Correctional Service Canada
Food Services Officers urgently require Safety Training
In 2021
A brutal assault of a Food Services Officer (FOS) took place at a federal prison:
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Correctional Service Canada was found in violation of the Canada Labour Code for not providing mandatory training, exposing FOS in that prison to the threat of assault.
In 2022
Through a national survey,
USJE finds that:
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A similar lack of training exists for FOS across the country, exposing all FOS to a threat of assault.
In 2023
USJE launched a national campaign pressuring the employer to:
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Provide safety training;
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Fix broken equipment; and
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Hire more FOS in the kitchens.
Since the launch of the campaign, USJE has been advocating on those issues and more safety training is now being offered.
Prison kitchen staff justified in refusing to work after vicious attack, investigator finds
Internal Correctional Service of Canada documents reveal outside employees forced to work with inmates are inadequately trained, protected
By: Ryan Thorpe, Winnipeg Free Press | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021
2 in 3
Food Services Officers presently lack the training required to keep them safe.
The Facts
3 in 4
work in understaffed
kitchens.
9 in 10
receive NO safety
training before their first day of work.
Tell Correctional Service Canada that Food Services Officers need safety training now!
Food Services
Officers urgently
require the
following safety trainings
New Employee Orientation Program (NEOP) — including Anatomy of a Set Up — in person
NEOP, Part II
Dynamic Security
CSPS Security Awareness
Managing Offenders in the Workplace
Communicating about Offenders
Working Mind First Responder
(Previously Road to Mental Readiness)
First Aid & CPR
Self defense
All new FOS (casual, term & indeterminate) need to receive these trainings BEFORE their first day of work.
All present FOS (casual, term & indeterminate) need to receive all of the above trainings that they have not yet received.
Food Services Officers need:
Safety training
(now & annually)!
More FOS in kitchens!
Broken equipment
to be fixed!
To be paid accurately and on time
Tell Correctional Service Canada that Food Services Officers need safety training now!
Are you a Food Safety Officer? Do you have questions or concerns? Get in touch with us at:
USJEcommunicationSESJ@psac-afpc.com
