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Certificate of Recognition

The HCSAS has Certificate of Recognition designed for companies with more than 10 employees. Certification only proves that the company has met a minimum standard for a safety program.

For a company to become certified through the Heavy Construction Safety Association of Saskatchewan Inc., someone in the company would have to take all four of the basic safety courses:

• WHMIS Train the Trainer – one day course
• Safety Excellence Leadership – two day course
• Principles of Health and Safety Management – one day course
• Auditor Training – two day course

Once the courses are complete – design their Safety Program and document it in their safety manual. Put your Safety Program into operation. Conduct an internal audit on their company and if a score of 80% or higher is achieved, call for an external audit. To arrange for an external audit contact our office, an auditor would then be contacted to audit your company. If a score of 80% or higher is achieved, a Certificate of Recognition would be awarded.

To maintain your Certificate a company would have to:

• Pass a yearly Internal Audit (Minimum score 80%).
• On the third year pass an external audit (Minimum score 80%).

Small Business Certificate of Recognition 

The Heavy Construction Safety Association of Saskatchewan Inc. has a program designed for small companies (9 or less employees, $200,000.00 payroll or smaller or bid jobs less than $250,000.00). This program has many of the same elements as the Safety Excellence Leadership program, except that it is done in one day as opposed to four courses over six days.

To become certified in the Small Employer Safety Program, the following must be done:

• The Employer (or supervisor) must take the one day “Basic Safety Program” Course from the HCSAS.
• The Employer must complete the Self Audit – scoring at least 16 out of 26 (question answered yes). All questions with an asterisk must be answered yes.
• The Action plan must be fully completed.
• The owner verification must be fully completed for each new work site/ contract.

Construction Safety Officer Designation

The Construction Safety Officer (CSO) designation is designed to give recognition to an individual who has attained a minimum standard in regards to their safety knowledge.

The following will outline what courses will be for required for the HCSAS CSO designation:

To qualify for the CSO designation, the individual will have to have completed all of the mandatory courses plus any two of the electives. The applicant must have three years or more experience in the construction industry or equivalent. Applicant must also show proof of basic proficiency.  Contact the office for an application form.

Courses

The following courses are available, they can be arranged to be delivered at your site:

WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) Train the Trainer – This one day course should be taken by one or two people within the company. This will give them the knowledge & skills to do site specific training on WHMIS as required by legislation.

Safety Excellence Leadership – This two day course is designed to inform & equip managers and supervisors of their responsibilities in implementing and maintaining your company safety program. The course deals with issues that are vital to the health & safety of your company. It is broken down into four modules:

• Module 1- Supervisors Role
• Module 2- Training
• Module 3- Inspections
• Module 4- Incident Investigations

Principles of Health & Safety Management - This one day course designed to help companies design an up to date safety program. The manual gives examples of different safety policies and practices to make writing your safety manual easier.

Certified Auditor Training - This two day course is designed to teach the participant how to evaluate & verify the effectiveness of their health & safety program. This prerequisite for this program is the participant must have taken WHMIS Train the Trainer, Safety Excellence Leadership and Principles of Health & Safety.

Auditor Refresher Course - a ½ day course designed to update auditors. This course is required every 3 years to maintain the auditor certification.

OH&S Representative Course - a one day course to teach OH&S Representatives about their responsibilities under legislation. This course is for companies with 5 – 9 employees.

Flagperson Training - This half day course is designed to equip the contractor to train their flagpersons to do the job of flagging in an effective & safe manner. Certificates are valid for five years, and then must be renewed.

Fire Extinguisher Training - This two hour course is designed to teach the worker about fire extinguishers. The course will cover elements of fire, ratings, inspection, classification, and operation of extinguishers. Each participant will have the opportunity to use a fire extinguisher. 

Confined Space Entry - This half day course is designed to introduce the participant to what is a confined space, applicable regulations, testing, securing and permits.

Confined Space Rescue - This half day course will show the participant how to use Self Contained Breathing Apparatus, Harnesses, and applicable rescue techniques. Prerequisites must have completed Confined Space Entry, and the company must have Self Contained Breathing Apparatus & harnesses.

Transportation of Dangerous Goods - This ½ day course covers classification, safety marks, documentation, dangerous occurrences and emergency response as it applies to the transportation of dangerous goods.

Small Business Safety Program - A one day program that will outline the basic element required to design & implement a health and safety program for a small business.

H2S Alive – A one day program that covers properties, initial response, respiratory equipment, detection of H2S, rescue techniques, rescue breathing and case studies.

Hoisting & Rigging - a two day course covering hoisting & rigging hazards, ropes, knots, hardware, wire rope, chain, working load limits, slings, hand signals and crane hazards.

Ground Disturbance (level 1 & level 2) – A ½ or 1 day course covering the following: What is a Ground Disturbance, what are the consequences, line locates, soil terminology/classification, regulations, work site hazard analysis.

START (Supervisor Training in Accident Reduction Techniques) – A one day course which looks at a companies safety culture, accountabilities and recognition and investigation of unsafe behaviour.

Power Mobile Equipment Operator Evaluator Train The Trainer – This course is designed to aid in giving experienced operators, proof of competency, and a documented evaluation.

A Powered Mobile Equipment Operator Evaluator Train the Trainer course is designed to assist companies in documenting employee competence in operating powered mobile equipment. By taking one or more of your companies’ experienced operators and providing information and guidance for them to become your equipment evaluators. The course is divided into two areas, Theory and Practical, up to one day would be on theory, and this is where we review the generalized mobile equipment module, this would consist of regulations for powered mobile equipment and the evaluation process. There is also accompanying modules to the General Equipment, i.e. Front end loader, Crawler tractor, Scraper/Buggy, Comaction equipment and excavator, all come with an exam. All of these modules are generalized and not manufacturer specific, giving a general overview of safe operating practices and regulations that apply to that equipment.

The second portion of the course is designed to educate the students by giving hands on training on how to evaluate their equipment operators. The practical exam is much the same as the driving test required to receive an automobile license. Students will be required to perform an inspection of the equipment they intend to use, and make a lift moving the load in a predetermined path (if applicable). The evaluator will grade their performance according to a set of guidelines set in place by the HCSAS.