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.
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.