Reach out to WorkSafeNB via email or ask for the training provider for proof of approval. See the list of approved training providers on our first aid resources page. 

Fill out the application to receive approval and be to be listed on our website. 

Trainers who are currently approved remain in good standing until the current approval expires. Any subsequent approval will require them to meet the requirements of the amended regulation.   

New applicants seeking WorkSafeNB approval are required to implement CSA standards in their training program.  

Clause 7.10 Issuance of certificates in the CSA standard provides that a Workplace First Aid certificate must includes the following:

• the name of the learner
• level of workplace first aid training achieved (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced - see Clause 5 of the standard for details
• the date of issuance of the certificate 
• the date of expiration
• the name of the training agency; and
• the province or territory of issuance.

CSA’s website allows users to access CSA standards referenced in federal, provincial, and territorial OHS regulations.

Users need to create a free account on the CSA Group website to access the standards.

The site allows users to view and/or purchase CSA standards referenced in the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations.

All jurisdictions in Canada have agreed to harmonize to CSA standard Z1210-17 (R2021), “First aid training for the workplace – Curriculum and quality management for training agencies” as well as CSA Z1220-17, “First aid kits for the workplace”. You can comply with the requirements in New Brunswick and be compliant with other jurisdictions. If you need further clarification on requirements in other jurisdictions, please contact them directly. 

Most workplaces will need the basic first aid training. Only those workplaces that meet the definition of ‘high hazard work’ in Regulation 2004-130 are required to have intermediate first aid training. 

“High hazard work” means work that carries a greater likelihood of injury or damage to health and a greater severity of potential injury because of the place of employment or the nature of the work, and includes work carried out 

a) At a project site or mine, 

b) a confined space or in an isolated are where emergency medical help is not in close proximity to the work area, 

c) electrical transmission, generation or distribution systems, 

d) foundries or machine shops, 

e) gas, oil or chemical processing plants, steel or other base metal processing plants, 

f) woodland operations, sawmills or lumber processing plants, 

g) brewery or beverage processing plants, meat packing or processing plants, and 

h) with explosives or heavy equipment. 

According to the CSA standard, first aid training certificates show how long training is valid. In New Brunswick, training is valid for three years.

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standard Z1210-17 (R2021), “First aid training for the workplace – Curriculum and quality management for training agencies” does not include a yearly six-hour refresher so it is no longer required in New Brunswick.