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📌 ACTI Wildlife Awareness Training Overview

The ACTI Wildlife Awareness Training Program is designed to provide workers with the knowledge and skills required to recognize and respond to wildlife encounters in remote or wilderness work environments. This training aligns with Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) regulations and industry best practices, ensuring compliance and workplace safety.

Participants will learn to identify wildlife hazards, implement avoidance strategies, properly use deterrents, and respond effectively to encounters with various species. The course covers bear awareness, cougars, wolves, moose, foxes, and other wildlife safety considerations.

🔹 Key Learning Modules:

• Legislation & Compliance: Understanding OH&S regulations and employer responsibilities for wildlife safety.
• Recognizing Wildlife Hazards: Identifying animal tracks, scat, signs of recent activity, and high-risk areas.
• Bear Awareness: Behavior, habitat, avoiding encounters, and response to black and grizzly bear encounters.
• Cougars, Wolves, and Lynx: Identifying predatory animal behavior and proper response to encounters.
• Moose, Caribou, and Other Species: Safe work practices around large herbivores in the wild.
• Wildlife Deterrents: Proper use of bear spray, noisemakers, air horns, and other deterrent strategies.
• Emergency Response & Reporting: Steps to take if wildlife is aggressive, injured, or present in the work area.
• Working in Bear Country: Best practices for camps, food storage, garbage management, and reducing attractants.

✅ Upon Completion:

Participants will be able to:

• ✅ Understand and apply OH&S regulations and industry standards for wildlife awareness.
• ✅ Identify animal tracks, scat, and habitat indicators to assess wildlife presence.
• ✅ Implement avoidance strategies to minimize wildlife encounters in remote work locations.
• ✅ Respond appropriately to bear, cougar, wolf, and other wildlife encounters.
• ✅ Demonstrate safe use of wildlife deterrents such as bear spray and noisemakers.
• ✅ Follow best practices for working safely in bear country, including food and waste management.
• ✅ Report wildlife hazards and respond effectively to emergency situations.
• ✅ Pass a written knowledge assessment (minimum 80%) and successfully complete the practical evaluation.

Participants who meet all course requirements will receive an ACTI Wildlife Awareness Certification, recognized across Canada, ensuring they are qualified to work safely in wildlife-prone environments, including forestry, oil and gas, remote construction, and environmental fieldwork.