Instructor, Safety and Equipment

JOB SUMMARY

The mandate of the Safety, Regulatory, Training, and Development Service is to provide training and development, safety and regulatory compliance, and quality and continuous improvement of bus, para transit, and light rail services. Services and programs include appropriate safety and job training for transit employees and the compliance, development, and implementation of safety standards to protect the general public. 

You are responsible for designing and performing training programs that will foster employees' workplace performance, comply with health and safety workplace standards, and align with the core values of Transit Fleet & Facilities Maintenance Branch and OC Transpo. You maintain close liaison with the Occupational Health & Safety Branch and keep current on all applicable federal and provincial legislation, assist in evaluating training needs, and participate in the development of annual training plans and maintaining staff training records.

You are responsible to review potential threats/hazards in each area, help create countermeasures to minimize potential risks and assess the training needs of employees. As a subject matter expert, you lead and attend meetings to resolve operational gaps in process, must keep up with changing safety laws, evaluate employee compliance, and otherwise help make each work area as safe as possible. 

The programs and techniques may vary depending on work area assigned.  Adaptation of training is required. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of a 3-year college diploma in industrial engineering or another relevant, related field.

A minimum of five (5) years experience directly related to safety and technical training in the field of fleet maintenance and or industrial environments 

CERTIFICATIONS / LICENCES

Commercial Vehicle Wheel Service Training Certificate approved in Ontario 

Forklift Trainer Certificate 

Mobile Elevating Work Platform Trainer Certification (MEWP)

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Instructor Certificate 

Confined Space Instructor Certification 

Bucket Truck Instructor Certification 

High Voltage Electric Vehicle Safety Instructor Qualification/Certification 

WHMIS Instructor Certification 

WreckMaster Level 2/3 certification

Electric Vehicle – General Electric Safety Training

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

KNOWLEDGE

• Good working knowledge of Federal and Provincial Regulations
• City policies and procedures affecting Transit maintenance operations
• Technologies and procedures governing transit vehicle maintenance
• Instructional techniques used in adult education
• Extensive knowledge of the vehicle components and systems and the standard methods
• Tools, equipment, various tools and forklift and materials used in the trades
• Sound knowledge of maintenance procedures for all vehicle system components
• Strong computer literacy in MS Office Suite in a Windows environment including the use of
• Ozone, the Internet and FMIS
• Knowledge of SAP information management system and reporting capabilities
• Safe work practices
• Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers
• Workplace hazards and their associated controls, as well as an understanding of how to demonstrate that knowledge to others
• Safety management systems
• Adult learning principles and various learning styles
• Advanced technical knowledge of transit vehicles and industrial equipment
• Vehicle components and systems and the standard methods, tools, equipment and materials used in the truck and coach/automotive repair industry
• Computer literacy in MS Office Suite in a Windows environment 
• Workplace electrical safety standards, CSA Z462-21 and NFPA 70E
• MTO and CVOR requirements
• MTO Highway Traffic Act and Regulations
• CVMA Commercial Vehicle Maintenance Agreement (Mexico-USA-Canada) Inspection criteria
• General Knowledge of emergency planning and evacuation
• Knowledge in developing learning solutions using emerging instructional technologies, including equipment to develop multimedia presentations
• Knowledge of building support systems

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to work outside in inclement weather conditions, frequent mounting and dismounting of heavy equipment, travel regularly throughout the city.
• Ability to organize and disseminate vast amounts of information to support new technologies, safe work practices within the transit organization
• Work independently, with minimal direction, and collaboratively with all staff in a unionized, team environment
• Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan, initiate, organize and prioritize own work, and to deal effectively with multiple demands, conflicting priorities, pressures, and deadlines
• Proven ability to interact professionally, and work collaboratively within a unionized environment, with management, peers, trainees, and union officials
• Possess the ability to coach, support, develop, train, and provide guidance to other staff, and to facilitate learning in formal and informal environments
• Possess excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills by use of, emails, video conferencing and by phone
• Effectively provide constructive feedback to team members and training participants
• Possess presentation skills in adult learning principles
• Able to deal with difficult people, and contentious issues/situations
• Able to identify and assess problems and to use analytic and problem-solving skills to seek resolution in an effective and timely manner
• Possess computer literacy in MS Office Suite in a Windows environment, including use of the intra/Internet
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action
• Critical thinking using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative training solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Judgment and decision making, considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
• Leadership, a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction
• Independence, developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision
• Possess sound judgment, diplomacy, discretion, and cultural sensitivity
• Possess initiative, maturity, patience, creativity, and enthusiasm
• Ability to deal calmly and effectively with high stress situations
• Ability to adapt, evaluate and the willingness to adjust to the changing roles, tasks, technologies, and training in a Transit Fleet Maintenance environment.
• Possess a cooperative attitude
• Ability to complete projected work in a timely manner; while ensuring safety, quality, and cost effectiveness
• Able and willing to travel to all parts of the city