Health & Safety
What Are Safe Work Practices (SWPs)?
Written safe work practices (SWPs) are instructions that explain how to perform specific tasks safely and efficiently. This information sheet includes a template for developing your own SWPs.
Safety Talk for Ski Areas: Knee Injury Prevention
At helicopter and snowcat skiing companies in BC every year, a number of workers are injured while skiing runs, commonly resulting in knee ligament injuries.
Safety Talk for Ski Areas: Safe Snowmobiling
This safety talk provides do's and don'ts to help reduce the number of incidents involving snowmobiles.
Safety Talk for Ski Areas: Lift Operators – Preventing Collisions
This safety talk provides do's and don'ts to help workers avoid being struck by equipment, machinery, and people in load/unload zones.
Safe Work Practices for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Tree Well Extraction
This document describes how to safely rescue someone who has become trapped in a tree well.
Safe Work Practices for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Slope Cutting
This document describes the legal requirements for avalanche risk assessment and safety tips for slope cutting.
Safe Work Practices for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Loading/Unloading Equipment into Snowcat Basket
This document describes how to safely load and unload a snowcat.
Safe Work Practices for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Loading/Unloading Equipment into Helicopter Basket
This document describes how to safely load and unload a helicopter.
Safe Work Practices for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Fueling the Helicopter
This document describes how to safely fuel a helicopter and what to do if there is a fuel spill.
Safe Work Practices for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Assisting Fallen Guests in Snow
This document describes how to safely help a guest who has fallen in deep snow.