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This week is the National Safety Council's 'Staying Safe on the Roads' week (June 7–13), and the message for safety and training leaders is simple: driver risk is trainable risk.

Most road incidents trace back to the same few causes — fatigue, distraction, missed inspections, gaps in defensive-driving habit.

The Professional Commercial Driver Bundle gives you eight essential courses for your Class 1 & 3 drivers in one place ➡️ Hours of Service, pre-trip inspections, cargo securement, fatigue management, defensive driving, TDG, WHMIS, and more.

One bundle. A compliant, defensible driver-training program for your fleet. Over $90 in savings.

🔗 https://danatec.com/products/9045-professional-commercial-driver-bundle?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=DTC_PCDB_june26

Need to reduce demerits and build safer driving habits?

Our Defensive Driving 3-Demerit Reduction Course is running June 10 in Calgary. This 8-hour course is designed to help Alberta drivers strengthen their skills, reduce risk, and stay safer on the road.

You’ll learn:
✅ Comprehensive SAFER System training, proven to reduce collisions
✅ How to spot and avoid hazards before they become incidents
✅ Real collision scenarios and practical prevention strategies

Limited spots are available. Register now: https://danatec.com/products/11001-defensive-driving-course-3-demerit-reduction-alberta-only-in-person-class?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dd_inclass_may26&utm_content=dtc_b2c_sale_ab

Reasonable cause situations don't come with a script. They come with pressure, legal exposure, and a supervisor who may not know what to do next.

We've added the Shift OHS Reasonable Cause Supervisor Training to the Danatec catalog. It's a 4-hour online course built for supervisors in industrial, construction, oil and gas, and transportation environments.

The course goes beyond recognizing signs of impairment. It covers the full legal framework, Fitness for Duty assessment, post-incident protocols, and gives supervisors practical conversation guides, real-life scenarios, and ready-to-use tools they can apply immediately on the job.

It meets and exceeds the Supervisor Training requirements of the Canadian Model for Providing a Safe Workplace and U.S. DOT regulations. Backed by an occupational health nurse, occupational health physician, and legal review. Trusted by teams at GFL Environmental, Roll'n Oilfield, and Shell Canada.

If your organization operates under a Fit for Duty policy, this belongs in your compliance program.

Access the course and learn more: https://bit.ly/4tPfbxd

Every May, CCOHS and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) lead North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week to remind employers and workers that prevention is a system, not a reaction.

This year, NAOSH Week runs May 4–10. It is a practical moment to assess whether your team's training reflects the realities of your operations. Canadian OHS legislation across every province places a legal duty on employers to ensure workers are informed, instructed, and supervised. That duty does not pause when production ramps up.

Training in areas like WHMIS, TDG, electrical safety, and equipment operation is not a compliance checkbox. It is the foundation your people rely on when conditions change and pressure is high.

If your certifications have gaps, this week is a good time to close them.

Browse our safety training and other scalable training solutions: https://www.danatec.com/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naosh_may26

May is National Electrical Safety Month. It’s a reminder of how critical electrical safety is in the workplace.

Whether teams work directly with electrical systems or operate around energized equipment, proper training helps reduce the risk of arc flash, shock, and unexpected incidents.

Electrical safety training supports safer work environments across industries.

Explore our electrical safety training and get 20% off this month: https://danatec.com/courses/electrical-safety-courses?promo=electric20

May ILT schedule is open 📋

Live virtual training all month featuring knowledgable instructors, real-time Q&A, and certification on completion.

🔶 May 11-12: Supervisor OHS Familiarization Training (WSCC Approved, NT & NU)
🔶 May 22: Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) Refresher
🔶 May 25-26: Supervisor OHS Familiarization Training (WSCC Approved, NT & NU)

Register before spots fill up. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4urfaA7

Today is Canada's National Day of Mourning.

We pause to honour the workers who lost their lives, suffered injuries, or became ill as a result of their work. Every name behind those numbers represents a family, a crew, a community.

Safety is not a background process. It is an active commitment, renewed every shift, on every site, across every industry.

We remember them by holding the standard higher.

https://www.ccohs.ca/events/mourning

Headed to the Energy Safety Canada Conference from April 27-30? We’ll be there with a full team ready to talk.

Stop by Booth 15 to learn about our safety training solutions and enter to win a Nintendo Switch 2. Plus, catch our Safety Talk featuring Joey from our team on credential fraud on April 28. If you’re a training distributor or reseller, reach out about our Networking Mixer on April 29.

More details and to set up a meeting with a member of our team, go to: https://bit.ly/4tICb1z

Oilfield drivers do not face one risk. They face all of them at once.

Remote roads. Dangerous goods. Heavy loads. Long shifts. Strict federal compliance requirements. A gap in any of those areas is a gap in your workforce readiness.

Danatec partnered with Fleet Safety International to build the Professional Oilfield Driver Bundle. Eight online, self-paced courses that cover every critical area:

🔸 Oilfield defensive driving built on the SAFER System
🔸 Canadian Federal Hours of Service
🔸 Fatigue Management for Supervisors and Drivers
🔸 Daily pre-trip inspections
🔸 Cargo securement
🔸 TDG
🔸 WHMIS
🔸 Truck Weight and Dimension Requirements

Designed for fleet managers, safety coordinators, and oilfield operators who need comprehensive, compliance-aligned training that works at scale. Each course issues a certificate of completion upon passing.

👉 https://bit.ly/4ccNJ5j

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April is Dig Safe Month. It's a reminder that underground utilities don't announce themselves, and that the people responsible for planning and overseeing excavation work need more than a general awareness of what's below the surface.

Ground Disturbance Level I is designed for operational-level workers. Level II is for equipment operators, supervisors and project leads who are signing off on ground disturbance plans, managing permitting, and overseeing crews near buried infrastructure.

This month, use promo code DIGSAFE20 for 20% off Ground Disturbance Level I, Level II, Best Practices, and the Handbook. Valid through April 30, 2026. Excludes bundles and add-ons.

In our latest blog article, we broke down exactly what each level covers, who needs it, and how to get your crew certified before the busy season is already underway.

Explore training options:

Before anyone digs this Spring, here's what you should know. - Danatec News Every April, Canada and the United States observe Dig Safe Month. It's a reminder that ground disturbance work, including excavation,