Patrick D, (Pat) Almond

AIM

Develop, implement, and maintain effective health and safety systems

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Author of over 120 health and safety manuals in use by a wide variety of companies, trades, and suppliers.

Prime Contractor or Health and Safety Coordinator/Officer for varied companies.

Alberta Construction Safety Association – Professional Consulting Health and Safety Auditor.

30-year plus record of successful leadership of small/large volunteer and workplace teams.

Success in research and delivery of innovative training and adult education solutions.

EXPERIENCE

Consultant/Educator in Health and Safety Systems, Policies, Practices and Procedures.

Health and Safety Consultant to manufacturers, suppliers and construction companies.

Contract Instructor and Course Material Proof Reader to Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA).

Contract Instructor to Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA).

Contract Course Designer, Writer and Instructor to SAIT Polytechnic, Construction Department.

Handbook author for the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.

Executive Director – Professional Home Builders Institute of Alberta

Coordinated over 60-annual province-wide business and technical courses/seminars.

Researched, designed, wrote/rewrote and delivered various home builder business training courses.

Founding Chair, Canadian Home Buildersâ�� Association – Calgary Region, Residential Safety Committee.

Founding Member Canadian HBA – Alberta/ACSA Residential Construction Safety Steering Committee.

Founding Director Carma Centre for Excellence in Home Building and Land Development.

QUALIFICATIONS
Gold Seal Safety Coordinator (GSC) – Canadian Construction Association.

National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO) � ACSA.

Professional Consulting Health and Safety Auditor – ACSA.

Construction Safety Training System (CSTS – ACSA).
Standard First Aid with CPR.

Instructional Skills Workshop – SAIT.

Basic Instructional Techniques – ACSA.

Certificate in Technical Writing � Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists (ASET).

Certificate in Adult Continuing Education (CACE) – University of Calgary.

Instructor: Skidsteer/Bobcat, Rough Terrain Forklifts and Aerial Work Platforms – Leavitt Machinery

CERTIFIED COURSE INSTRUCTOR

ALBERTA CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ASSOCIATION

Auditor Training Program.

Back Injury Prevention Program.

Basic Instructional Techniques.

Confined Space and Entry Monitor.

Construction Safety Administration.

Fall Protection Awareness (Level 1).

Flag Train-the-Trainer.

Leadership for Safety Excellence.

Managing Worksite Investigations.

Mould Awareness for the Canadian Construction Industry.

Occupational Health and Safety Act Legislation Awareness.

Prime Contractor.

Principles of Health and Safety Management.

Project Safety Planning.

Safe Trenching, Excavation and Ground Disturbance.

Safety Culture � a Road Map to Zero.

Small Employer Health and Safety Management.

Substance Abuse Prevention Program.

Supervisor Training in Accident Reduction Techniques.

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Train-the Trainer.

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
(WHMIS) Train-the-Trainer and Worker Trainer.

ALBERTA MUNICIPAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSOCIATION

Accident/Incident Investigations.

Confined Space Entry.

Hazard Assessment and Control.

Joint Health and Safety Committees.

Occupational Health and Safety Act Legislative Requirements.

Leadership for Safety Excellence.

Overview of Health and Safety Systems.

Prime Contractor.

Safety Inspections.

Trenching Safety.

WHMIS Train-the-Trainer

INSURANCE COVERAGE

Workers Compensation Board of Alberta

Commercial General Liability – $5,000,000

Errors and Omissions – $2,000,000

CANADIAN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
Registered Number: 85927-1504

Certificates of Qualification are available on request.