The Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA) is celebrating the opening of a brand new training facility in Fort McMurray tomorrow, with honoured guest Mayor Melissa Blake, and hundreds of construction industry representatives, expected to explore the new ACSA Space. ACSA Chief Operations Officer, Tammy Hawkins, said the Association is looking
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ACSA helps industry members earn more than $34 million in PIR rebates
Partnerships in Injury Reduction (PIR) promotes health and safety through partnerships with safety associations, industry groups, educational institutions and labour organizations. It is designed to encourage injury prevention and the development of effective workplace health, safety management systems. PIR employers can earn a Certificate of Recognition (COR) or Small Employer
Upcoming Courses for July
Your ACSA has over 100 classes running throughout July across our eight regional locations in Edmonton, Lloydminster, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Calgary, Lethbridge, Red Deer and Medicine Hat (no classes in Medicine Hat for July). To see what’s on in a location near you, download this pdf To book, visit
Regional Safety Committee Update – Lakeland
ACSA’s Lakeland Regional Safety Committee held its second annual ‘Treads for Life’ community event on Saturday June 17th in Lloydminster. Participating motorcyclists enjoyed the 340km ride on a beautiful sunny day, gathering at collection points and engaging with the community at regular checkpoints along the way. In conjunction with the
16th Annual Health & Safety Conference – Early Bird Registration Now Open
ACSA is proud to once again support the Annual Health and Safety Conference and Trade Fair. This conference attracts a wide range of exhibitors, facilitates high profile keynote and blockbuster speakers, and provides delegates a diverse and valued choice of session topics. The conference focuses on working together in occupational
Our Grand Opening Event in Fort McMurray
Your ACSA is increasing its presence in Fort McMurray by providing additional safety training services and resources for the local construction community. We have recently started operating out of our new training facility and invite the local construction industry to join us for the official opening event! Enjoy a BBQ
Improvements coming to our eLearning system
For the last six months, your ACSA has been working hard to ensure our change over to our advanced new eLearning system proceeds seamlessly. We are expecting to switch from our existing eLearning system to the new one in late-summer. As we have advised previously, current registrants and those who
Reminder – New requirement for comments in the Audit Tool
To ensure we remain compliant with Partnerships Standards, we now require a comment to be made for each question on the Audit Tool. There had previously been an exemption for ‘experienced’ auditors, for specific elements only in the case of a positive response. As of July 1st 2017, this exemption
The Active NCSO has arrived
The ‘Active’ NCSO is here, with the new standard coming into effect on July 1st, 2017. After signing the national agreement at last month’s Annual Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Construction Safety Associations (CFCSA), all new registrants in the NCSO program will now be included under the “Active” standard.
Are you aware of your COR Auditor Requirements?
In 2014, we introduced a temporary pilot program to our members who held a Certificate of Recognition (COR) with our association. This briefly provided these companies with the option of maintaining their COR status, while not having a certified auditor on staff. We have now reached the conclusion of one
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