Small Employer COR™ Certification

The Small Employer Certificate of Recognition Program (SECOR™) is an occupational health and safety accreditation program that verifies a fully implemented safety & health program which meets provincial standards.

The SECOR™ is designed to provide small employer contractors of 10 or less employees with the practical solutions for a safer workplace; offering a simple, straightforward approach to safety, helping reduce the human and financial losses implicated with accidents.

Achievement of your Small Employer COR™ Certification will include completion of required training; implementation of your safety program; and verification CSAM audit standards are met.

Upon registration into the Small Employer COR™ Certification program, your company will receive a registration number, which demonstrates your company's commitment into a registered safety program as well as a CD which will assist you in personalizing your company safety manual.

Training Requirements

Simplified Safety

Provide contractors with practical solutions for developing and implementing an effective safety and health system, aiding you to meet your legal responsibilities of the Workplace Safety & Health Act.

Provide each employer with a customizable template to assist in creating a company safety manual that includes personalized policies, forms, and checklists. Your personalized safety manual, and course content, will revolve around the implementation of three basic elements:
- Identification of Hazards (both existing and potential)
- Communication of Hazards (tell others about them)
- Control of Hazards (to control or reduce the risk)
*Mandatory for company owner and/or the most senior company representatives

WHMIS Train the Trainer

Qualify participants to conduct a generic WHMIS training program and give them the knowledge to develop a site-specific program. By legislation, all workers working with, or in the proximity, of a controlled product are required to receive training.

Safety Auditor Training

Through practical application, participants will be shown how to conduct an audit and how to utilize standardized forms. Also, they will gain experience working with the three verification techniques: D-documentation, O-observation, and I-interviews which will assist in the creation of an audit summary & the development of a corrective action plan.

COR™ compared to Small Employer COR™

The main reason often stated for going with the full COR™ program is that it is Nationally Recognized.

Both COR™ and SECOR™ are provincially recognized by the WSH Division and WCB – either one are also acceptable for the majority of MIT; City of Wpg; and U of M tenders, etc.

SECOR™ is often used by small employers as a “stepping-stone” to achieving COR™. The main benefit of SECOR™ is that companies are provided with a generic safety manual and full electronic cd to customize policies – removing a large administrative concern of most small employers. In SECOR™, the 14 elements of the COR™ program are simplified into 3 elements.

The steps to achieving SECOR™ Certification include:

Completion of 3 training modules
Completion of a company safety manual
Implementation of a company safety program
Audit by company (generally 3-6 months after the safety program implementation)
CSAM Audit
Independent Audit

COR™ Certified Companies Meetings

The CSAM hosts these quarterly meetings to discuss and network with these leaders in the construction industry. Please contact jordann@constructionsafety.ca for more information.

Next scheduled meeting is June 9, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. held in Room 4 within the Winnipeg Convention Centre.

Don't put yourself at risk. Ask to see a current "Letter of Good Standing or COR™ Certificate".