The circle check, step by step
Blake Cowan, NCSO
A circle check is the daily inspection the law requires before you drive. Here is a walk-around order that covers every required system without doubling back.
Field notes
Written from the field rather than from a marketing department. Mostly about what actually happens in a COR audit and why safety paperwork stops getting filled out.
What COR certification actually costs, and whether it is worth it
Blake Cowan, NCSO
What COR certification costs in Canada, why certifying partners mostly do not publish their fees, and the premium refund math that decides whether it pays.
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How to prepare for a COR audit
, updated Blake Cowan, NCSO
How to prepare for a COR audit, from an NCSO who does it for a living: the two forks, a documentation self-audit and a round-the-table crew rehearsal.
Pre-trip inspection: what the law requires, and the defects that stop the truck
Blake Cowan, NCSO
A pre-trip covers 23 systems, and some defects stop the truck where others just get written down. Which is which, how long it stays good for, and a free form.
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What a field level hazard assessment is actually for
Blake Cowan, NCSO
A field level hazard assessment is not just a hazard form. It is how a supervisor gets the crew on the same page and teaches them to see the risk themselves.
What actually happens in a COR audit
, updated Blake Cowan, NCSO
A walkthrough of a COR audit in order, from first contact to the report, by an NCSO who has been on both sides of it. What to expect and what to fix.
Why crews do not fill out safety forms, and what to change
, updated Blake Cowan, NCSO
Crews skipping safety forms is a design problem, not a discipline problem. Five real reasons the cards stop getting done, and what to change first.
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Why we gave the safety app away
, updated Blake Cowan, NCSO
Cor Pathway 360 is AGPL and free forever. Blake Cowan on why the app is not the product, what we give up by doing it, and where revenue comes from.
If one of these posts described your company
Reading it and fixing it are different jobs. We write the program inside the app and keep the evidence mapped to your certifying partner's audit elements, for the work your crews actually do. The templates stay free and ungated whether you ever call or not.