About Us
A safety consultancy based in Bella Coola, run by the person who does the work.
Thunderbird Safety Consulting Inc. is a privately held company, owned and operated by Carey Pootlass. He reviews your intake questionnaire and builds your program himself.
Carey Pootlass
The consultant who builds your program.
Owner and Safety Advisor, Thunderbird Safety Consulting Inc.
Carey has held occupational health and safety roles continuously since 2018. He started as a coordinator, became a full-time health and safety officer, and now runs Thunderbird Safety Consulting as its owner and safety advisor.
Credentials
| Credential | Issued by | Issued |
|---|---|---|
| National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO) | BC Construction Safety Alliance | July 2020 |
| Construction Safety Officer (CSO) | ASTTBC Technology Professionals | Date not listed |
| Occupational First Aid Level 3 | WorkSafeBC | March 2024 |
Experience
- Owner and Safety Advisor Thunderbird Safety Consulting Inc.
- Health and Safety Officer (full-time) Seabird Island Band, 2020 to 2022
- Health and Safety Coordinator Precision Service & Pumps, 2020
- Health, Safety and Environment Coordinator Horizon North Logistics Inc., 2018 to 2020
- Second-year Carpentry Camosun College
Where We Work
Bella Coola, in Nuxalk territory.
Thunderbird Safety Consulting Inc. is a British Columbia company based in Bella Coola. We offer our services to employers across the province.
How We Work
A fractional safety manager, in two phases.
Two Phases
Phase 1 sets the program up with the manual, the forms, the implementation guide and the first orientation session. Phase 2 is ongoing support: an annual program review, training matrix oversight, report upkeep and advisory help.
Exception Reporting
Where we build management reporting, it lists only what is falling short: overdue action items, expired tickets, missed inspections and open incident follow-ups. An empty report means nothing it tracks is overdue.
Inside the Software You Already Use
If you run Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or SiteDocs, we set up your program inside it under access you grant. You keep ownership of the account and the data. With no software yet, you start on paper and PDF forms and can move to software later without redoing the program.
Plain Language
We call the gap analysis a safety program wellness check. It measures your program against COR or SAFE Companies and gives you a written deficiency report and a prioritized action list. The wellness check is part of the Certification-Ready and Management System packages.
The packages put these phases into practice.
Compare the packagesWho It Is For
Small and medium employers.
We build programs for forestry, construction, remote and coastal operations, and Indigenous-community employers.
Each program is sized to the company. As a rough guide, Essential typically fits 1–10 workers, Certification-Ready 11–49 and Management System 50 or more. The intake questionnaire settles the recommendation.
What We Will Not Do
Before you hire us, here is what you should not expect.
- Guarantee compliance. The manual supports your compliance and your certification effort. Your company stays responsible for running the program day to day.
- Paste your logo on a template. We write your manual for your operation.
- Run an hourly meter on package work. We quote each package at a fixed price after the intake questionnaire.
Start with the Intake Questionnaire
It takes about ten minutes, and there is no obligation. We review your answers and come back with a recommended package and a fixed-price quote.