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January 14, 2025
Elevating Workplace Safety: Introducing Our New Fall Protection Training  

Falls are one of the most significant causes of workplace incidents across the country. According to the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC), on a five-year average, over 49,540 workers get injured annually due to fall incidents. These incidents not only lead to personal and professional hardships but…

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January 22, 2024

Introducing the industry’s best Competency-Based TDG Training

Big news this month from Danatec: we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Competency-Based TDG Training!  This new suite of training includes four role-based courses that educate…
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October 15, 2022

Transportation of Dangerous Goods: Lithium-Ion Batteries, Online Training, and Temporary Certificates

The regulations surrounding transportation of dangerous goods are ever-changing. The recent release of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) fall/winter 2020 newsletter from Transport Canada highlights some interesting developments with…
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June 4, 2022

What is TDG Certification?

Before workers can safely transport dangerous goods, they need to have Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) training to keep themselves and everyone around them safe. When someone has valid TDG…
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January 8, 2021

2021 TDG Temporary Certificates Expiry Update From Transport Canada

Due to COVID-19 and how it has disrupted the year, Transport Canada issued 6 temporary certificates following subsection 31 (2.1) of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. 1992 (TDG Act) to ease disruptions to relevant TDG work that Canadians…
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October 27, 2020

DOT, NON-DOT, and the Canadian Model for Drug and Alcohol Testing: What’s the difference?

Drug and alcohol testing in the workplace are performed in many industries in both Canada and the United States as one of the many measures to keep employees safe. Drug…
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December 29, 2019

The Evolution of Transporting Dangerous Goods in Canada

Safety advancements in the Canadian work environment in the last 100 years have led to safer working conditions and improved methods of production, transportation and manufacturing of goods. The transportation…
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October 2, 2019

Danatec by We Know Training Hosting Train the Trainer Course

Designed for individuals responsible for training workers who may be involved in transporting, handling, shipping, receiving or supplying dangerous goods, Danatec by We Know Training will be hosting a 3-day…
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June 25, 2019

TDG Amendment Update – June 2019

SOR/2019-75 (Containers for Transport of Dangerous Goods by Rail SOR/2019-101 (Emergency Response Assistance Plan) SOR/2019-113 (Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Rail Security Regulations) Dear Danatec client, Transport Canada has amended…
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May 2, 2019

Update from the Training Sector

May Quarterly Update  It was a busy and successful first quarter in our Safety line of business as we continued to provide industry leading safety solutions to new and existing…
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