is relevant it is also of significance to new and veteran
- CBO, I/CBO-P, I/CBO-SS, DCBO
- Inspectors who are Supervisors and Managers of Inspectors
- RCA's
- Persons authorized by RCA's
- Those designers who want to enhance their knowledge of the legal processes under and around the BCA
- Required for all CBCO/BCQ Streams
Course Objectives
- Introduction to the Occupational Health and Safety Act - responsibilities of employees and supervisors and their rights and extracts from selected regulations
- Overview of the legal environment within which a Building Inspector operates
- Review procedures to exercising lawful entry
- Tips to achieve professional conduct and to enhance communications skills
- Explanation of the nature of evidence - Preparation and use of notes and inspection reports
- Generalities of the inspection process and informal and formal means to obtaining compliance with the BCA and the OBC
- Procedures under Parts I and III of the Provincial Offences Act
- Identification of personal information and authority to collect and release same under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Preparing a court brief and getting ready to go to court
- Court decorum and the Building Inspector as a witness
Exam will be on the final day of the course.
