# Which Ontario safety tickets actually expire

## All 11 requirements, side by side

| Requirement | Required by law | Approved provider | Expires |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Working at Heights](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/working-at-heights/) | Yes, on construction projects | Yes, both the program and the provider | Three years |
| [JHSC Certification](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/jhsc-certification/) | Yes, for at least two committee members | Yes | Three years |
| [WHMIS](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/whmis/) | Yes, if hazardous products are present | No | None in Ontario law |
| [Confined Space Entry](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/confined-space/) | Yes | No | None in Ontario law |
| [Asbestos Abatement](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/asbestos/) | Yes, in tiers | Yes, for Type 3 work only | None stated in the regulation |
| [Lift Truck Operation](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/forklift/) | Competence is required; a course is not prescribed | No | None in Ontario law |
| [Traffic Control Person](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/traffic-control-person/) | Competence plus written and oral instructions | No | None in Ontario law |
| [Elevating Work Platform](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/elevating-work-platform/) | Yes, before first use | No | None in Ontario law |
| [Worker Health and Safety Awareness](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/worker-awareness/) | Yes, for every worker | No | None in Ontario law |
| [Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/supervisor-awareness/) | Yes, within one week | No | None in Ontario law |
| [Lockout and Tagout](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/lockout-tagout/) | The procedure is required; a course is not prescribed | No | Nothing to expire |

Last verified August 23, 2026 against the regulations listed at the bottom of this page.

## The two that genuinely expire

These are the only requirements in the list where Ontario law itself sets a validity period, and they are also the ones where the province approves both the program and the provider and publishes a searchable list of who is approved.

- [Working at Heights: valid three years, 6.5 hours minimum of training](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/working-at-heights/)
- [JHSC Certification: valid three years, six days across part one and part two of training](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/jhsc-certification/)

## Where the province publishes the approved provider list

For everything else in this cluster there is no approved provider list, because Ontario does not approve providers for it. Where a list does exist, it is the authoritative answer to where the training can be taken.

- [167 approved Working at Heights providers across 87 Ontario cities](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/providers/wah/)
- [59 approved JHSC certification providers across 33 Ontario cities](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/providers/jhsc/)

## Why so many of these do not expire

Ontario mostly does not regulate safety training by putting a date on a card. It regulates it by requiring an outcome and then requiring the employer to keep checking that the outcome still holds. For hazardous materials that duty is set out in section 42 (3) of the [Occupational Health and Safety Act](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90o01): the employer must review the training given to a worker, and the worker's familiarity with it, in consultation with the joint health and safety committee, at least annually, and more often if circumstances change.

That is a heavier obligation than buying a replacement card every three years, and it is the part that gets missed. A current certificate is evidence that a course happened. It is not, by itself, evidence that the review duty has been met.

## Where these rules live

- [Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90o01)
- [O. Reg. 297/13, Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/130297)
- [O. Reg. 213/91, Construction Projects](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/910213)

## Related

- [Ontario workplace fatalities and critical injuries by sector, 2015 to 2024](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/trades/safety/)
- [The compulsory trades in Ontario](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/trades/compulsory/)
- [Every prescribed trade with its code](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/trades/)
- [TSSA fuel industry certificates](https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/certificates/)This is an independent summary of public information, not legal advice, and requirements change. Confirm the current requirement with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development before acting on it.

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Source: https://ontariocertificationregistry.ca/safety-training/