Safety Basics

Safety Basics

Safety Talk for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Operating a Snowmobile

This safety talk provides do's and don'ts to help prevent accidents while operating snowmobiles.

Safety Basics

Safety Talk for Helicopter & Snowcat Skiing Operators: Bobcat Snow Removal

This safety talk provides do's and don'ts to help prevent accidents while operating bobcats.

Safety Basics

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 Basics

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 Basics

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 Basics

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.

Safety Basics

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.

Safety Basics

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.

Safety Basics

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.

Safety Basics

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.