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WEFA [2 records]

Record 1 2020-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • First Aid
  • Occupational Health and Safety
CONT

Occupational first aid provides participants with the skills and knowledge to be able to establish, maintain and facilitate the provision of first aid in the workplace.

CONT

There are three levels of occupational first aid (OFA) and one OFA certificate endorsement. The level of first aid services required for a workplace depends on the number of workers, distance to medical aid, and industry hazard rating.

CONT

[…] Canadian Red Cross emergency first aid(EFA) and standard first aid(SFA) [are] recognized as equivalent to occupational first aid(OFA) Level 1, also known as workplace emergency first aid(WEFA).

OBS

As such, it is a course that is recommended for those who mainly deal with work colleagues rather than patrons or clients. This introductory first aid course helps workers identify life threatening and common emergencies in the workplace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Secourisme
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
CONT

La présence d'un ou de plusieurs employé(s) ayant reçu une formation en secourisme en milieu de travail est requise par la loi partout au Canada.

OBS

Quant à eux, les travailleurs formés comme secouriste en milieu de travail possèdent une formation reconnue pour offrir les premiers secours en milieu de travail aux personnes blessées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Finance
OBS

2001 Global Insight, Inc. is formed. Global Insight, the privately held company formed by Dr. Joseph E. Kasputys, Michael R. Kargula, and Vicki Van Mater in March of 2001, brought together the world's premier economic and financial information firms : DRI and WEFA. WEFA(formerly Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates) was founded in 1963, and Data Resources, Inc.(DRI) was founded in 1968. The formation of Global Insight also included the acquisition of DAFSA, a European market-research company; and GlobalInTech(formerly Primark Poland), a software company specializing in time-series data management, as well as an interest in Decision Economics, Inc. Global Insight provides the most comprehensive economic, financial, and political coverage of countries, regions, and industries available from any source covering over 200 countries and spanning more than approximately 170 industries using a unique combination of expertise, models, data, and software within a common analytical framework to support planning and decision making.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Finances

Spanish

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