1. 2005 Year-End Requirements
Shelley Wall
Safety Safety Groups Program Consultant

2. Scoring Achievement Elements
Year 1 : 20% for implementing the 5 Steps (Managing Health & Safety) for each element
1. Written standard
2. Communication
3. Training
4. Evaluate or have a plan to evaluate
5. Make improvements and/or
acknowledge success
20% x 5 elements = 100%
There are no partial marks or credit for
an incomplete element
Subsequent Years:
Maintenance of elements = 25%
5 new completed elements x 15% = 75%

3. Year-End Reporting Requirements
Complete Year End Achievement Report
by December 15, 2005
Complete Maintenance Report (if required)
Complete Year End Workplace Assessment
good preparation for 2006 Action Plan
Reporting requires a YES or NO
Avoid terms such as ‘In Progress’ & ‘Non-applicable’
Submit 2006 Firm Application Form
Submit paperwork to HCHSA

4. Year-End Expectations
Completion of your 5 H&S Elements
To achieve an element you must
be able to demonstrate:
A written standard for the element
The means by which the element was communicated
That you have provided the necessary training
Evaluate or have a written plan to evaluate
Make improvements and acknowledge success

5. New Year-End Maintenance Report
Maintaining Elements
1. Annual review of standards
2. Revisit communication and which elements need to be communicated again to staff
3. Train new, transferred or returning staff as required
4. Annual evaluation of elements - is it still working, are changes or improvements needed?
New Year-End Maintenance Report
Documentation!

6. Year-end “spot checks”
10% of workplaces selected
Verification of year-end achievement report
Conducted by WSIB
Selected firms notified beginning of February 2006
“Spot Checks” occur from February to August 2006

7. Questions?
Thank you