Soft Skill Safety Training
Strong soft skills are a critical component of effective workplace safety, leadership, and communication. Safety Canada’s soft skill courses are designed to help workers, supervisors, and leaders improve communication, decision-making, situational awareness, and human performance in high-risk work environments. These courses support safer workplaces by addressing the human factors that contribute to incidents, errors, and breakdowns in safety systems, while also strengthening leadership and team effectiveness.

Key Benefits of Soft Skill Safety Training
Compliance & Risk Reduction
While often overlooked, soft skill training plays a key role in demonstrating employer due diligence. Human factors, communication failures, and leadership gaps are frequently cited in incident investigations. Providing soft skill safety training helps employers address these risks, support competent supervision, and strengthen overall occupational health and safety programs.
Soft Skill Courses
Conflict Resolution Series
Conflict Resolution Series
The cost of conflict in the workplace is significant , up to $359 billion in lost productivity, and an average of 42% of your managers' time is spent dealing with various conflicts. Fortunately, unresolved conflict is the single largest reducible cost in many businesses.
Preventing Workplace Harassment – Managers
Preventing Workplace Harassment – Managers
Victims of harassment have well-established rights under federal law and, in many cases, under state and local law, too. And as a Manager or Supervisor, you have an important responsibility to both prevent harassment from taking place and to address it whenever it occurs in your organisation.
...Sexual Harassment and Abusive Conduct Prevention for Managers (California AB 1825 and 2053)
Sexual Harassment and Abusive Conduct Prevention for Managers (California AB 1825 and 2053)
Pre-Job Briefings
Pre-Job Briefings
Integrated Systems – Achieving Organizational Excellence
Integrated Systems – Achieving Organizational Excellence
Trending and Analysis
Trending and Analysis
What If? Mentality
What If? Mentality
You don't have to be psychic to predict how things may go wrong. Take this course to learn how adopting a "What If?" mentality will help you avoid near-misses and serious incidents.
Superior Leadership
Superior Leadership
Leadership is a skill , and like any other skill, you'll get worse if you don't practice (which is why your 3-point shot is probably pretty bad).
Giving and Receiving Feedback – Global
Giving and Receiving Feedback – Global
No one likes to be told they are doing something the wrong way. But there are ways you can both give and receive feedback that will make such conversations productive instead of emotional. Take this course to learn best practices for giving and receiving feedback effectively. Ideal learners: mana...
Reporting (Data Entry)
Reporting (Data Entry)
Spray Finishing
Spray Finishing
Ethics for Everyone
Ethics for Everyone
Ethics for Everyone takes an essential subject and makes it fun. So if you've ever struggled to get your team excited about focusing on subjects like honesty, integrity, and self-discipline, then you've come to the right place.
Ethics for Everyone is yet another example of how The Jeff Ha...
Frequently Asked Questions
Who should take soft skill courses?
Soft skill training is suitable for workers, supervisors, managers, and leaders across all industries.
Are soft skill courses relevant to safety compliance?
Yes, soft skill training supports safety leadership, communication, and supervision requirements under OHS legislation.
Are these courses delivered online?
Yes, Safety Canada’s soft skill courses are delivered online and are self-paced.
Do learners receive a certificate?
Yes, learners receive a certificate of completion after successfully finishing each course.

