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To accommodate the capacity of the small employer, the BC Forest Safety Council has established a self-administered audit process unique to the needs to smaller operations.
The process for obtaining your SAFE Company certification may not be as difficult as you think given the direction and guidance the BC Forest Safety Council can offer.
In order to obtain your SAFE Company Certification, your company needs to go through the following steps:
The registration fee for a small company is $630.00
You can also download a pdf version of the registration form by clicking here
Completed forms can be mailed or faxed to the Council.
Fax: 250.741.1068
Mailing Address:
BC Forest Safety Council
#103 - 65 Front Street
Nanaimo, BC V9R 5H9
Upon registration, all companies will receive a Safety Tool Kit that is a step-by-step process designed to help build a new program or review an existing one. The tool kit also includes a CD with safety forms and templates to help you fill in any gaps you may have in your current safety program.
A company OHS representative from each small employer is required to have successfully completed the SAFE Companies Small Employer OHS Training Course. This course is designed to help develop a health and safety program, or determine if the existing program is right on track, and evaluate the program using the SEBASE Audit.
More info on training can be found here under Training or by visiting the Council's training calendar. To visit the Council's training calendar please click the button below:
After the training a small company will assess their current safety program against the SEBASE standard. The training provided is aimed at helping you to improve areas of your safety program that need additional work.
Registered companies that have already attended the Small Employer OHS training course, but may still have some questions regarding their health and safety program can benefit from a Safety Advocate visiting their company.
The Safety Advocate will work with forest companies in the following areas:
- Assess current safety programs and practices, and perform gap analyses,
- Assist companies with implementing the Council’s Safety Toolkit,
- Provide understanding toward meeting the steps leading up to becoming a SAFE Company,
- Generally, assist in any way that will facilitate the early adoption of programs and procedures that promote forest worker safety.
More information on Safety Advocates can be found here.
How do I access an Advocate?
In order to access the services of a Safety Advocate, your company needs to be registered in the SAFE Companies Program and a member of your staff has attended the SAFE Companies 2 day Small Employer OH&S Training Course. This is a requirement to ensure that the client company has begun the basic steps of building a health and safety program.
If you are interested in receiving the assistance of a Safety Advocate, please submit a completed application form.
Your company OHS representative that attended the training will perform the SEBASE Audit on your health and safety program and a score with a minimum of 80% overall, and at least 51% on each element will be eligible for SAFE Company certification.
The OHS representative will submit the required audit submission documentation to the BC Forest Safety Council. The BC Forest Safety Council will conduct quality assurance reviews on all audits which includes phone interviews to validate employees responses.
Upon meeting the quality assurance review, the BC Forest Safety Council will make the application to WorkSafeBC for COR rebates on behalf of the company. If the Audit meets the governing body standards, SAFE Company certification will be awarded and feedback on the both the audit report and the health and safety processes it represents will be sent to the company.
SAFE Company Certification is maintained with a renewed every three years through the completing of a SEBASE Audit using their company OHS representatives and a maintenance SEBASE audit in each of the two interim years.
Click here for more information on maintaining SAFE Companies Certification
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Benefits of being a SAFE certified company - LINK |
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The Cost of Unsafe (pdf) - LINK |
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SAFE Companies: Six Month Audit Submission Requirements (pdf) - LINK |
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Request for Extension form (pdf) - LINK |
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SAFE Companies Application Form (pdf) - LINK |
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Guide to SAFE Company Registration (pdf) - LINK |
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Large Company - LINK |
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Booking a Student Auditor - LINK |
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Small Company- LINK |
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Tips for Submitting a Good SEBASE Audit - LINK |
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Independent Companies - LINK |
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Individual Owner Operators (IOO) - LINK |
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Certification Timelines by Licencee - LINK |
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Registration - Request for Status Change Form - LINK |
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List of Certified External Auditors - LINK |
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Auditor Code of Ethics (pdf) - LINK |
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Notice of Audit Activities Form (pdf) - LINK |
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Declaration of Dependent Contractors Form (pdf) - LINK |
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Individual Owner Operator SAFEty Course - LINK |
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External Auditor Training - BASE Audit - LINK |
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Internal Auditor Training -LINK |
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OHS Small Employer Training - LINK |
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Basic Forest Supervisor Course - LINK |
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Large Employer
(BASE) Audit (pdf) - LINK |
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Small Employer
(SEBASE) Audit (pdf) - LINK |
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Tips for Submitting a Good SEBASE Audit - LINK |
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An Explanation of the SEBASE Audit Questions (pdf) - LINK |
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Individual Owner Operator (IOO) SAFEty Log - LINK |
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Safe Companies Update Newsletter - LINK |
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Safety Advocates - LINK |
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SAFE Companies Questions Answered - LINK |
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List of SAFE Certified Companies (pdf) - LINK |
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BC Forest Companies Registered for SAFE Companies (pdf) - LINK |
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Maintaining SAFE Certification - LINK |
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SAFE Companies / COR Rebates - LINK |
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