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Health and safety consulting for employers across Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan

Certification-Ready Package

Your starter safety manual plus scoped support to implement it: site-based hazard-assessment work, program rollout instruction, 90 days of coaching and a review of the records and completed evaluation you provide. “Certification-ready” describes the service package, not a guarantee of eligibility, implementation, an audit score or certification.

Every package is led by John Duplessis, B.Sc., CRSP, a Canadian Registered Safety Professional, certified COR auditor and Energy Safety Canada external auditor. The written scope confirms the jurisdiction, certifying partner, eligibility, current evaluation tool, sites, workforce, hazards and limits. For ACSA applicants, see the current ACSA SECOR process.

What’s included

A Written Program, Put to Work

Documents alone do not establish implementation or pass an evaluation. This package covers the defined written deliverables and 90 days of coaching. The employer remains responsible for approvals, worker consultation, training and competency, supervision, implementation, records and corrective actions.

Starter Safety Manual Package

Your health and safety manual, five formal hazard assessments, up to 10 safe work practices and about 18 forms, customized from the information provided. The employer reviews, validates and approves the documents before use. See what’s in it

On-site hazard assessments

We visit the main site and develop the scoped hazard assessments with knowledgeable workers and supervisors. The employer validates the hazards, hierarchy-of-controls decisions and controls under actual or reasonably representative conditions and obtains engineering, hygiene or other specialist input where required.

Rollout training

One rollout session for the agreed supervisors and workers on using the program, including field-level hazard assessments, inspections, incident reporting and safety meetings. It does not replace required trade, technical, emergency or legislated training. The employer verifies competency, provides supervision and addresses language, literacy and accessibility needs.

90 days of coaching

A check-in each month for three months. We review the agreed sample of inspections, meeting minutes, hazard assessments and corrective actions, identify gaps and support follow-up. Completed forms alone do not prove controls are understood, implemented or effective. Prefer digital records? We can set up Site App Pro so your crew completes inspections and hazard assessments on a mobile app, even offline. It’s quoted separately after an initial review.

Review before you submit

Before submission, we review the completed SECOR evaluation and agreed records you provide, subject to the same scope and limitations as our SECOR Evaluation Prep.

Certifying partner guidance

We help identify a suitable certifying partner and plan the registration and courses the employer must complete. The employer confirms eligibility, registers, pays fees and meets the current training and submission requirements.

Pricing

How Your Price Is Set

The starting price covers one site with up to 10 workers. We confirm your price in writing before any work begins.

Certification-Ready Package pricing
Your operationPrice
One site with up to 10 workersStarting at $6,500 + GST
Several sites or crews, higher-hazard field work or travelQuoted in writing before any work begins
More than 10 workersCOR program quoted after a COR Gap Review, with the review fee credited

How it works

From Free Consultation to SECOR Evaluation Preparation

Free 30-minute consultation

We confirm the jurisdiction, industry, certifying partner, eligibility, current tool, workforce, sites, work activities, hazards and intended scope before quoting the price.

Build your program

Tell us about the company in a one-hour meeting or through our submission document. We draft the agreed manual, hazard assessments, safe work practices and forms for employer, worker and supervisor review, site validation and approval.

Site visit and rollout

We develop the scoped hazard assessments with knowledgeable workers and supervisors at the main site and deliver the agreed rollout session. The employer validates, approves and implements the controls and verifies competency.

90 days of coaching

Monthly check-ins while the employer implements the system, closes actions and builds objective evidence. ACSA currently requires at least three months of health and safety documentation before the evaluation.

Review and submit

We review the agreed record sample and completed evaluation before the employer and authorized assessor verify and submit them through the certifying partner’s required process.

Know before you buy

Who It’s For and What’s Not Included

Who it’s for

  • Small employers that appear eligible for SECOR and want implementation support, not just documents. ACSA currently limits SECOR to employers with no more than 10 employees at any time during the past 12 months; other certifying partners use different rules.
  • Contractors whose clients now require SECOR.
  • Owners who don’t have time to set up and run a safety program alone.
  • Employers not eligible for SECOR, including ACSA employers that exceed 10 employees: start with a COR Gap Review.

Not included

  • The SECOR courses, competency verification, certifying-partner registration, membership, review fees and employer approvals.
  • Completion, signing or submission of the SECOR evaluation, or acting as the authorized assessor unless expressly included and permitted by the certifying partner.
  • Extra hazard assessments (from $195 each), safe work practices or procedures (from $125 each), site visits (from $750 per half day), additional shifts, crews or locations.
  • Engineering, occupational hygiene, medical, legal, technical rescue or other specialist assessment unless expressly included.
  • Travel to remote sites unless it is in the written quote.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does the Certification-Ready Package cost?

It starts at $6,500 plus GST for one site with up to 10 workers. Several sites or crews, higher-hazard field work and travel raise the price. We confirm your price in writing before any work begins.

How is this different from the Starter Safety Manual Package?

The Starter package provides the defined written documents. This package adds scoped site-based hazard-assessment work, a program rollout session, 90 days of coaching and review of the completed evaluation and records provided. Employer approval, consultation, competency, implementation and submission responsibilities remain.

Does this package get us SECOR?

We can’t guarantee that your company will obtain COR or SECOR, because your certifying partner makes that decision. Our COR and SECOR documentation warranty covers the written documents we deliver: if your first COR audit or SECOR evaluation within 12 months of delivery finds something missing from those documents, we’ll fix it at no additional charge. Every formal document we deliver also carries a 60-day errors and omissions warranty.

How long does it take?

Plan on approximately four months when information, access, reviews and employer actions arrive as agreed. Significant hazards, additional sites, specialist work or corrective actions may take longer. ACSA currently requires at least three months of health and safety documentation after implementation before the evaluation.

What if we have more than 10 workers?

For ACSA, an employer that exceeds 10 employees is not eligible for SECOR and should confirm the appropriate COR route. Thresholds and counting rules vary by province and certifying partner. We quote larger program work after a COR Gap Review, starting at $1,995 plus GST, and credit the review fee as set out in the written scope.

Can we start with the Starter package and add the rest later?

Yes. We first confirm what has been reviewed, approved, implemented and recorded, then quote the remaining site work, rollout instruction, coaching, validation and evaluation-preparation support.

Get certification-ready

Get Your Certification-Ready Package

Tell us about the company and we’ll confirm eligibility, scope, price and limitations before work begins. Starting at $6,500 plus GST, led by a certified COR auditor and backed by our documentation warranty. Certification is not guaranteed.

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Before you reach out

Quick answers about working with us

Which areas do you serve?
Calgary Safety Consultants is a Western Canadian health and safety consulting firm. We support employers across Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, on site and online.
Who will we work with?
Projects are led by John Duplessis, B.Sc., CRSP, President and Principal Health & Safety Consultant, who has more than 30 years of occupational health and safety experience. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional, a certified COR auditor, an Energy Safety Canada external auditor and a member of Health and Safety Professionals Canada and the Alberta Society of Health and Safety Professionals.
How do we get started?
Book a free 30-minute consultation on our calendar, call 1-888-231-0358, or use the form below. We talk through your situation first, then send a written scope and quote before any work begins.
What does it cost?
Our Starter Safety Manual Package, recommended for SECOR, is $1,995 plus GST, and Custom Safety Training built from your own procedures starts at $1,499 plus GST. Online courses are priced per learner, starting at $24.99, and 10% comes off automatically at checkout when you buy 10 or more seats of the same course. Other consulting is quoted per project after a free 30-minute consultation, so you know the scope and cost before any work begins. See all our packages and prices.
Do you work with small businesses?
Yes. Many of our clients are small and mid-sized employers without a full-time safety department, including contractors, manufacturers, non-profits and clinics.
Can you help with COR, audits and training too?
Yes. We conduct COR audits and help with COR and SECOR preparation, safety manuals, hazard assessments, compliance audits, emergency response plans, incident investigations and contractor prequalification in ISNetworld, Avetta and ComplyWorks. We also offer online courses including WHMIS, TDG and OH&S leadership, and custom safety training built around your own hazards and procedures. We can’t guarantee that you’ll obtain COR or SECOR, but we stand behind our work: every formal document we deliver carries a 60-day errors and omissions warranty, and our COR and SECOR program builds include a documentation warranty through your first audit or evaluation within 12 months of delivery.

How we work together

A Partnership, Not a Hand-Off

We work with employers who want to improve. The best results come when owners, managers and supervisors take an active part in the work, rather than handing it to an outside consultant and waiting for a finished binder. We bring the expertise, the structure and the follow-up. You bring leadership, time and a commitment to act on what we find.

If you only want paperwork that sits on a shelf, we're probably not the right fit. If you want a safer workplace, a program your workers trust and an audit you can walk into with confidence, we'd like to work with you. We'll talk about this openly during your free 30-minute consultation, so we both know it's a good fit before any work begins.

What We Commit To

  • Direct access to a senior professional. John Duplessis, B.Sc., CRSP, leads every engagement himself, from the first conversation to final delivery.
  • Quick replies. We answer emails and calls within 2 to 4 hours during business hours, or by the next business day after hours and on weekends. Every client question matters to us, and we treat it that way.
  • A written scope and price first. You know what's included and what it costs before any work begins, and nothing outside that scope goes ahead without your written approval.
  • Work built for your operation. Practical, plain-language deliverables that fit your work and your province's legislation, not a generic template.
  • Clear timelines. We agree on delivery dates at kickoff and tell you early if anything puts them at risk.
  • Confidentiality. We handle your records, incident details and worker information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

What We Need From You

  • Leadership involvement. An owner or senior manager stays involved from kickoff to final review, approves the work and backs the changes. Workers can tell whether leadership means it, and so can auditors.
  • A main contact with time and authority. Someone who can make decisions, get answers and keep things moving on your side.
  • Complete, honest information. Your documents and records, and a true picture of how the work is really done, including near misses, shortcuts and what isn't working.
  • Hands-on participation. Your supervisors and workers take part in interviews, site walks, hazard assessments and reviews. A program your people help shape is a program they'll use.
  • Timely review and sign-off. You review drafts, give feedback and approve documents within the timeframes we agree on.
  • Follow-through. You put the recommendations into practice and keep the records that show your program is in use.

Your Legal Responsibilities Stay With You

As the employer, you keep your legal duties under OHS legislation. We advise, organize and support. You make the decisions and direct the work. Our work makes your supervisors, internal safety coordinator, and safety committee or representative more effective. It doesn't replace them.

Timelines Depend on Both of Us

Our delivery dates start at project kickoff and assume your information, feedback and approvals arrive when agreed. If they're delayed, the schedule moves with them. If a project stalls, we'll raise it with you directly and agree on a plan to get it back on track, or pause it until you're ready.

Straight Answers, No False Promises

We'll tell you what you need to hear, not just what you want to hear. Audit, certification and inspection decisions belong to your certifying partner or regulator, so no consultant can guarantee the outcome. What we can promise is practical, credible work and honest advice about what it will take.

Our services are not an emergency response service. If someone is seriously hurt or in danger, call 911 first, then make any reports your provincial OHS regulator requires. Once the scene is safe, contact us and we'll help you with next steps.

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