Tick Awareness

This tick awareness training is essential for Canadian workers in outdoor and vegetated environments:

• Forestry Workers: Logging, silviculture, and survey work in wooded areas
• Utility and Pipeline Workers: Right-of-way maintenance through brush and tall grass
• Construction Workers: Site clearing and groundwork in rural and naturalized areas
• Landscapers and Groundskeepers: Working in grass, gardens, and trail systems
• Environmental and Survey Crews: Field assessments in tick habitat
• Agricultural Workers: Field and pasture work in tick-endemic regions

Lyme disease is a recognized occupational hazard for Canadian outdoor workers — prevention and early detection are critical.

Canadian Tick & Lyme Disease Requirements

This tick awareness training supports compliance with Canadian OHS obligations for biological hazards:

• Provincial OHS Acts (general duty clause): Employers must protect workers from biological hazards including tick-borne disease
• Workers' Compensation Boards: Lyme disease is a recognized occupational disease for outdoor workers
• Public Health Agency of Canada guidance: Tick exposure prevention and surveillance

Employer Obligations

Employers must assess tick exposure in the work area and provide prevention measures, training, and tick-check procedures.