Explore the different types of personal protective equipment, which protects you against workplace hazards
Recommended Databases
B.C. Campus Open Textbook CollectionThis link opens in a new windowSearch for quality open textbooks offered in a variety of digital formats; the first step in adopting open educational resources. Search by subject and download them to your computer
eBook CollectionThis link opens in a new windowThe Academic Collection has over 200,000 program-related eBooks from Ebsco, viewable and downloadable online
Open Textbook LibraryThis link opens in a new windowOpen textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization. The library currently includes 703 textbooks, with more being added all the time.
Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
Vocational Studies PremierThis link opens in a new windowVocational Studies Premier is designed specifically for junior and community colleges. Subjects include accounting, agricultural sciences, child care services, cosmetology, culinary arts, forestry, food service management, graphic arts, hair dressing, hospitality management, interior design, journalism, plumbing, heating & air conditioning, veterinary technology and welding to name a few.
CCOHS: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and SafetyCanada's national occupational health & safety resource. CCOHS promotes health & safety in the workplace through product information, health reports, training opportunities and much more.
WHMIS - Workplace Hazardous Materials Information SystemWHMIS is Canada's national hazard communication standard and is implemented through coordinated federal, provincial and territorial legislation. Health Canada's WHMIS Division serves as the national coordinator for the administration of the WHMIS program in Canada.
Workers Compensation Board of PEIThis site contains links to the provincial acts and regulations workers and employers on PEI should be aware of , including the Occupational Health & Safety Act and General Regulations, and the Workers Compensation Act.
WorkSafe BCThis site from the Workers Compensation Board of BC provide tools, publications, and other resources to help prevent the most common workplace injuries and illnesses; of special interest are the videos on a variety of topics.
Websites
Animated EnginesAnimated illustrations show the inner workings of a variety of steam, Stirling and internal combustion engines.
Autos.caAutos.ca (formerly CanadianDriver) is the ultimate online destination for Canadian automotive information and advice. Autos.ca helps you with your car purchase decision by providing uniquely Canadian automotive information that includes reviews, automotive news, pricing, car specifications and much more. Written by Canadians for Canadians, Autos.ca contributors include some of Canada’s best known automotive journalists.
Autoshop 101Kevin Sullivan's Autoshop 101 is a training and resource site for automotive electronics offering online tutorials, ASE practice tests, and technical articles.
HowStuffWorks "Under the Hood" ChannelThe Under the Hood Channel explores the systems that make your car function correctly. Learn about car parts and systems and how to do routine maintenance.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US)The NHTSA's mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement.
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)The TSB is an independent agency created to advance transportation safety through the investigation of occurrences in the marine, rail and air modes of transportation
Transport CanadaTransport Canada's mission is to develop and administer policies, regulations and services for the best transportation system (air, marine, rail or road) for Canada and Canadians - one that is safe and secure, efficient, affordable, integrated and environmentally friendly.
eBooks
Study Skills StrategiesWhether you're learning in a classroom, online, or even in a book, good study habits are essential. Our lives are busy. It's hard enough to find the time to learn new skills, which means it's that much more important to maximize your efforts and ensure results.
Khan AcademyWith a library of thousands of videos and practice exercises covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history, the Khan Academy is on a mission to help you learn whatever you want, whenever you want, at your own pace.
lingro: The coolest dictionary known to hombre"lingro's mission is to create an on-line environment that allows anyone learning a language to quickly look up and learn the vocabulary most important to them." Enter a website address to make all of words on the page clickable. Click on words you don't know and a definition will pop-up.
Wisc-OnlineThe Wisconsin Online Resource Centre is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called learning objects. These interactive learning objects have been created by instructors from Fox Valley Technical College and other colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System.
