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Do you offer in-house training sessions?

Yes. TEAR Services specializes in training on-site with the specific equipment used within the facility. Our courses are designed to suit the environment of choice and are adapted to all current municipal, provincial and federal guidelines and regulations. Please contact us here for rates, dates, and locations of study.

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Does your company offer training sessions for individuals?

We welcome the opportunity to assist individuals in all walks of life. In fact, many of our "individual" trainees attend our sessions to upgrade their present skills when job-seeking, or when going for a promotion at their workplace. Other trainees participate to update their vocational skills, knowledge level, and personal resume.

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Are special rates and courses available for individuals with prior training or experience?

Yes. Accomodations are made quite frequently for trainees who have had prior training or experience. As typically defined in legislation, trainees must be "competent", and in the case of those who have prior instruction or equipment experience, courses are made available for re-qualification and re-evaluational processes.

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"I work shift-work in a factory. Do you offer afternoon or midnight training sessions?"

Yes. In fact, many of our larger clients and affiliates are involved in "around-the-clock" operations with 3 shifts daily. Our goal is to offer training and instruction at regulated intervals that suit the immediate needs of the client. Often schedules may be adapted to "pick-up" certain individuals who generally perform off-shift duties.

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Will I get a certificate when I finish a course?

Yes. Upon successful completion of any course we offer, the trainee will receive a certificate of completion usually in the form of a wallet card, validated for the duration applicable by current regulations and industry standards. Optionally, wall type certificates are given for completion of certain multi - level courses as well.

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Our company is near Mississauga Ontario. Does your firm offer training services in this area?

Specializing in multi-shift company training environments, TEAR Services provides product safety training for individuals including safety training and consultations for small, mid-sized, and large companies in Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Essex, Harwich, Elgin, through Middlesex counties and most of the Southwestern Ontario region including but not limited to:

Chatham	Blenheim	Ridgetown	Sarnia	Wallaceburg
Dresden	Leamington	London	Windsor	St. Thomas
Thamesville	Woodstock	Glencoe	Rodney	Wheatley
Kitchener / Waterloo	Mississauga	Guelph	Hamilton	Ingersoll

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Do I need a valid driver's license to drive a lift truck in Ontario?

In Ontario, forklift / lift truck operators must be deemed "competent" (OH&S Act) before using material handling machinery, although most employers and certain jobsites may require an employee to have a driver's license. However, there are many additional rules and guidelines which elaborate in detail the minimum training requirements and procedures to be taken to ensure adequate operators. Examples of such would be the current CSA Guidelines (B335-04) and the Ontario Guideline for the Safe Operation and Maintenance of Powered Lift Trucks

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I didn't see a price on the course I wanted to take. How much does it cost?

The fees are not posted on our website. If you would like pricing for a particular course, please use our request form and provide us with a little more detail so that we can generate a proper quote to suit a course in your area..

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If I complete a course, will my certificate be usable anywhere in Ontario?

Yes, and No. Depending on the level of study and the course taken, certificates under most scenarios are considered valid only within the facility in which the course was taken. Additional course materials can be adapted to suit other workplace environments which will then mean the validation should hold true for most workplace environment types. If you wish to learn more about where, how, and why certificates are considered "valid" to specific workplace types, please feel at ease to contact our training department for more information.

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What level of certification do your training instructors hold?

Our training instructors are certified or hold membership of numerous organisations and committees. Perhaps the largest of which include instructor status through Aerial Work Platform Trainers Inc. (AWPT Certified Instructor), CSA International (Sustaining committee member since 2004), Construction Safety Association of Ontario (CSAO), and SKYJACK Inc. We also provide workplace safety consultations for human resources personnel, custom workplace policy development, and regulational adaptation to workplace specific hazards.

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