Chapter 1: Safety and You

Section 1.1 Safety at Work and at Home, page 12

You now know what your rights are. But what are your responsibilities as a worker?

Young Worker Awareness Program
The Young Worker Awareness Program has been set up to reduce the number of workplace accidents involving workers between the ages of 15 and 24 in Ontario.

Workers Health and Safety Centre
The Workers Health and Safety Centre has many offices around Ontario, and an extensive website. The site details the many programs that they run to make the workplace safer for Ontarians.

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for Ontario
This website contains information and resources that will help you maintain a safe workplace, and help you understand your health and safety rights and responsibilities.

A Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
This Guide gives examples of what the employer should do, and what an employee can refuse to do, to reduce the chances of workplace injury.

Ontario Ministry of Labour - Information for Working Students
Although this Government of Ontario site is written primarily for working students, the workers' responsibilities listed apply to all employees.

Section 1.2 Job Link: Gas Fitter, page 19

The Job Link outlines the career of gas fitter. Find three related careers.

Collegeboard.com
This Careers website has information on hundreds of different jobs. Click on Construction trades and extractive occupations to find out about careers related to gas fitting.

Ontario Job Futures 2000
Try "gas fitter" and see what related jobs are suggested in this Government of Canada site.

Ontariojobs.com
This is an example of a job search site. Select "entry level - no degree" as a career type, and then "fitter" as a key word. See what's available this week!

Chapter 2: Rates of Chemical Reactions

Section 2.2 Job Link: Tool and Die Makers, page 45

Research three industries that hire tool and die makers and what they are hired to do.

Occupation Outlook Handbook
This handbook, produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, gives some ideas about who you might work for, as a tool and die maker.

Collegeboard.com
Click on "metalworking and plastics" then "tool and die makers" to find lots of information on being a tool and die maker, including many industries in which you might work.

Niagara College Career Centre
Look for Shane Storey's real-life experience. He is an Ontario high-school graduate who is training to be a tool and die maker.

Section 2.3 Combustion, page 52

Should every home have a carbon monoxide detector?

Technical Standards and Safety Authority
The website of the TSSA (a non-governmental organization in Ontario) has some good tips for helping you avoid problems with carbon monoxide in your home.

Frequently Asked Questions About Carbon Monoxide Detectors
This is a very useful website produced by fire safety professionals in Hamel, Minnesota. The site outlines the "why, where, and how" of carbon monoxide detectors in the home.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
This website was produced to answer the public's questions about carbon monoxide poisoning.

Carbon Monoxide - Ontario Ministry of the Environment
If you want to know where else carbon monoxide might be produced, this site gives some useful data.