When: Monday November 7 & Tuesday November 8, 2016. Where: Shaw Conference Centre Edmonton, AB Who: Minister of Labour, Christina Gray & Deputy Minister of Labour, Jeff Parr Now in its 15th year, the annual Alberta Health & Safety Conference & Trade Fair is one of the largest of its
Articles from November 2016
Regional Safety Committee Updates
The ACSA regularly interacts with employers and employees in construction through our eight Regional Safety Committees (RSCs), located in Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Lakeland (Lloydminster), Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Parkland (Red Deer), Wood Buffalo (Ft. McMurray). They are comprised of representatives from construction and trades associations, along with worker members and
Health & Safety Conference coming soon. Don’t miss out!
The Health and Safety Conference Society of Alberta (HSCSA) invites you to participate in the 2016 Alberta Health and Safety Conference and Trade Fair, held at Edmonton’s Shaw Conference Centre, on November 7 & 8, 2016. Now in its 15th year, the annual event is one of the largest of its
2017 NCSO Professional Development Conference – Submit your interest to speak
The NCSO Professional Development Conference is the premier annual event for all National Construction Safety Officer’s (NCSO) and Health & Safety Administrator’s (HSA) in Alberta. Hosted by the ACSA, it provides a unique networking opportunity as well as a valuable chance to learn how to improve your role as a
JHA Video wins prestigious award
Congratulations to Dynacor for winning a 2016 Telly Award for their work on our Job Hazard Analysis video! The Telly Awards honour the very best film & video productions, groundbreaking online video content, and outstanding TV commercials and programs across North America. We’re super proud of the end result, check
Alberta Apprenticeship Program Update
As part of our commitment to supporting the efforts to promote and encourage the development of a highly skilled workforce in Alberta, we were proud to once again support to the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship Program. This year, a total of 700 deserving Alberta apprentices received scholarships through the
Award nominations now open
Nominations for the 2017 Annual Achievement Awards are now open! There’s no better way to show how much you appreciate the hard work and commitment a person or company shows towards safety than by nominating them for these prestigious awards. The Awards will be held on March 11, 2017 in
Reminder – Training Tickets now available online
In an effort to make our resources more accessible and sustainable, in April we started to offer customizable safety certificate templates for you to design your own company specific training certificates or ‘tickets’. Safety tickets are one way of tracking and verifying the training that workers at your company have
NCSO/HSA PreSet Program returning in 2017
After successfully running our first NCSO/HSA PreSet Program in October, we have decided to run another. We will be bringing the PreSet Program back at the beginning of next year, with courses scheduled from January 9 – February 3, 2017. Kick off your new year by getting your designation in
Construction Environmental Awareness (CEA) to be revised
As of December 1st, CEA will be removed from the course calendar indefinitely. We will be taking a close look at the course and updating its content and references to legislation to make it more relevant and interesting for our students. The revisions will take place over the next six