Stakeholder Consultation
To achieve our goals, ongoing stakeholder consultation is essential. We recognize the importance of gathering insights and feedback from a wide range of stakeholders across Alberta, including industry leaders, professionals, and other regulated professions. Consultations will occur on an ongoing, as-needed basis, ensuring that each stage of our development is informed by the perspectives and needs of those directly impacted.
Why Your Feedback Matters
Industry feedback is crucial for identifying workplace safety concerns, understanding operational challenges, and addressing potential barriers to safe practices. Collaborating with established regulatory bodies also allows us to learn from their experiences, avoid common pitfalls, and refine our processes for effective self-regulation.
By engaging with our stakeholders, ASHSP aims to build a robust regulatory framework that supports a safer, more professional OHS environment in Alberta.
Roadmap to a Profession
In 2018, ASHSP published the Roadmap to a Profession – Creating the Alberta College of Occupational Health and Safety Professionals. This publication outlines a strategic framework and discusses the need for occupational health and safety (OHS) regulation in Alberta, detailing steps towards creating a self-regulatory body with legal title and scope of practice protections. The roadmap includes a proposed 10-step process covering governance, ethics, training, competency standards, and collaboration with key stakeholders to enhance the professionalism and public accountability of the OHS field in Alberta.
Complaints & Discipline
The ASHSP Complaints Committee is charged with the duty to receive complaints against members of our organization. The Committee is responsible for the adjudication, investigation, and, where necessary, the subsequent discipline of any Member found to be in violation of the ASHSP Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics. Copies of the Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics can be downloaded below.
To download the Complaint Submission Form, please CLICK HERE.
Code of Conduct
The ASHSP Code of Conduct is the guiding document that outlines the professional expectations for our members. It serves to uphold the integrity of the health and safety profession, emphasizing members’ responsibilities in areas such as professional competency, quality of service, integrity, respect in the workplace, confidentiality, accurate representation, and mentorship. This Code ensures that ASHSP members act in the public interest and maintain high standards in their professional practice.
Code of Ethics
The ASHSP Code of Ethics is the foundational document that outlines the ethical principles guiding ASHSP members. It emphasizes the importance of integrity, public responsibility, and professionalism, establishing standards for members’ interactions with the public, clients, employers, and fellow professionals. This Code aims to ensure that ASHSP members maintain high ethical standards, prioritize public safety, uphold the profession’s reputation, and engage in responsible decision-making in all professional activities.
Join ASHSP today and be part of a pioneering effort to establish occupational health and safety as a recognized profession in Alberta.
Your membership supports the mission to protect public interest and enhance the standards of OHS practice.