Regular COR Holders
If the company has more than ten employees or wishes to hold a regular COR, at least one employee MUST participate in the Health and Safety Program Building course.
After completing the required course, the employee returns to their company and implements a health and safety program as per training.
Does your company have less than ten employees and wishes to achieve SECOR? Read more here.
Employers are required to have an External Auditor conduct an audit for certification or renewal of a COR. It is the responsibility of the company to hire the external auditor. The ASC provides a list of certified external auditors to assist with this process.
The completed audit is submitted to the ASC and then sent to the audit reviewer for quality assurance review. This review ensures the auditor has followed the appropriate guidelines and has provided sufficient validation and has conformed to the standards set by Partnerships and The ASC.
- It is mandatory that at least one employee from the company participates in the ASC
Health and Safety Program Building Course - Employee returns to their company and implements a health and safety program as per training.
- The company would then have an audit completed.
- For Regular COR holders, an outside auditor completes an external audit within the company. It is the responsibility of the company to hire the External Auditor. The ASC provides a list of certified External Auditors to assist in the process on this site.
- Completed audit is submitted to the ASC and then sent to an Audit Reviewer for Quality Assurance review. This review ensures the auditor has followed the appropriate guidelines and has conformed to the standards set by Partnerships and the ASC.
- When the audit score meets the 80% set for COR and SECOR Certification Audits, and the quality assurance score meets the 80% standard, a COR/SECOR will be issued to the company. When the company achieves their COR/SECOR, an invoice for the COR/SECOR Annual Maintenance and the Quality Assurance Review fee will be issued along with the Certificate.
- The COR/SECOR is valid for 3 years and a company must submit an audit every year in order to maintain their certification. See “Maintaining COR” for more information.
The COR is valid for three years and in the second and third year, a maintenance audit should be submitted to the ASC on or before the anniversary date in order to maintain current COR status. Failure to submit an audit every year will result in cancellation of the COR and loss of the PIR rebate. The Internal or maintenance audit can be completed by an External Auditor or by an employee of the company after they have participated and passed the ASC Internal Auditor Training course.
Regular COR holders who have chosen to train an employee as an internal auditor are required to send that internal auditor for retraining once every three years. That person
must attend the ASC refresher workshop to receive updates on the program and ensure
the most current copy of the Quality Assurance Manual and audit tools are in use.
Registration Options
Phone: Edmonton: (780) 462-7300 or
Toll Free: 1 (800) 301-6407
Pre-registration is required for all ASC courses.*
