About ACSSA
Alberta Confined Space Safety Association, ACSSA
Controlled by Non-Profit Societies Regulations
Has an Executive board
Welcomes members from all industries
Welcomes members from all employers
Welcomes competent workers in all professions
Allows for a combined and standardized Confined Space Industry
Allows for greater control of the training content
Legislation dictates:
Every employer must have a safe workplace and competent workers
or workers supervised by competent workers
All employers conducting Confined Space Work have a Confined Space Program in place:
Designed by a Safety Profesional
Controlled by Confined Space Coordinators
With Hazard Assessments and controls
With Permits, Procedures, Inspections, forms
With Competently trained workers
With Emergency Response Preparation in place
And be Supported by a corresponding Safety Program
ACSSA believes:
That ACSSA has surpassed all legislated requirements
That how-to training is the greatest step towards competent workers.
That workers who know their job are less likely to become injured.
That knowledge and prevention are keys to success
That worksite training and safety training are inseparable
Legislation crosses all industries and so must our training
Mission Statement
to provide a proven solution to Confined Space Confusion
to provide sound, challenging, and quality certified training courses
to comply with the Legislation requirement of competent workers
to Standardized worksite practices for Multi-Industry workers
to offer proven, challenging, and quality training
to support the safety coordinators and supervisors as they monitor the workers
Justification for ACSSA
Most online training today is little more than introductory courses
Many offer descriptions of what needs to be put in place
Most courses are missing valuable information such as how to component
Confined Space work has a very high rate of injury and deaths
ACSSA offers:
A complete system, a generation ahead
How-to-safely-do-it training with forms that lead the way
Documents that can be used in the field as reference manuals and guides
instruction for workers on how to do their job and do it safely
Tools to use such as the confined space permit, atmospheric testing log, isolation sheet, tool list, hazard assessment, equipment checks
Described Reporting, Planning, Tracking, and follow-up systems that ensure the actions are not forgotten
Employer Need
All businesses in all countries who need to protect their workers
Businesses that use ISNetworld, Comply Works, and other verifiers
All industries that work with Confined Spaces
Businesses that want a competent workforce
Employment Need
Labor forces move from one area to another and sometimes across continents.
Task skills may not be available in all areas
Workers can become work-ready before employment
Competent workers are valuable and at a higher demand
Reduced competition with higher quality workers
Reducing accident/incident rates equals savings
Promotes stable self-reliant families
New Worker Need
As introductory and unskilled workers are the most vulnerable to accidents, this type of training will give them an excellent starting point and will:
Require less supervision
Require less on-the-job training
Reduced liability with proven competency
Improve the quality of the workforce
Give less chance of the training missing important points, rules, or hazards