Publications

STANDATA : elevating devices safety

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Elevating Devices STANDATA, developed jointly by Alberta Municipal Affairs and the Safety Codes Council, contain interpretations, clarifications, recommended practices or province-wide variances... More ≫

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Elevating Devices STANDATA, developed jointly by Alberta Municipal Affairs and the Safety Codes Council, contain interpretations, clarifications, recommended practices or province-wide variances on codes and standards matters related to the Safety Codes Act.

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Alberta Community Resilience Program - fact sheet

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The Alberta Community Resilience Program (ACRP) supports municipalities in the development of long-term resilience to flood and drought events, while supporting integrated planning and healthy,... More ≫

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The Alberta Community Resilience Program (ACRP) supports municipalities in the development of long-term resilience to flood and drought events, while supporting integrated planning and healthy, functioning watersheds. This fact sheet present the approved grants.

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STANDATA : fire code approved guideline [2014]

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Safety bulletins regarding fire safety standards

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STANDATA : private sewage systems information bulletin

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Private Sewage STANDATA, developed jointly by Alberta Municipal Affairs and the Safety Codes Council, are information bulletins containing interpretations, clarifications, recommended practices or... More ≫

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Private Sewage STANDATA, developed jointly by Alberta Municipal Affairs and the Safety Codes Council, are information bulletins containing interpretations, clarifications, recommended practices or province-wide variances on Codes and Standards matters related to the Safety Codes Act.

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Employer alert : high pressure sales tactics providing misleading information about workplace training

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This alert was released in response to complaints about aggressive, high-pressure sales tactics by commercial providers of workplace safety training for the Workplace Hazardous Materials... More ≫

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This alert was released in response to complaints about aggressive, high-pressure sales tactics by commercial providers of workplace safety training for the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS). It informs employers that there is no requirement to use a commercial training provider or materials created by a commercial company to conduct WHMIS training.

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STANDATA : private sewage systems variance

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Private Sewage STANDATA, developed jointly by Alberta Municipal Affairs and the Safety Codes Council, are information bulletins containing interpretations, clarifications, recommended practices or... More ≫

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Private Sewage STANDATA, developed jointly by Alberta Municipal Affairs and the Safety Codes Council, are information bulletins containing interpretations, clarifications, recommended practices or province-wide variances on Codes and Standards matters related to the Safety Codes Act.

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Best practice - working safely in the heat and cold

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This publication describes the health risks associated with working in extreme heat and cold situations, and suggests reasonable solutions for workplaces. It is intended primarily for people who... More ≫

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This publication describes the health risks associated with working in extreme heat and cold situations, and suggests reasonable solutions for workplaces. It is intended primarily for people who work outdoors in areas such as road paving, construction, forestry, agriculture, ranching, oil and gas jobs, greenhouse or horticultural work, power line maintenance, and outdoor municipal work. This guidance may also be helpful to workplaces that have hot indoor environments such as kitchens, bakeries, pizza parlours, steam presses, laundries, or dry cleaning businesses. Cold indoor workplaces include those that have walk-in freezers, meat processing, or cold storage facilities.

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Alberta asbestos abatement manual [2012]

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Describes the principles to be followed when selecting the most appropriate techniques for the safe abatement of asbestos-containing materials, and presents basic information on asbestos and... More ≫

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Describes the principles to be followed when selecting the most appropriate techniques for the safe abatement of asbestos-containing materials, and presents basic information on asbestos and asbestos products, health hazards, requirements for worker protection, safe work procedures, inspection criteria, applicable legislation and competency profiles for those persons involved in abatement activities.

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Occupational health and safety convictions

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Each annual issue lists companies with occupational health and safety convictions for the year, and includes the date of conviction, incident date and location, total penalty, creative sentence... More ≫

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Each annual issue lists companies with occupational health and safety convictions for the year, and includes the date of conviction, incident date and location, total penalty, creative sentence penalty amount, and recipients of the creative penalty.

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STANDATA : amusement rides information bulletin

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STANDATA are developed and issued by Alberta Municipal Affairs to support the consistent application of codes and standards under the Safety Codes Act. STANDATA are issued as interpretations,... More ≫

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STANDATA are developed and issued by Alberta Municipal Affairs to support the consistent application of codes and standards under the Safety Codes Act. STANDATA are issued as interpretations, variances or information bulletins that may apply province-wide or to specific sites for any thing, process or activity regulated by the Act. This record contains information bulletins on amusement rides safety.

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