SAFETY training

We feel the key to providing a safe workplace is training. Training for our staff starts with what we feel are the basics. First aid training is mandatory for all of our staff; this allows them to deal with minor emergencies not only at work but at home for their families and at play on their off time. Our journeyman picker operators are certified under the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act which is a one year (1000 hours and one week home study and four weeks at N.A.I.T.) program. All new drivers are required to do a load securement test to insure a basic knowledge of securing loads. We also do in house training for TDG and WHIMS, so dependent on what we haul, our drivers will know how to deal with their load during the trip and storing the product accordingly. Also, forklift training is available to all drivers because this is necessary to be able to both load and unload their trucks in a safe timely manner for our customers.

What we don’t train in house we contract out such as H2S alive, fire extinguisher training and first aid. Since the new OH & S Regulations ( download-2.5meg pdf file from government site) have come in to effect we have received numerous requests from many companies that we work with for both general and site specific safety orientations. This is not new for us, for example Shell Jumping Pound Gas Plant has done this with us for many years. On an annual bases Shell will come and present an orientation on safety protocol for that specific site. Since 1997 Chariot Express has had an in house safety coordinator, but, at that time safety was not a full time job, that is no longer the case. We now have a full time safety coordinator that only focuses on safety. Our safety coordinator has been trained in;

• TDG as a trainer
• WHMIS as a trainer
• Hazardous Waste Management
• Leadership for Safety Excellence
• Principles of Health and Safety Management
• Back Injury Prevention Program
• Construction Safety Training System
• Supervisor Training In Accident Reduction Techniques
• Legislation Awareness Program
• Confined Space Awareness
• Substance Abuse Prevention
• Basic Instructional Techniques
• Civil Engineering Technology

Our Safety coordinator is also a Certified Peer Auditor through ACSA which enables him to not only do annual in house safety audits he also does safety audits for other companies in the construction industry.

Chariot Express has been and will continue to be leaders in our industry in the ongoing development of our workplace health and safety management system. As new laws and regulations come in to place Chariot Express will continue to meet or exceed these new standards through training, awareness, and implementation of new programs and policies.