ACSSA Benefits

Compliance with liabilities

A great liability is put onto the employer.

 In a catastrophe, these questions will be asked.

  1. Did you provide a safe workplace?
  2. Do you have records of tasks and the hazard assessment?
  3. Did you put the necessary controls in place?
    1. Training
    2. Checklists
    3. Working Rules
    4. Procedures
    5. Emergency Preparedness
    6. On-The Job training records
  4. Can you prove that the employee was knowledgeable and trained?

Having the above systems in place will make the difference if the employer may be held liable or show that they have done what is reasonable to show their Due Diligence. 

Being part of a combined safety program, which offers up-to-date information and the support required by the safety people makes good sense. 

Benefits to Contractors and Prime Contractors

  • Prime contractors and subcontractors can use the same training material
  • A Subcontractor COP is included which sets out requirements and responsiblity
  • A Prime Contractor COP is included which sets out requirements and responsiblity
  • Greatly reduced cost for external generic training
  • Pre-employment requirements and Orientations
  • Training records are available companywide or individually from a database
  • Training, forms, and systems comply with:

Prime contractors and-or subcontractors requirements

Industry requirements

Verifier requirements

Benefits to all Industries

  • Increased ability to hire new workers
  • Increase business opportunities
  • Transferable training
  • Auditing assistance
  • Reduced need for external trainers
  • Reduced overlap in training
  • Reduced training costs
  • Fewer injuries and losses due to how-to Training

Benefits to Corporate Business

  • Works for 1 or 10s of thousands of employees
  • Suitable for all employees in all workplaces everywhere
  • Codes Of Practice can be changed, Built, or adopted
  • Can be added to any safety program
  • Can replace outdated or poorly functioning systems

Benefits to other Safety Groups or Associations

  • Standardized systems
  • Streamlined recognition
  • Shared Knowledge and potential controls

Benefits to Alberta Oil & Gas Industry

  • Alberta has one of the largest oil and gas reserves in the world
  • Alberta is known for having some of the highest safety standards in the world
  • The injury rate is high due to inexperience
  • Shortage of workers to transfer knowledge
  • Workers must come from other areas, industries and countries
  • Workplace training is in great demand
  • Safety monitoring by many providers and verifiers reduced
  • Workers will learn our systems and tasks before being employed and potentially injured.
  • Great potential for knowledge transfer worldwide

Benefits to Construction

  • Can handle a multitude of complex and legislated tasks
  • The hazards related to the construction industry have specific worksite rules
  • Through a combined effort, suitable controls can become standard
  • We offer a variety of controls used in other industries to choose from

Benefits to Agricultural Industry

  • This program is suited for the agricultural industry
  • Many Workers are young and also family members
  • Potential to adapt controls from other Industries
  • Many specific hazards such as chemicals, animals
  • Working alone increased the potential of injury
  • Health and safety legislation applies like any worksite