Safety Officer

K. TED BELAIR

Alberta, Cell, 780-***-**** acax3c@r.postjobfree.com

SAFETY CONSULTANT

Honest, trustworthy and thorough seasoned Safety Professional, with plus 20 years in heavy equipment

construction industries including; road building, ocean freight transport, refinery and drilling, pipeline, wind

farm erection, high rise and commercial buildings. Proven ability to aid companies in achieving solutions to

reduce personal injury, reduce WCB rates and better manage risks. Provide accident investigation, risk

assessment, training, develop engineering and other solutions to counteract and manage risks, develop

procedures to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety standards and provincial and federal

regulations.

Accomplished Certified Train the Trainer:

Confined Space Entry

Fall Arrest and Protection Transportation of Dangerous

Goods

H2S Alive Principals of Loss Control

Construction Safety Officer

Occupational Health & Safety Loss Control Audit

Compliance, I

Accident Investigation Accident Investigation

Compliance, II

Canada Labour Code Part II Hazard Assessment

Cor Program

Risk Assessments WHMIS Generic

Risk Management WHMIS Specific

Electrical Power Safety

WORK HISTORY

Operation and Certified Train the Equipment Trainer:

Boom Truck

Crane Operator

Fork Lift

Excavator

Bull Dozer

Grader

Bucket Loader

Bob Cat

Snow Plow/Blower

Safety and Compliance Officer/ Safety Manager

Data Wiring Solutions Inc Halifax, NS 2007 2011

An IT company that provided in house cable, internet and phone services. As a sub

contractor to Bell Aliant provided installation of glass fibre cabling, copper splicing, glass

splicing, in the province of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and New Brunswick.

Set up Safety plans in order to meet provincially mandated Occupational Health and

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Safety Regulations Legislation; provided training for approx 120 employees in Nova

Scotia and 20 in Newfoundland, with up to 100 vehicles and 4 boom trucks working in

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

Trained supervised employees in relevant safety courses, did safety meetings, crew

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meetings, inspections, site visits, compliance issues and risk assessments, accident

investigations, recommendations for performance and improvement. Trained in high

voltage and power line safety.

Effectively train in over 30 construction Safety courses

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Worked in every aspect of safety on land and water as a Safety Professional for many

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years

Operated all types of heavy equipment including Snow blowers, Tandem ploughs,

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dozers, loaders, graders, front end loaders, for DND.

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Wind Farm Safety and Compliance Officer.

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Worked on wind farm erection sites; my primary job was the safety of all contractors, Crane company’s,

construction contractors, on site evaluation of certifications for all trades, following the General

Contractor’s Program, if there was no program, I would build a program based on the General contractor’s

needs, trained all concerned in the Procedures and Policies related to what the General contractor wanted

on site, Dealt with contractor problems, reviewed all Crane lifts, setups and capacity Charts allowing for

the required safety margins, conducted Safety meetings, Trained all site employees in Electrical safety and

Power Line exclusion zones. Investigated all incidents and made recommendations to prevent

reoccurrence, all the duties of a good safety officer on site.

Safety Manager

AW Leil Cranes and Equipment Ltd Halifax, NS 1997 2007

Largest crane Rental Company with over 100 staff of operators, mechanics and support staff, serving the

Maritimes and the north.

As Safety Manager and certified ISO representative, created planned maintenance, established pre

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operational check lists and made recommendations for purchasing practices for over 100 machines;

ranging from 5 ton groves to 450 ton hydraulic cranes and up to 660 ton conventional cranes, related

rigging, trucks and equipment

Trained operators for all heavy equipment including testing and preparation for licensing with almost

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100% success

Supervised personnel and equipment of crane operation at heavy industrial building sites including oil

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platforms, oil refineries, oil pumping platforms, wind farms and mills; creating pre engineered plans for

near capacity lifts, overall safety of personnel, site safety, and provided equipment testing and

certifications as per government regulations and operational standards

Investigated all accidents to root cause then made recommendations to ensure recurrence was cut and

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training in new procedures and/or safe work practices for all involved was initiated to reduce or prevent

accidents, reduced the cost per hundred associated with Workers compensation to a fraction.

Safety Training and Business Solutions

National Safety Depot Inc. Halifax, NS 1994 1997

As sole proprietor with a staff of 7, provided safety training and auditing for large companies in the

construction, shipping, heavy industry, hospitality and food processing industries

Maintained high standards and ISO certification; provided safety supplies, certified training, program

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development and auditing services.

Developed an audit instrument, approved and adopted by the Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI

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government Department of Labour and Environment

Provided a “Certificate of Recognition”, required by the Department of Labour and Workers’

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Compensation, for companies that required validation of their Health and Safety Systems and Safety

programs, as per the Regulatory systems and standards set down by the Provinces

Set up company Safety Plans and provided training in the plan usage

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Worked for PWGSC writing procedures and Safe work practices for their safety manuals and risk

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assessments for new RCMP buildings and other areas of the government works.

Created Safety plans and held safety meetings for companies who were performing work for the Provincial

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and Federal Governments to ensure sub contractors standard obligations

Completed Hazard / Risk assessments for private companies working on government projects that were

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part of the working documents and bids requirement prior to start up.

Taught Employees of Power Company’s electrical safety for working in and around electrical power and

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high voltage transmission lines and transformer enclosures.

Worked on Nova Scotia Power’s site as the Safety Officer for 6 months while new Coal Shakers were

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installed, with the associated equipment that went along with the equipment.

Erected high voltage transmission towers in close proximity to existing towers.

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Auditor/ Trainer/Advisor

The Nova Scotia Construction Safety Association Dartmouth, NS 1993

A not for profit association that provides education, training and safety standards, funded by industry and

reporting to WCB and the Department of Labour.

Contracted out to provide auditing, advising and safety training

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Liaison between the NSCSA and industry, troubleshooting staffing issues and compliance concerns, also

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looked after the many problem areas in the audit processes.

Won the award of “Auditor Advisor of The Year” for all of Nova Scotia

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Won the WCB plate from Workers Compensation for best managed safety program

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Won the Safety Manual Excellence award for Cape Breton from the Department of Labour

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Took International System Organization (ISO) Management and Auditing put in practice my training on

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my own company which was ISO certified and was audited twice by SGS with no non conformances

EDUCATION

Construction Safety Supervisor Certificate 1993

Nova Scotia Construction Safety Association

Safety Officer Certificate 1991

Construction Safety Association

Highway Motor Vehicle Class 1A Licence

Crane Operator Certificate Class A Licence

Air Electronics, Electrical and Hydraulics Canadian Armed Forces

For the past 2 years I have been working as a private consultant and Safety officer in Alberta with heavy

equipment and a paving company located in Edmonton.

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