Lockout Tagout Training in New Brunswick: Online LOTO Awareness Course
Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) Awareness, $24.99 CAD
A 30 to 40 minute online course that covers the hazardous-energy control concepts that New Brunswick General Regulation 91-191, sections 239 and 240 expects New Brunswick workers to understand: energy types, isolation devices, locks and tags, verification of zero energy, group lockout and safe re-energizing.
- Instant access after checkout, self-paced, works on any device
- Developed by CRSP-certified safety professionals
- Printable certificate of completion with verification code
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Awareness level: pairs with your employer's site-specific procedure
What this course is (and is not)
It is awareness-level training: the shared knowledge every worker, supervisor and contractor needs before they are shown the lockout procedure for a specific machine. It covers the concepts in New Brunswick General Regulation 91-191, sections 239 and 240 in plain language, with quizzes and a final assessment.
It is not a site-specific lockout procedure, an equipment-specific authorization, or a licence. New Brunswick does not issue a lockout licence. We do not claim the course meets or satisfies the regulation on its own; your employer pairs it with written procedures, equipment walk-throughs and supervision.
Buying for a crew? Corporate accounts let you assign seats and track completions. Need help writing the site-specific procedure the regulation requires? Talk to a consultant.
What New Brunswick Requires for Lockout
General Regulation (N.B. Reg. 91-191) under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, sections 239 and 240 (Lock out), with section 287.3 for electrical equipment, in plain language.
In New Brunswick, lockout is governed by sections 239 and 240 of General Regulation 91-191 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, under the heading Lock out. Section 287.3 applies the same approach to electrical equipment. WorkSafeNB both administers the Act and enforces the Regulation.
Means of isolation, locks and a written procedure (sections 239(1) to (3)). In addition to the normal start and stop controls, every machine must have a means of isolating its energy source that is lockable, in a location familiar to all employees, and properly identified. The employer must provide a safety lock and key to any employee who may have to lock out equipment, establish a written lock out procedure, and ensure that an employee who may be required to lock out is adequately instructed and trained to do so.
Zero energy state, personal lock and tag (section 239(4)). Before any cleaning, maintenance, adjustment or repair, a competent person puts the equipment in a zero energy state. Each employee who will work on it must verify that all potential energy sources have been made inoperative, lock out the equipment with the employer-supplied safety lock, and put a non-conductive tag on the lock. The tag must direct people not to start or operate the equipment and carry the person's printed name, signature, and the date and time it was applied.
Verification by testing (section 239(5)). No employee may start the work until they have verified those steps and tested to confirm the equipment is inoperative.
Removing a lock or tag (section 239(6)). Only the person who installed a safety lock or tag may remove it, except in an emergency, or when attempts to contact that person show they are unavailable, in which case a competent employee designated by the employer may do so.
Code of practice where lock out is not appropriate (section 240). If the lock out procedure is inappropriate or inadequate for the work, the employer must establish, in consultation with the joint health and safety committee or representative, a code of practice covering responsibilities, training and the procedure for neutralizing and releasing energy, and must comply with and enforce it.
Enforcement, prevention resources and workplace injury insurance are all handled by WorkSafeNB.
This summary is for awareness only and is not legal advice. Always read the current consolidated text on the official site linked above.
Who Needs Lockout Tagout Training in New Brunswick
Anyone who services, cleans, adjusts, repairs or works near machinery and equipment with stored or live energy, and the supervisors who assign that work.
- Pulp and paper, sawmills and forestry operations
- Fish and seafood processing plants
- Manufacturing and metal fabrication
- Construction and trades contractors
- Mining and mineral processing
- Power generation, utility and pipeline contractors
- Municipal water, wastewater and public works
- Food processing and warehousing with powered equipment
Also relevant for joint health and safety committee members, new and young workers, and contractors bidding on New Brunswick industrial work who need documented awareness training before mobilizing.
Lockout Tagout Training New Brunswick FAQs
Is lockout tagout training mandatory in New Brunswick?
Section 239(3) of Regulation 91-191 requires the employer to establish a written lock out procedure and to ensure that any employee who may be required to lock out equipment is adequately instructed and trained to do so. The Regulation does not name a specific course or certificate. Employers meet this by pairing general awareness training with instruction on their own written procedure. This course supplies the awareness half.
Does this course give me a New Brunswick lockout certificate?
There is no provincial lockout licence or ticket in New Brunswick. This is an awareness-level course. On passing the final quiz you receive a printable certificate of completion with a verification code. Your employer still provides the written lock out procedure and equipment-specific instruction that section 239 requires.
Who can remove a lock or tag in New Brunswick if the employee is not available?
Section 239(6) says no person may remove a safety lock or tag except the person who installed it, or, in an emergency or where attempts to contact that person show they are unavailable, a competent employee designated by the employer. The course covers the principle; your employer's procedure sets the steps.
Does New Brunswick require tags as well as locks?
Yes. Section 239(4)(b)(iii) requires a non-conductive tag on the safety lock that directs people not to start or operate the equipment and shows the person's printed name, signature, and the date and time the tag was applied. The course explains the roles of locks, tags and isolation devices.
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