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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Construction Industry
By Mike Davies @ 9:45 AM :: 24 Views

Alberta Employment and Immigrations has just released a publication call Construction Industry. This is one of 18 Alberta publications featuring statistics and information on employers, employment, wages, demographic descriptions of the workplace and industry trends.

Click here for the release

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Thursday, July 29, 2010
ACSA July Newsletter
By Mike Davies @ 8:07 AM :: 52 Views

The July edition of the newsletter is now available by clicking the "Read More.."

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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Alberta’s Auditor-General claims erroneous OHS figures
By Art Riendeau @ 8:10 AM :: 297 Views
Alberta’s Auditor-General claims erroneous OHS figures, which were supplied by the Employment and Immigration department, reinforces his call for improvements.
Merwan Saher, Alberta’s Auditor-General, has acknowledged that in his April 15th report the number of companies with an above-average workplace injury rates was inflated.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Flagperson Apparel Reminder
By Mike Davies @ 9:48 AM :: 48 Views
The Alberta Roadbuilders & Heavy Construction Association and the Alberta Construction Safety Association with Partners in Road Construction Safety would like to remind all flapersons about the required apparel guidelines that can be obtained by clicking the link
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
ACSA Online Newsletter
By Mike Davies @ 7:51 AM :: 202 Views
The Alberta Construction Safety Association is pleased to introduce an Online Newsletter designed especially for our members and associate members. Click on the “Online Newsletter” side bar to view current and past issues in a PDF format.
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Monday, May 10, 2010
BCRSP APPROVES CMP's
By Mike Davies @ 7:08 AM :: 339 Views
Effective May, 2010, The Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals have awarded Certification Maintenance Points (CMP's) to thirty one (31) ACSA courses. This allows CRSP's to participate in ACSA courses as part of their ongoing maintenance requirements.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Partners in Road Construction Safety
By Mike Davies @ 8:16 AM :: 154 Views
The Partners in Road Construction Safety (PIRCS) is set to launch another season of safe driving and road construction awareness with the “Don’t RIP hrough Construction Zones” campaign. The launch is set to roll out on May 11th, 2010 and we’re hoping to reach as many Albertans as possible this year with a very important message.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
OH&S Fatality Report Released
By Mike Davies @ 8:17 AM :: 182 Views

The Government of Alberta – Employment and Immigration - Occupational Health and Safety have released a report involving Two Workers Fatally Injured by Explosion in June of 2006. The ACSA has scanned and reproduced the document as presented for our memberships access. The incident involved welding and a shipping container. To download a PDF copy (7MB) of this report CLICK HERE.

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Monday, March 29, 2010
Government of Alberta - Safety Alerts
By Mike Davies @ 8:20 AM :: 160 Views

Over the summer five incidents at commercial construction sites in Calgary have resulted in two fatalities and shaken public confidence in workplace safety. Hazards concerning the following areas have been predominant in some of these incidents. This ALERT is designed to focus you and your workers on ensuring your site is safe in respect to the hazards in your area. Download the PDF here.

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Friday, March 26, 2010
Living Literacy: A Literacy Framework for Alberta's Next Generation Economy
By Mike Davies @ 8:30 AM :: 91 Views

We are pleased to announce that Living Literacy: A Literacy Framework for Alberta’s Next Generation Economy is now available in English and French online at: http://aet.alberta.ca/community.aspx .

Living Literacy: A Literacy Framework for Alberta’s Next Generation Economy responds to what we heard from you about how to increase the literacy skills of Albertans.  We heard that all Albertans play a role in supporting literacy development in the home, community and workplace.

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