Safety and Environmental Impact

This microcredential focuses on the operation of mechanically driven boats as it pertains to the operator’s safety and the procedures to limit the impact of the equipment on the environment. This includes limiting air pollution and controlling and minimizing hazardous spills in the waterways in which we operate.

The microcredential is specifically designed to train Indigenous producers in Northern Saskatchewan. The design and delivery support, acknowledge, and respect the learners’ needs and time. To meet the needs of students, the online course has been designed to be user friendly, highly engaging, and interactive. Producers and boat users from all areas of Canada will benefit from taking the course.

Learning Outcomes

• Discuss boat safety, safety equipment, and safe operation in open water
• Explain the proper operation of a boat as it pertains to limiting greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact
• Discuss our impact on the environment, the safeguards we can put in place and the procedures in case of accidental spills

Assessment

• The learner must achieve a minimum score of 80% on the final assessment to receive the badge.

Understanding what affects our environment is imperative. This encompasses identifying carbon emissions and where we can reduce those emissions. Safe boat operation reduces water incidents, including capsizing or impact of debris, which would reduce water pollution. The other focus would be on the environmental impact of the drive system on the environment and the techniques to minimize the contribution of these systems.

Canada’s Action Plan Framework

• The need to consider and mitigate the impacts on emissions-intensive trade exposed sectors (e.g., resource sectors that are price takers on the global market), including the need to avoid carbon leakage
• Co-benefits such as improved health due to air pollutant reductions, and jobs and business growth
• Opportunities to realize near-term climate and health benefits through reducing emissions of short-lived climate pollutants
• Benefits for ecosystems and biodiversity

New Action (Transportation)

• Setting emission standards and improving efficiency