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Become a
Water Smart
Irrigation Professional
DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 25

Introducing 4 new online courses for your employees, aimed at reducing accidents in the workplace.
Most of you have experienced the pain, suffering, disruption and cost of accidents in the workplace. Our insurance provider Marsh Canada is now offering Landscape Ontario members 4 online courses aimed at reducing accidents. These great programs can be taken anytime online, at home or in the office. You could make them a requirement of any new employee.

The summer program includes:

  • Safe Driving
  • Lifting and Ladder Safety

The winter program includes:

  • Winter Driving
  • Snow and Ice Risk Control

The cost is $49.00 for Landscape Ontario members and $39.00 for LO members
who have their insurance through Marsh.

Follow this link to register for the courses: www.carriersedge.com/ce/signup-cnla.htm

How they work?

Courses are presented visually with a “show me, tell me, let me try it, and test me” approach. The student is then given a test to ensure that they have learned the material and to identify any gaps that need extra attention. The employer is able to access a report detailing who has started, worked on, completed, passed, or failed any course, in any time period. . Gap analysis reports enables the member firm to have an understanding of the specific subject areas that cause the most problems for drivers.
For more information contact: LUKE PALLISTER: 416 868 2117 luke.pallister@marsh.com

Successful applicants will be eligible to work under Peel and York Region’s Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) water efficiency programs. Contractors who are working under this program will be promoted by the municipalities as “Approved Contractors” and have the opportunity to promote rebate opportunities to their clients and encourage water-efficient irrigation system repairs and upgrades.

The Water Smart Irrigation Professional (WSIP) Certification Program is envisioned as an industry-developed program intended to make water-efficient irrigation practices and irrigation system optimization the industry standard. This certification program will build on the existing Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA) certification currently offered through Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association. The training and certification program will include:

Opportunity to promote water efficient methodologies to clients
Use of an Irrigation Audit Software Tool
Municipal water efficiency program and rebate opportunity information

For each selected company, two participants will be eligible for the pilot and must include one owner/principal/partner and one irrigation contractor. The certification will be jointly held by the employer and employee. Employee certification will be non-transferable during the pilot.

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