What a working safety program looks like.
This page shows what we build, the forms your crew uses every week, what stays yours and where COR and SAFE Companies fit.
How your manual licence works.
We write your safety manual for your work and your sites. The manual is licensed, not sold. Your company holds a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use it for your own occupational health and safety program, at your own worksites, for your own workers and for your direct subcontractors while they are on your sites. You may make reasonable copies for internal use.
You may show the manual to WorkSafeBC officers and other regulators, to COR or SAFE Companies auditors, and to prime contractors or owners who need to review it for prequalification or site access.
Five core forms, plus the training matrix.
Every package includes these five forms, and the training matrix template is in your manual.
Crew · before any new or changed task
A new block, a new site, new equipment or a change in the weather all call for one. Stop, assess, write it down, then work.
Supervisor · weekly
A toolbox talk takes five to ten minutes and covers one topic. Everyone signs the record.
Anyone · right away
Fill one out for every incident and every near miss. A near miss shows you the hazard while nobody is hurt, so you can fix it first.
Safety contact · weekly to monthly
Your safety contact walks the site with the checklist and writes down what they find.
Safety contact · every new worker
Every worker signs it before they start, and nobody works without a signed record.
Safety contact · checked monthly
One table lists every worker, every ticket and every expiry date. The template is in your manual.
Once it is running, this table is the whole system.
This is the quick reference from your implementation guide: what happens, when, and who does it.
Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
| When | What | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Before any new or changed task | Hazard assessment: stop, assess, write it down | Crew |
| Every incident or near miss | Incident report | Anyone, right away |
| Every new worker | Orientation, plus a signed record before they start | Safety contact |
| Weekly | Toolbox talk: one topic, everyone signs the record | Supervisor |
| Weekly | File completed forms, one folder per month | Safety contact |
| Weekly to monthly | Site inspection with the checklist | Safety contact |
| Monthly | Training matrix check: tickets and expiry dates | Safety contact |
| Monthly | Management review: look only at what is missing | Owner |
| Annually | Full program review with us (an optional service) | Owner, with us |
Red labels mark work that an event sets off. Navy labels mark work on a schedule, and the outlined label marks the optional annual review.
Want to see how this rhythm fits your crew?
Request the questionnaireGetting the program running.
Your implementation guide sets out three stages.
Ready to set up your own program?
Request the questionnaireWhere COR and SAFE Companies fit.
WorkSafeBC describes COR as a voluntary employer certification program intended to motivate employers to take a proactive role in occupational health and safety.
WorkSafeBC states that incentive payments are calculated using a company’s assessable payroll and the base rate for its classification unit. We do not quote a percentage here, because the terms are WorkSafeBC’s to set and change.
Read WorkSafeBC’s COR page (checked September 2026).
The BC Forest Safety Council describes SAFE Companies as BC’s forestry safety-certification program
. The Council states that Forestry workers and/or employers in the BC forest or forest product sectors are eligible to become SAFE certified
, and that it is a Certifying Partner for the COR program. Its audit streams include IOO, ISEBASE, SEBASE and BASE.
Read the BC Forest Safety Council’s SAFE Companies page (checked September 2026).
We recommend COR or SAFE Companies based on your industry and what your client contracts expect, and the Certification-Ready package includes a wellness check against that standard. A program built and operated this way supports your certification effort. The auditor and the certifying body decide the result.
When to contact us.
For a medical or life-threatening emergency, call 911 first.
Plainly
The manual is a tool to support your compliance with WorkSafeBC occupational health and safety requirements. It is not a guarantee of compliance.
Your company remains responsible for its own legal obligations and for operating the program day to day: holding the meetings, doing the inspections, completing the training and keeping the records.
A manual on a shelf protects no one. We build the program so a small or medium employer can keep up with all of it.
The intake questionnaire takes about ten minutes, and blanks are fine. We send back a recommended package with a fixed-price quote, and you are under no obligation.