Course Overview
A SECOR is awarded to employers with up to 10 employees who demonstrates that their health and safety management system meets the standards set out by Alberta Occupational Health and Safety. A business with SECOR can follow a program to achieve COR if they grow to have more than ten employees.
The AMTA requires employers to have an employee successfully complete the Health and Safety System Building course (or equivalent) and complete this training as a prerequisite to the SECOR process. Employers must then create, or revise an existing health and safety management system that contains the elements included in the HSSB training.
This is a voluntary program. There may be corporations who require bidding contractors to have a valid SECOR. This is not a compliance program.
A SECOR is awarded after a self-audit of the employer’s health and safety management system and a successful review of the audit by the employer’s Certifying Partner.
Certifying Partners are organizations that work with the government of Alberta, to offer the SECOR program. There are several within the province of Alberta, that provide training and audit reviews for the many industries they represent. They may offer slightly different SECOR audit instruments, however they all meet the partnership standards. The AMTA is a Certifying Partner. Once an audit passes the quality assurance review, AMTA will request the certificate from the government to issue and co-sign the SECOR certificate.
Employers always benefit from creating an effective health and safety management system. Employers who achieve SECOR may also qualify for discounts on their WCB premiums.
