Salt and De-icer Handling for Winter Crews

Every walkway, ramp and parking lot your crew looks after is a place where someone could fall, and a place where your crew can get hurt. This course builds the habits that keep sites safe and use less salt doing it, with the records to show the work was done.

What learners cover:

• Why snow and ice control matters: slip-and-fall claims, occupiers’ liability and crew injuries
• Doing a field level hazard assessment at every site, with a printable FLHA form
• Choosing and checking PPE: gloves, eye protection, footwear and ice cleats, hi-vis and cold-weather gear
• Rock salt, brine, calcium and magnesium chloride, acetates and sand, with an interactive tool that shows which products still work at the pavement temperature
• Safety data sheets, first aid for eyes and skin, lifting and loading, and storing bagged and bulk product
• Pre-treating versus melting, reading pavement temperature, calibrating spreaders and hitting the risk spots
• Keeping site logs that hold up, with a printable log template
• Protecting plants, concrete and water with low-salt habits

Format: self-paced and interactive, with real-world scenarios and a 12-question knowledge check (80% to pass). Learners who pass get a certificate of completion they can download right away, and their score and completion date are kept on file.

Legal references are Alberta’s. The practices apply anywhere in Canada.

About 35 minutes.

Training a crew? Choose the number of learners below. Each person gets their own login and certificate, and volume pricing applies automatically from 5 seats.

Online courses are one part of operator training. They don't replace site-specific training, a hands-on practical evaluation or your employer's authorization, and a certificate of completion isn't a licence or proof of competency. See our training disclaimer.