Identity area
Type of entity
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Standards and Programs Branch
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Description area
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The Standards and Programs Branch of the Occupational Health and Safety Division was created in August 1977. It existed until 1987, when this branch was disbanded and its functions moved into the Policy and Regulations Branch and the Health and Safety Support Services Branch.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Standards and Programs Branch coordinated the development, implementation and evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Division policies and programs.
The Branch performed four main activities each covered by a section: program analysis and evaluation (co-operating with the other branches in the Division regarding goals, priorities and budgets); hazard identification and programming; industry sector programming (supporting the line branches to help ensure a consistent approach in their programs to control workplace hazards); and providing an advisory service, in which administrative support was given to the Proivincial Lottery system to provide grants for occupational health and safety projects on applied research and manpower education and development.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
KWIC Index to Government Services 1981-1982; RG 7 inventory
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
John Dirks