Bid due this week? What clients ask for in a safety package
Most bid and prequalification packages ask for the same things: a written health and safety program, a signed policy statement, safe work practices for the work in scope, evidence that the program is in use, a workers' compensation clearance letter and proof of insurance. The written program, policy and safe work practices can be ready the same day from a template. Records take time to build, and a COR or SECOR comes from a certifying partner after an audit, so be honest about where you are and start the records now.
By Quick Safety Compliance · · 2 min read
What is usually in the package
- A written health and safety program (the safety manual) for the province where the work happens.
- A health and safety policy statement signed by the senior person in the company.
- Safe work practices for the high-risk tasks in the scope of work.
- Evidence the program is in use: hazard assessments, inspections, meeting minutes and orientation records.
- A clearance letter from your provincial workers' compensation board showing your account is in good standing.
- A certificate of liability insurance.
- Sometimes, registration with a prequalification platform such as ISNetworld, Avetta or ComplyWorks.
What you can have ready today
The written program, policy statement and safe work practices. Pick the manual for your province and trade, brand it with the free brand-it step, tailor the responsibilities and routines, and sign the policy. Each manual is $499 CAD and downloads straight after payment.
Alberta Construction Safety Manual
British Columbia Construction Safety Manual
Ontario Construction Safety Manual
Alberta Complete Program
What takes longer
Records only exist once the program has been running. Do not backdate them. Start them now for the job you are bidding on: complete a hazard assessment for the tasks in the scope, run and record a site inspection, and hold and minute a safety meeting. A short, honest set of current records reads better than a thick binder that is obviously new.
If the client asks for COR or SECOR, a manual is the written program the audit reviews, but the certificate itself comes from a certifying partner after it audits your program in action. Tell the client where you are in that process.
If the client uses ISNetworld
Check which written programs the client has marked as required in your account, then add the provincial RAVS programs for those topics at $9 each, or a whole province library. The Alberta Complete Program pairs a manual with the full Alberta RAVS library for $699.
Questions
Will a template manual be accepted?
Clients look for a written program that fits your province and your work and is signed and in use. A template that you brand, tailor and sign is your program. No document can promise a client will accept it, which is why the tailoring and the records matter.
Can I get COR before the bid closes?
Not in a week. COR and SECOR come from a certifying partner after an audit of a program that has been running. The manual gives you the written program that audit reviews.
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