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This year was a unique instance where we have a tie for Regional Safety Committee of the Year.

Congratulations to:

EDMONTON REGIONAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

AND

MEDICINE HAT REGIONAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

Edmonton Regional Safety Committee

The Edmonton Regional Safety Committee held five scheduled committee meetings with an average of 30 members in attendance at each meeting during the 2009 year. New members continue to join each year strongly due to their solid reputation as leaders in the safety community in and around Edmonton.

The committee brought in a guest speaker to their meetings during 2009 to enhance the knowledge of its members. ERSC members also participated in many ad-hoc meetings, including COAA, NAOSH, and the Day of Mourning.

The ERSC has been involved with the Skills Canada Competition since 2004 promoting safety and the ACSA to secondary students involved in the competition. Last fall a number of members made their way to Calgary to assist with the World Skills Competition.

Each year the ERSC produces a poster campaign using an Excuses theme. In 2009 the focus was on Housekeeping. The ERSC is currently finishing their third generic Safe Work Practice DVD.  This one covers Personal Protective Equipment and should be ready soon. The ERSC also produced the ICE card which is available through our materials department.

Medicine Hat Regional Safety Committee

The Medicine Hat Regional Safety Committee held 5 luncheon meetings in 2009 with an average attendance of 19 people.  They also held 10 ad hoc meetings for the Monument repair, Safety City ground repair and Day of Mourning subcommittees.

The MHRSC sponsored an appreciation day for members of the school patrol, which consisted of a day at the movies at the Galaxy Theatre.  Each attendee was provided with a ticket and a goody box containing popcorn, a drink and a Kinder egg. 

The MHRSC posted 30-second commercials on two of the FM radio stations – Rock 105.3, for the younger crowd (18-30) and The Lounge 101.2 for the older set.  Very positive feedback came back from both the community and other regional committee members. 

The MHRSC is actively working on the Day Mourning Monument with needed repairs and are busy planning a special National Day of Mourning Ceremony as it is the monument's 10-year Anniversary.

Brent Kostyniuk

Brent started writing for a student newspaper while taking a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Alberta.  After writing for a number of magazines, Brent began to specialize in construction and oilfield related topics and has been a writer and editor of the ACSA Advisor magazine for over 10 years. Brent has helped out the ACSA with other writing activities over the years bring his unique prospectus and writing style.

Ron O’Neil

Ron has been a director of the Fall Protection Group for over fifteen years which has allowed him many opportunities to work with the members of ACSA throughout Alberta. Ron has worked intensively with ACSA members requiring specialized solutions in fall protection, high angle rescue and confined space extrication. Ron has sat as a member of committees chaired by ACSA as well as others where he and members and staff of ACSA worked side-by-side to improve worker safety in Alberta and beyond.

Dave Hagen

Dave is the outgoing chairperson of the ACSA board of directors. Dave joined the ACSA board of directors in 2000 and has served as the chairperson twice, the first time for a year and the second time for 2 years. Dave is the  environmental health and safety manager for Chemco Electrical Contractors.  Dave develops, researches and implements training programs, job procedures and equipment to increase safety performance in his strive to achieve zero incidents.

Bob Barker

Bob has been employed by the Christian Labour Association of Canada since 1996 as the Senior Training Coordinator.   Bob’s University credentials are in Adult Education and Life Skills, but his passion is safety training. His current primary responsibilities are administrative but he is certified to facilitate several courses and enjoys the opportunity to work in the classroom. Bob has served on various ACSA committees over the years and most recently has been a part of the committee writing the new CSTS course.  Bob also serves on the Construction Owners Association of Alberta Safety Committee.

Peter Dunfield

Peter is a Senior Advisor, External Relations - Safety, Health and Environment with Syncrude Canada Ltd. While his focus on Safety, Health and Environment spans the organization, he has a particular focus on working with groups and stakeholders external to Syncrude. Peter has chaired the Construction Owners Association of Alberta Safety Committee since 1999 and is a board member of the Oil Sands Safety Association and the Heath and Safety Association Network.  Peter has served on the ACSA’s Board of directors executive committee and many of its sub-committees in the development of services and programs for our members over the years.

Marla McCready

Marla McCready….Marla is the Director of the Merit College of Construction in Merits Edmonton office. Marla has been involved in the training and development area with Merit Contractors Association for the past 9 years and has worked for most of those years with the ACSA’s eLearning department distributing the CSTS program to their membership.

ICOM Productions Incorporated is a media development company located in Calgary, Alberta. ICOM has developed a unique perspective for the development of online learning.  ICOM defines itself as a learning company first and a technology company second. This is probably why the ACSA has been working with ICOM for over 6 years.

ICOM’s first project with the ACSA came through the Alberta Roadbuilders' and Heavy Construction Association with the redevelopment of the RSTS program in 2004. 

ICOM was a natural fit when the ACSA decided to create our Loss Prevention and Control for Executives program. The ACSA was looking for a new high impact delivery method for a classroom style training course which ICOM delivered using their education and technological expertise.

The new Construction Safety Training System, CSTS-09, was a massive task on which ICOM partnered with the ACSA.  Building on the experiences of developing the RSTS program ICOM worked with the eLearning department at the ACSA to design, develop and release a world-class online safety orientation product.

ICOM’s laid back but totally professional attitude is very easy to work. The ACSA has always prided itself on the partnerships we have and are happy to partner in ICOM in safety education development. Congratulations to our 2009 partners Award recipient .. ICOM Productions Incorporated.