General Information

Energy Safety Canada strives to satisfy the combined requirements of three provincial jurisdictions. This manual and its associated procedures, guidelines and forms will be reviewed and adjusted as provincial standards change and the COR program evolves. These published documents represent all finalized Energy Safety Canada standards specific to the administration of the COR Program but wherever a topic is not addressed, provincial standards will apply.

• SAC GDL-003 Outlines of Roles and Responsibilities 
• SAC MNL-001 Department Manual
• SAC PRO-001 Glossary of Terms
• SAC CFT-001 Certified Auditor's Agreement
• SAC CFT-002 Code of Ethics for Auditors
• SAC CFT-003 Code of Ethics for Small Employer Certificate of Recognition Assessor 
• SAC PRO-002 MECOR Procedure
• SAC PRO-003 SECOR Assessment Quality Assurance Review  
• SAC PRO-004 SECOR Assessor Audit Registration 
• SAC PRO-005 SECOR Audit Conducted by a SECOR Assessor
• SAC PRO-006 SECOR Audit Conducted by An External Auditor
• SAC PRO-008 SECOR External Audit Quality Assurance Review
• SAC PRO-013 Action Plan
• SAC PRO-014 COR Equivalency (PASE) Program
• SAC PRO-015 COR Audit Quality Assurance Review 
• SAC PRO-016 COR Audit Registration
• SAC PRO-018 Extending Audit Scope to Out of Province Temporary Work Sites
• SAC PRO-019 Extensions
• SAC PRO-020 Injury Management-Return-to-Work Audit
• SAC PRO-021 Limited Scope 
• SAC PRO-022 Maintenance Audit 
• SAC PRO-023  Out of Province COR 
• SAC PRO-024 Roll Up Audit
• SAC PRO-025 Safety Survey 
• SAC PRO-026 Site Specific 
• SAC PRO-027 Team Audit  
• SAC PRO-028 Use of Corporate Audits for COR Maintenance 
• SAC PRO-029 National or International Standard Equivalency
• SAC PRO-030 One Year Certificate of Recognition
• SAC PRO-035 Auditor Prerequisites
• SAC PRO-036 Auditor Certification
• SAC PRO-037 Auditor Recertification
• SAC PRO-039 Use of Corporate Auditors
• SAC PRO-040 On Site Audit Review  
• SAC PRO-041 Auditor Performance Management
• SAC PRO-042 Outline of Roles and Responsibilities
• SAC PRO-050 Audit Protocol Approval and Review
• SAC PRO-051 Audit Sampling
• SAC PRO-052 Auditor Notes
• SAC PRO-053 Verification Audit
• SAC PRO-054 Group Audit of Related Employers
• SAC PRO-055 Standards for Audit Reviewers
• SAC PRO-058 Certifying Partner Review
• SAC PRO-059 Changing Certifying Partner
• SAC PRO-060 Fraudulent Certificates
• SAC PRO-061 Amendment to Certificates

The Energy Safety Canada COR program is dCerticateselivered under the direction of a number of provincial COR program standards. These include:

• Government of Alberta Partnerships in Injury Reduction 

• The Certificate of Recognition Program: Standards and Guidelines (WorkSafeBC)

• A series of Joint Industry Committee documents (WorkSafe Saskatchewan)

Energy Safety Canada maintains a list of all employers that have used Energy Safety Canada as a Certifying Partner and are presently valid COR holders. This list includes COR and Small Employer Certificate of Recognition (SECOR) holders in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and other jurisdictions.  Helpful Hint:  To narrow your search for Energy Safety Canada  and the Government of Alberta COR holders use Control F. 

• Energy Safety Canada COR Holders
• Government of Alberta COR Holders in Alberta (updated weekly)

• WorkSafeBC Searchable Database of COR Holders in British Columbia

For a more detailed, legal breakdown of the roles and responsibilities for all parties involved in the COR certification process, view Energy Safety Canada's Outline of Roles and Responsibilities.

• COR Program Statistics - September 2019 

Info Sessions on COR Audit Elements and Audit Process

An overview on Element B: Formal Hazard & Risk Assessment in the Energy Safety Canada COR Audit Protocol for Energy Safety Canada auditors. It may also be of interest to Energy Safety Canada COR holders uncertain if their hazard and risk assessment systems meet the Energy Safety Canada COR audit standard.

• Info Session on Element B: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

An overview of Element C: Hazard Control in the Energy Safety Canada COR Audit Protocol for Energy Safety Canada auditors. It may also be of interest to Energy Safety Canada COR holders uncertain if their hazard control systems meet the Energy Safety Canada COR audit standard.

• Info Session on Element C: Hazard Control

An overview of Element D: Training in the Energy Safety Canada COR Audit Protocol for Energy Safety Canada auditors. It may also be of interest to Energy Safety Canada COR holders who have questions about COR standards on initial and site-specific orientation, job qualifications, formal and on-the-job training, and competency.

• Info Session on Element D: Training

An explanation of the basic concept behind audit sampling and interview sampling standards. It will primarily be of interest to Energy Safety Canada certified auditors but it may also be of interest to Energy Safety Canada COR holders interested in how auditors determine their interview requirements.

• Info Session on Sampling and the Audit Process: Part 1

An overview of site sampling and documentation sampling standards as well as instruction on correctly scoring observations. It will primarily be of interest to Energy Safety Canada certified auditors but it may also be of interest to Energy Safety Canada COR holders interested in how auditors determine their site visit requirements and how auditors will score their findings in company records and observations during worksite visits.

• Info Session on Sampling and the Audit Process: Part 2

COR Logos

You earned your COR, be proud of it! The logo can be used on your website, letterhead, or other internal documents to demonstrate that you have achieved COR or SECOR status. Please refer to the PDF Guideline document below for proper use and placement of the COR logo.

The COR logo was developed as part of a campaign led by the Alberta Construction Safety Association and other industry safety groups, in partnership with Alberta Human Services. Energy Safety Canada is proud to be a sponsor of this campaign.

Should you have any questions, please call the toll-free COR Call Centre at 1 800 667 5557 ext. 3 or email us at CORInfo@EnergySafetyCanada.com

• Guideline

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