Four Key Messages:

1. Regulation of health and safety is needed.2. Regulation must be done provincially.3. Public interest is best served when ALL

who practice in the field are included.4. The path is clearly defined, and the

ASHSP is in position.

ROADMAP TO A PROFESSION

1. ASHSP Background• Who is the ASHSP?• Need for change• Current state • Roadmap Paper – ASHSP Mission• Public Interest

2. ASHSP Progress and Plan• The path forward• Membership criteria• Application Steps• Mentorship program

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

Who is the ASHSP?

An Alberta registered Society seeking to protect the public interest of Albertans

through the regulation of health and safety professionals and practitioners

under law, complete with title and scope of practice protection.

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

MYTHHealth and safety is already regulated.

TRUTHCurrently health and safety is a quasi-profession, with no title or scope of practice protection under law.

• 2017 – 166 fatalities (86 disease, 34 HMV, 46 incidents)

• 2017 – 48,834 disabling injury claims

• 2016 – 144 fatalities (77 disease, 29 HMV, 38 incidents)

• 2016 – 44,964 disabling injury claims2016 and 2017 Workplace Injury, disease and fatality statistics: provincial summary

Alberta Labour

Need For Change

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

Current state

• People practicing out of scope• Confusion over designations• Anyone may represent as a professional• Often the advice of a health and safety

professional is not sought, is disregarded, or is shopped around.

• New legislation for Service Providers• No recourse to address lack of competence, ethics,

or misrepresentation

ALBERTA DESERVES MORE

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

MYTHHealth and safety providers do not cause the injuries. Employer’s often don’t listen and workers make bad choices, so why are we being ‘punished’.

TRUTHEmployers rely on and base important decisions on, our advice. This is about ensuring competency and ethical practice, as well as maintaining public confidence in the profession.

Roadmap PaperDescribes in detail the path to true professional regulation under law.

The Mission of the ASHSP is1. To serve the public interest by establishing the occupational health and

safety (OHS) professions operating in Alberta as fully-recognized professions protected and regulated by law.

2. To work with stakeholders to create the foundation for competent and ethical practice within Alberta.

3. To establish a self-regulatory body within Alberta to provide regulatory oversight for the OHS professions.

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

MYTHS• This must be done nationally by a National

organization.• All jurisdictions must do this together.

TRUTHS• The Constitution prohibits a national organization

from doing this. There needs to be a provincial statute (Act).

• Each jurisdiction must determine when and how to regulate in the interest of their population.

Constitution Act, 1867s.92. In each Province, the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated…

13. Property and Civil Rights in the Province “Property and civil rights” have been interpreted by the courts to include the regulation of professions

What do the following have in common:

• Alberta Law Society• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta• College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta• College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists• Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta• Alberta Institute of Agrologists• Alberta Society of Professional Biologists• Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta• Supply Chain Management Association of Alberta• Alberta Association of Landscape Architects

Public InterestThe primary reason for regulating a

profession.

• protect service users and the public from incompetent or unethical providers of professional service;

• promote quality, efficiency and cost effectiveness in the provision of professional services;

• balance the rights and responsibilities of professionals, service users and the public; and

• enable service users to exercise informed judgment and freedom of choice with respect to the provision of professional services.

Government of Alberta, (1990), Principles and Policies Governing Professional Associationsin Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta: Council of Professions and Occupations

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

Public Interest

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

The public interest is not just an abstract concept.

Suzanne Abele, aged 27August 18, 2011

Chris Lawrence, aged 15July 19, 2014

Michelle Shegelski – Aged 26Eddie Rejano – Aged 39

Brian Ilesic – Aged 35Matthew Schuman - Survived

Michelle Krsek, aged 3August 1, 2009

Lorna Weafer – Aged 36May 7, 2014

Jahryn Kozak – Aged 20December 12, 2004

Fitzroy Harris – Aged 50Thierno Bah – Aged 41February 28, 2014

Public Interest

Victim Impact Statement:

“… my eight year old son can’t tell the difference between his friends and monsters.

He wants to die, he wants to be with his dad.”

…”our whole family is fighting for survival”

Shayne Daye – Aged 27April 20, 2014

Michelle Krsek, aged 3August 1, 2009

Oct/Nov 2018: 8 fatalities in 30 days

• 56 year old fell from scaffold• Worker pinned between

forklift and building• Fall inside chimney stack at

power plant• 19-year old died after a

loading ramp fell on them• 29 Year old crushed between

equipment and a tank• 3 worker fatalities in one

night at cryogenic facility –Nov 5, 2018

Public Interest

Public Interest

ASHSP’s Basic Premise:Competent, ethical health and safety practitioners and

professionals, practicing within the scope of their competency, have a positive effect on the health and safety of working

Albertans, and is in the public interest.

• ASHSP seeks TITLE and SCOPE OF PRACTICE protection.• Registration under POARA provides title protection.• Scope of practice written into OHS legislation.• There is recourse to address those practicing beyond

their competence, unethically, or fraudulently

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

MYTHS

• Business will be against this.• Government will be against this.

TRUTH• Presentations have been made to industry groups,

Labour’s Professional Governance team, and Labour’s OHS Executive. Reactions have been very positive and supportive.

2. ASHSP Progress and Plan

Canadian Occupational Safety 02/15/2019

The Path Forward

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

ASHSP Membership CriteriaFUTURE STRUCTURE

Professional Education:

Experience:

Competency:

Capability:

Practitioner Education:

Experience:

Competency:

Capability:

Field or Administration Education:

Experience:

Competency:

Capability:

Candidate Education:

Experience:

Competency:

Capability:

Associate Does not qualify for

membership, but supports. Eg:

CEO, Director, Lawyer.

Honorary Does not qualify for

membership, but is recognized

for contributions to health and

safety.

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

CURRENT STRUCTURE

Professional CRSP, ROH, CSP, CIH, CMIOSH, CHSCPractitioner ROH, CRSTCandidate NCSO, QSR, HSA, auditorAssociate Does not qualify for other categories,

but supports or contributes. Eg: CEO,

director, lawyer.

Honorary Does not qualify for membership, but

is recognized for contributions to the

field of health and safety.

MYTHS• This is being done promote or exclude (NCSOs,

CRSPs, Hygienists, auditors).• This is being done to prevent provincial mobility.• This will prevent me from doing my current job.

TRUTHS• The public interest is only served when all those who practise

in the field of health and safety are included• Provincial mobility must be allowed – cannot prevent people

from working between provinces, though some requirements may apply.

• Scope of practice means that people may do the work, but will require sign-off by a professional for certain work.

Application to Alberta Labour

Three major steps to the application process:

1. Building Membership

2. Stakeholder Consultation

2. Application Form

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

ASHSP Mentorship Program

Are you new to the field of health and safety?

Are you currently working in this field and want to expand your knowledge to a different area of health and safety?

Starting in March ASHSP will be offering an informal mentorship program to all members!

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program

Why join the ASHSP?

• To show your support for Alberta and Albertans.• To show support for true, professional regulation under law.• To take advantage of the ASHSP mentorship program.• To help elevate the practice of health and safety to the level

it belongs – the professional level.• To improve the health and safety of working Albertans, and

therefore contribute to the public interest.• To help shape the future state through participation and

voting as a member

Who is ASHSP

Need for change

Current State

Roadmap Paper

Public Interest

Path Forward

Member Criteria

Application Steps

Mentorship Program