Health & Safety
Health and Safety Initiatives
On Site Professional Project Management
Arcis employs Project Managers with many years of local, national and international experience. In addition, their varied backgrounds from working within industry as drillers, surveyors and management, enhance their skills as Project Managers. Their collaborative efforts provide Arcis with great diversity of experience that is evident in products that are provided.
Compliance with HSE regulations
Field HSE Advisors assist Project Managers by performing compliance worksite audits on contractors, worksite hazard assessments, equipment safety inspections, conducting general safety meetings, incident investigations when necessary and continually striving to invoke safety culture on Arcis project sites.
Safety Management System
Arcis is very proud of its Safety Management System and the “safety culture” that has been created as a result of strong support for the program from the President and its Senior Management Team – “Safety is everyone’s responsibility”. An extensive procurement process has been established to classify contractors’ safety management systems. Periodic audits are performed on contractors to verify their compliance. Arcis performs internal audits annually and an external audit is performed every 3 years by a qualified auditor to verify the safety management system. The senior management team visits various project sites at least annually in support of the entire operations team to effectively communicate and listen to any concerns that employees and contractors may express.
Procurement Process
Arcis has established an extensive procurement process for all contractors whereby a pre-qualification questionnaire along with a copy of the safety management system and other pertinent documents such as: Certificate of Insurance, WCB Clearance Letter and Rate Sheet, sample safety forms filled out, etc. are submitted to the Safety Department for review and verification process. Every contractor’s safety program is classified, recommendations are forwarded back to the contractor on items requiring improvement and a report is passed to the Operations Department who may approve the company onto the preferred contractor list.
Final Project Summaries and Reports
Open communication is essential to conducting efficiently operating projects. To this extent Arcis provides daily, weekly and/or monthly reports as per the client’s request. At the end of the project all of the field documents are scanned into electronic format, copied onto DVD and along with copies of the field documents, placed in a presentation binder and delivered to the client.
Onsite Supervisors and auditing
Onsite Field HSE Advisors assist Project Managers in performing various tasks which are fundamental in creating and operating in a safe work environment for everyone involved. The following are some of the tasks performed by Field HSE Advisors:
- Worksite hazard assessments
- Alcohol and drug screening/testing
- Conduct daily and weekly safety meetings with contractors
- Perform equipment safety inspections
- Review hazard and near miss reports, plan corrective actions if necessary
- Conduct incident investigations and prepare reports for Project Manager and HSE Department
- Conduct worksite audits on contractors
HSE Certification and memberships
Arcis is proud to have achieved and maintained the Alberta and British Columbia Certificate of Recognition (COR) since year 2003. In 2005, 2006 and 2008 Arcis has been awarded Best Safety Performer by the Government of Alberta for exceptional safety performance. The criterion to achieve this prestigious award is found by following the link below:
In addition Arcis has received the maximum allowable discount on Alberta’s and British Columbia’s WCB Rate for the last 3 years due to our claims free record.
Member of following industry Associations:
PSAC – Petroleum Service Association of Canada
CAGC – Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors
CSEG – Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
APEGGA – Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
The Vice President of Geophysical Operations actively participates in industry and currently presides as a member of the Board of Directors of CAGC.
Active supporter of the CAPP stewardship program and Safety Stand Down Week
Every year Arcis participates in the industry stewardship program “Safety Stand Down Week” by having Senior Management staff visit various project sites, present industry suggested themes to workers and engage them in discussion on related safety topics. This event is beneficial for all involved as senior management staff is reminded of what their front line workers experience daily and workers have an opportunity to communicate with decision makers.
