“We want to lead. We want to raise the bar and give
our members the best skills and knowledge so they
can work safe, be safe and have safe workplaces.”
– Jackie Manuel, Chief Executive Officer, Newfoundland
and Labrador Construction Safety Association
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designation. This lack of equivalency is the
main driver behind the changes that are fi-nally
coming.
Now’s the time
The impact of the changes, says Wallace,
will be province-specific because the leg-islation
that separates them now will not
change.
“At the 50,000-foot level, legislation
across the country is the same. It’s when
you get into the provincial legislation that
it gets complicated,” he says.
A change that has been decided upon is
one that will require all provinces and ter-ritories
to include a continuing education
element in order to keep their certified
workers up to date. There will also be a na-tional
exam used across the country but it
will allow each province the opportunity to
include elements specific to them, making
sure all safety requirements are covered for
each individual province and territory.
According to Manuel, a national stan-dard
is important in order to establish a
higher benchmark and to provide people
with the skills and knowledge they need so
they can work anywhere in the country.
“We want to lead. We want to raise the
bar and give our members the best skills
and knowledge so they can work safe, be
safe and have safe workplaces,” she says.
If you are an individual who already
holds a safety designation, it will be impor-tant
for you to check with your provincial
association to see how the changes will im-pact
you. The same goes for construction
companies, who are already expected to
perform their due diligence when it comes
to staying current with safety requirements.
Wallace notes that workers and compa-nies
in Saskatchewan won’t notice a huge
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