Ontario Parks Association is happy to announce the Essentials of Salt Maintenance Workshop in Collaboration with the Smart About Salt Council (SASC). 

Our Training Professionals can: 

• Help to reduce the costs of winter maintenance
• Help to provide a defense against legal claims 
• Help to differentiate good contractors from others
• Help reduce impacts of sale on infrastructure
• Help improve client and customer relations
• Support the environment and drinking water resources. 

Who Should Take This Course? 

This course is geared to people working in the snow and ice control business. Contractor managers, supervisors and operators will benefit from the course. Facility managers that control winter operations and hire and direct snow and ice contractors should be trained to best understand the business of snow and ice control. Risk managers will learn about winter related risks and how these can be managed as well as the challenge contractors face because of poor site design. 

What Will you Receive from This Course ? 

• You will better understand snow and ice control leading/best practices
• You will better understand how to identify and manage winter risks
• You will learn about how to properly use and manage salt
• You can become Smart About Salt Certifies and/or accredited

Course Cost : $423.75

Course Date : December 4, 2025

Course Location :  Executive Boardroom at Town Hall 24 Tupper Street West, Alliston L9R 1E4

REGISTER HERE FOR THE COURSE