Government of Saskatchewan ministries, Crown corporations and organizations are implementing contingency plans to minimize the impacts of postal service disruption.

Les ministères, sociétés d’État et organismes du gouvernement de la Saskatchewan mettent en œuvre des plans d’urgence visant à réduire les répercussions de l’interruption du service des postes.

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Building and Technical Standards Courses

Each year, the Building and Technical Standards (BTS) Branch offers a number of workshops and training for:

  • Building owners;
  • Industry (architects, engineers, technologists and contractors);
  • Municipal officials;
  • Building officials;
  • Fire inspectors; and
  • Other interested code users.

These workshops and training opportunities may be applied to credit hours required under the Building Official Licensing Training (BOLT) program.

To learn more about the BOLT program or about courses to be offered in the future, please contact the Building and Technical Standards Branch at 306-787-4113 or btstandards@gov.sk.ca.


Online – Understanding the Objective-Based Codes

The workshop intends to provide code users and industry with the fundamental concepts for objective-based codes. In turn, it provides a better understanding of application, limitations and alternative solutions to the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) specific to Saskatchewan.

This webinar will provide four credit hours towards mandatory training hour requirements for building official licence renewal and four credit hours towards professional development for others.

Upon completion of all eight chapters including the short survey, a certificate will be emailed to the address provided with the registration.

Note: Those individuals who have previously completed and received a certificate for the webinar "Understanding the Objective Based Code" will not receive another four credit hours for completion of this webinar a second time.

Registration

Visit the Building and Technical Standards training site to register for this training and gain access to the webinars. This site is best viewed in either a Chrome or Safari browser.


Online – Spatial Separations - Interpolation of Unprotected Opening Tables

This webinar will walk through interpolation for spatial separations and the relation to unprotected openings as found in the National Building Code of Canada 2015. This webinar will provide 1 credit hour towards mandatory training hour requirements for building official licence renewal and four credit hours towards professional development for others.

Upon completion of all three chapters, a certificate will be emailed to the address provided with the registration.

Note: Those individuals who have previously completed and received a certificate for the webinar "Spatial Separation – Interpolation of Unprotected Opening Tables" will not receive another four credit hours for completion of this webinar a second time.

Registration

Visit the Building and Technical Standards training site to register for this training and gain access to the webinars. This site is best viewed in either a Chrome or Safari browser.


Online – Legislative Framework Training

This webinar provides stakeholders with a better understanding of the legislation and regulations for successful application of the National Building Code of Canada within Saskatchewan. This webinar will provide 16 credit hours towards mandatory training hour requirements for building official licence renewal and 16 credit hours towards professional development for others.

Upon completion of all 16 chapters including the short survey, a certificate will be emailed to the address provided with the registration.

Building officials must complete training prior to challenging and successfully pass the LFT examination as a requirement of their respective licence in a five-year cycle or for temporary building official licence.

Note: Those individuals who have previously completed and received a certificate for the webinar "Legislative Framework Training" will not receive another 16 credit hours for completion of this webinar a second time.

Registration

Visit the Building and Technical Standards training site to register for this training and gain access to the webinars. This site is best viewed in either a Chrome or Safari browser.

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