Why your safety manual should match your trade
Every Canadian health and safety program is built from the same core elements, but the safe work practices, emergency plans and inspections have to fit the work. A generic manual leaves out the procedures your crews actually need, and a client or auditor reading it next to your scope of work will notice. The difference is large: a construction manual here carries 39 safe work practices, an electrical manual 62 to 68 and an office manual 15. We sell 120 manuals, each written for one trade in one province or territory.
By Quick Safety Compliance · · 1 min read
What stays the same
The program framework: management commitment, hazard assessment and control, inspections, emergency response, investigations, records and the rest. Every manual we sell is organised into the same 12 sections, so the structure is familiar to anyone who has read one.
- 01Management commitment. The signed policy statement, responsibilities and accountability for every level.
- 02Worker orientation and competency. How workers are oriented, trained, assessed as competent and supervised.
- 03Hazard assessment. How hazards are identified, rated and recorded before and during work.
- 04Hazard control. Controls by priority, personal protective equipment and the programs that put them in place.
- 05Codes of practice. Formal written procedures for high-risk work where the trade or the law calls for them.
- 06Safe work practices. Step-by-step practices for the tasks, tools and equipment of the trade.
- 07Inspections and maintenance. Workplace, equipment and vehicle inspections and preventive maintenance.
- 08Emergency response. Emergency plans, first aid, drills and contacts.
- 09Investigations. Reporting and investigating incidents and near misses, and tracking corrective actions.
- 10Program administration. Records, statistics, document control and the annual program review.
- 11Committees and representatives. The joint health and safety committee or representative and how they work.
- 12Visitors, contractors and other parties. Managing the public, visitors, subcontractors and other employers on your sites.
What changes by trade
- Safe work practices: the step-by-step instructions for the trade's tasks and equipment.
- Codes of practice for high-risk work where the trade needs them.
- Emergency response plans for the trade's likely emergencies.
- Inspections and the equipment they cover.
- 52 toolbox talks chosen for the trade.
What changes by province
The legislation the manual cites and the requirements it reflects, such as when a joint health and safety committee or representative is required. Each of our manuals is written for one province or territory; if you work in two, add the same trade's manual for the second one at checkout.
Safe work practices by trade
Questions
We do two kinds of work. Which manual should we buy?
The trade that covers most of your high-risk work. Then add single safe work practices for the tasks it does not cover, at $9 each.
Can I see the list of safe work practices before I buy?
Yes. Every manual page lists its safe work practices, emergency plans, PPE and inspections, with real page images from the file.
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