Please be advised that in order to qualify for the Small Employer program your company may have no more than 10 employees. This number must take into account all staff that are covered under the WCB account. This includes owners, managers, clerical or administrative staff, part-time workers, temporary staff, family members and volunteers.

The process to obtaining a Certificate of Recognition for Small Employers is as follows:

STEP 1 – Be a member or associate member of the Alberta Construction Safety Association.

STEP 2 - Register the company in the Certificate of Recognition program for small employers by filling out the attached form and faxing it back to the ACSA.

STEP 3 - The Owner/or most senior operational person must take the one-day Small Employer Health and Safety Management program on how to build a Health & Safety program.

STEP 4 – The Owner/or most senior operational person must complete the Construction Safety Training System (CSTS) or the Roadbuilders’ Safety Training System (RSTS) inter-active computer-based program. Field employees are strongly recommended to participate in this program.

STEP 5 – The owner/or most senior operational person must be certified in Standard First Aid with CPR. Refer to AOH&S Act, Regulation and Code for the number and level of required certified First Aid trained personnel.

A copy of the First Aid certificate must be faxed to the ACSA as part of the training requirements.

STEP 6 - Build your Health and Safety program using the guidelines from the Small Employer Health and safety Management training manual you received at the course (CD is also available).

STEP 7 – Once you have built your H&S program and have used it for at least three months, fill out the Small Employer Evaluation Tool attaching photocopies of all supporting documentation as requested in the Tool.

STEP 8 - Submit the above package (Evaluation Tool + supporting documentation) to the ACSA for review. If approved, the ACSA will make application to Alberta Human Resources and Employment, Workplace Health and Safety for a Small Employer Certificate of Recognition.

This certification process (Step 8) could take approximately two to three weeks to complete, barring any unforeseen errors and/or omissions.

Note: Although this program is widely recognized, it would be to your benefit to verify that this is the standard required by those you are bidding work to.