AFPA is committed to improving health & safety in the workplace for food and beverage processors. We offer an extensive list of workplace safety courses and training options to help you build a safe workplace for all employees.
See our Workplace Health & Safety course lineup.
WORKING TOGETHER
AFPA as a Certifying Partner
In collaboration with the Government of Alberta and the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB), AFPA acts as a certifying partner and offers a Partnership program for companies to achieve their Certificate of Recognition (COR) or Small Employer Certificate of Recognition (SECOR).
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Train or Develop Your Program with Us
You do not have to be in the Partnership program to benefit from our Health & Safety courses (public or in-house) and our services. There is no reason why you cannot enjoy the value and benefits of good safety training. Raise morale and lower your lost time claims rate. You can save money on lost time, property damage and injuries that result from accidents.
PREPARATION SAVES TIME AND RESOURCES
Planning Your COR Audit
PDF · 170kb
45 min · free for AFPA members
QA review fee: $200 for audits submitted with AuditSoft, $75 if a second review is required.
QA review fee: $375 for manual audits, $175 if a second review is required, and $150 if a QA supplement is required.
An up-to-date list of current, independent auditors.
Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) and Farm Safety Program Development
AFPA offers customized development, instruction and professional guidance for all your workplace safety needs – whether developing your program and manual, making improvements or maintaining the program that you currently have in place. AFPA can assist your team by creating, developing and implementing your health and safety management system for compliance. Same for farm safety, based on required Alberta OHS and farm safety legislation, agricultural safety groups, and accepted farming industry standards – in four distinct parts.
AFPA will provide administrative, planning, functional tasks related to implementing and/or improving your required health and safety programs – all 10 elements – over a four- to six-month period.
OHS & COR Program
Let AFPA build you a customized, company health & safety management system
AFPA will create, develop and help you to implement your customized and fully-compliant health & safety management system with a program manual, which will include the 10 required elements per legislation and PIR/COR criteria.
AFPA also provides critical supporting safety program documents, such as:
- Emergency response plans
- PPE care and use training
- 25+ safe work practices
- Basic fire extinguisher training
- Code of practice – respirators
- Hazard assessments for office/admin and meat cutting
- Inspections
- Investigations
- HSC terms of ref/agenda/minutes/recommendation
- Contractor pre-qualification
- Safety rules
- Training posters
- And more
When completed – usually four to six months – it will include implementation and you will have a formal, recognized health & safety program in place, a company manual, and USB stick with the entire program. Your organization will be well positioned to attain the COR safety designation.
Farm Safety Program
Let AFPA build you a customized and formalized farm safety management system
AFPA will create, develop and help to implement your farm safety management system and program manual, includes key elements:
- Farm safety policy
- OHS/Farm and ranch overview
- Basic requirements
- Animals and their environment
- Dust and dust control
- Horses
- Zoonotic disease
- Ammonia and emissions
- Methane/Silo gases
- H2S
- Respiratory protection
- AFPA will also include an employee & operations farm safety handbook, for ease of consistent worker and family member orientations, training and operational reference.
AFPA also provides critical supporting farm safety program documents, such as:
- Emergency response plans
- Inspections and investigations
- PPE care and use training
- 20+ safe farm practices
- Basic fire extinguisher training
- Code of practice – respirators
When completed – usually four to six months – includes implementation, you will have a formal, farm safety program in place, a farm safety manual and USB stick with the entire program.
Contact us to discuss either great safety program offer. Compliance and providing a safe working environment really is all it’s cracked up to be!
The Three Basic Rights of Workers
All workers should come home safely at the end of their workday, from the first shift right through to retirement. That becomes possible when government, employers and workers collaborate to create healthy and safe workplaces. A combination of best practices, education, awareness and compliance with occupational health and safety (OHS) laws helps achieve that goal. By taking action before an incident occurs, workplace injuries and illnesses can be prevented. We accomplish this by empowering workers and enforcing workplace health and safety laws.
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