Your First Week

Getting Started on Your First Week

In this section, you will dive a little bit deeper and think about your next steps within your new role. Pair up with a buddy as you get settled in, explore ways that you can connect with your Team and other departments. In your first week, your main priority should be reviewing a number of courses that are mandatory to meet WorkSafeBC and CFA requirements. Please complete the items below in your first week and email a copy of your results to HR@bc-cfa.org.

Prevention & Safety First !

Safety and prevention are about minimizing risk, making wise choices, and actively managing your health. There are some very basic and general actions that you can take in an effort to ensure that workplace accidents and injuries don’t happen to you. Putting these tips into practice will help you and your coworkers avoid costly accidents.

Bully and Harassment Training

Within each organization, all employees are required to go through a workplace bullying and harassment training. Rather than going through an actual course, we thought it’d be more efficient to summarize for you in a document!

Bully and Harassment PDF

Bully and Harassment Quiz

New Worker Safety Orientation

We want to make sure you get the most out of your experience. Prevention and safety is always a priority for all of our employees. Please read through the PDF & take the mini quiz after for submission (don’t worry, it can be open book!)

New Worker Safety PDF

New Worker Safety Quiz

Privacy & Access Fundamentals Training

All new BCCFA hires are required to register and complete the Privacy and Information Training module. Please click the link below and follow the steps below.

How to complete the course:

Visit the FOIPPA Foundations course online. This course is free. No payment is required.
Open the course material by selecting Module 1 and complete the module. Follow the same steps for Modules 2 and 3, ensuring to read through each module.
Upon successful completion of Module 3 and the exam, the course will prompt you to retrieve a certificate of course exam completion. A pop-up box will appear where you will enter your first and last name. Once entered, the certificate will automatically download
Please forward this certificate to HR@bc-cfa.org and cc your supervisor.

Key Details for this week

Complete key tasks

If you haven’t already done so, be sure to complete all the forms necessary and send them to Human Resources
Set up your personal workspace
If your job duties can be completed at the comfort of your own home or at the Centre, speak with your Leader or Team in advance on what to prioritize first

Connecting with your Leader

Prepare questions for your first several meetings with your manager and review your job description, outline of duties and expectations.
Understand what platforms your team is using to communicate and connect; clarify when remote employees must be online and available and which forms of communication require an immediate response and which are less urgent.
Inquire about staff meetings and regularly scheduled activities
Discuss constructive feedback and how it will be shared
Request time to go over the performance review and goal-setting process in your department.
Schedule your three to six month performance check in

Build Relationships

Review your departments organizational chart
Set up meetings with your Team and other key employees (one on one or group)
Build rapport on how to collaborate with other departments and understand their initiatives and vision
Plan to meet with co-workers, direct reports and employees from other departments with whom you’ll work closely

Training and Development

Talk with your manager about role based training
Identify which colleagues and departments are a resource for questions and answers to provide support while you are training
Follow up with your manager or Team with any questions regarding expectations for your role
Schedule training with your IT department/contact
- Set up can take a significant amount of time. Plan for up to an hour.
- Remote employees should become familiar with file-sharing applications and software, VPN connection, password management

Learning ADP + 2021 Timesheet Due Dates

Understand how to input your own Timecard, employee profile, view accrued hours and navigate through the website for resources
Navigating through different portals and different areas that are needed in the employment profile
Set aside time with your Leader/Team mate to go over how to pull reports

2021 Timesheet Cut off

Umbrella of knowledge

Here, you will find the amazing CFA Leaders that shape each department. It’s a resource tool to help you know who to reach out to if you have any questions, feedback or even just a chat !

Leadership Org Chart

ADP Workforce Now

ADP is a managing platform for all payroll, Employee and HR processes. This includes employees inputting their timekeeping, vacation requests and any ADP resources available.

To learn more about it, click this link.

Essential Reading

BCCFA New Employee Handbook

BCCFA Main Office Emergency and Critical Incident Plan

HSA Collective Agreement

GEU Collective Agreement

F-words Framework

Got lost?

Do you ever get lost in a building or ask yourself what floor you are on? Don’t worry, it’s normal. By now you should have had your building tour, but we wanted to make sure the important floor plan documents are easy enough for you to find whenever you need it.

Floor Plan 1

Floor Plan 2

Floor Plan 3

Union Info!

Are you part of HSA or BCGEU? Please contact your Union Steward for your union orientation.