NISI S502 Online Training

Course Overview

This course provides guidance on how to apply the CAN/CSA S502 standard's requirements for managing changing snow load risks for buildings within Canada's North. Course participants will understand the main risk factors related to snow overloading and gain insight into the main options for managing snow overload conditions.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you will be able to:

• Describe how the standard is not tailored specifically for the engineer and is useful to different audiences:
  • Engineers, technical experts and emergency managers.
  • Facility managers, property owners, homeowners, and occupants.
• Describe the times when specialized expertise is needed or required related to:
  • Climate trends and future climate projections.
  • Implications to design or retrofits of buildings and other facilities.
• Identify useful annexes:
  • Buildings and structures that are at the greatest risk of snow overloading.
  • Procedures for snow measurement and removal.
  • The sample forms used to mark building access.
  • The forms used for assessing snow overload risks.
  • Sample bulletins used in the advisory for community snow overload.

Target Audience

• Public works foremen
• Public housing maintenance manager
• Housing managers
• Utilities workers in Northern climates
• Engineers

Why get Your Training From CSA?

In 2012, CSA Group was selected by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to develop standards to help address the impact of climate change in Northern Canada as part of the Northern Infrastructure Standardization Initiative (NISI). CSA Group has actively been researching the role standards and codes play in helping to mitigate the risk associated with changing climate and its impact on infrastructure in various regions of Canada since 2005. Our training reflects the latest industry research and the experts of technical experts to help participants apply these standards.

Suggested Reading:

NISI Standards