COR audit readiness checklist (Alberta)
Walk your own program the way an Alberta auditor will, before the auditor does it for you.
- What it is for
- Finding your gaps while you still have time to close them
Free safety program templates
Last updated: Written by Blake Cowan, NCSO
Ten documents, all free, all direct downloads. No email required, no signup, no form. Take them and use them whether or not you ever speak to us.
Each one comes in two formats: a PDF laid out to print and put on a clipboard, and a DOCX you can edit to put your own company name and your own hazards in. Both are generated from the same source, so they say the same thing.
Which guide explains which template
A blank form is the easy half. If you are not sure what belongs in one of these, or what an auditor is actually testing when they pull it, each template has a page behind it that explains the requirement in plain language.
- COR audit readiness checklist goes with what auditors ask for and how to prepare for a COR audit. The Ontario version follows the COR 2020 rules for Ontario.
- Field level hazard assessment card goes with the FLHA guide, and if you are unsure which of the two assessment types you need, formal versus field settles it.
- Formal hazard assessment worksheet goes with job hazard analysis.
- Incident and near miss report and the corrective action tracker both go with incident and near miss reporting, which covers what has to be reported and how fast.
- Toolbox talk pack goes with running toolbox talks.
- Site inspection form goes with safe work practices and procedures.
- Worker orientation checklist goes with worker safety orientation, including what has to be covered before somebody starts.
- Equipment pre use inspection goes with NSC Standard 11 maintenance if the equipment is a commercial vehicle.
- NSC daily trip inspection reference goes with daily trip inspections, and the schedule the unit itself has to meet is the CVIP inspection.
If you run trucks, the thing all of that eventually protects is your Safety Fitness Certificate.
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Field level hazard assessment (FLHA) card
A card the crew ticks off at the tailgate before the work starts: check the hazards, rank them, write the controls, sign on.
- What it is for
- Daily, on site, task and condition specific hazard assessment
Formal hazard assessment worksheet
The program level assessment of a task, with a risk rating and the control hierarchy applied properly.
- What it is for
- Assessing a task once, thoroughly, so the field level cards have something to reference
Incident and near miss report
An investigation form that pushes past worker error to the causes an auditor will ask about.
- What it is for
- Reporting and investigating incidents, near misses and property damage
Corrective action tracker
One register for every action from an inspection, incident, audit or worker concern, tracked to verified closure.
- What it is for
- Proving that what you found actually got fixed, and that somebody checked
Toolbox talk pack, five talks to start
Five short talks written to be read off the page in the yard, with an attendance sheet on each.
- What it is for
- Running a documented safety talk without preparing one from scratch
Site inspection form
A walk around inspection with deficiencies assigned and dated on the same page.
- What it is for
- Documented workplace inspections on your stated frequency
Worker orientation checklist
A specific orientation record that covers what health and safety law expects, not a signature on a generic page.
- What it is for
- Orienting a new hire, and orienting anybody arriving on a new site
Equipment pre use inspection
A generic operator inspection that works across mobile equipment, with a defect and tag out path.
- What it is for
- Operator inspection before equipment is put to work each day
Daily trip inspection (pre-trip)
A fill-in daily trip inspection that covers all 23 systems in the National Safety Code schedule, and carries the minor and major defect list with it.
- What it is for
- The daily pre-trip inspection a driver completes, signs, and keeps in the vehicle
COR 2020 readiness checklist, Ontario
Walk your program against the fourteen COR 2020 elements before the auditor does.
- What it is for
- Finding your gaps against COR 2020 while you still have time to close them
Daily trip inspection, Ontario
The Ontario version of the daily trip inspection, built on Schedule 1 to O. Reg. 199/07, with the report fields section 7 asks for and Ontario's own minor and major defect list.
- What it is for
- The daily inspection an Ontario driver completes, signs, and carries in the vehicle
Questions people actually ask
Do I have to give you my email to download these?
No. Every file on this page is a direct download. There is no form, no signup and no confirmation email. That is unusual in this market and it is deliberate, because a gated link gets deleted from the Facebook groups and forums where safety people actually share things.
Can I put my company name on them and change them?
Yes. That is what the DOCX versions are for. Change the wording, add your own hazards, delete the sections that do not apply to your work, and put your logo on them. There is no licence restriction on these documents and you do not need to credit us.
Will these templates pass a COR audit on their own?
No, and be careful of anyone who tells you otherwise. A blank form is not a safety program. These give you the structure an auditor expects to see, but the content has to reflect the work your company actually does, and your certifying partner has its own audit protocol. Filling these in honestly is most of the work.
Are these specific to one province or certifying partner?
They are written to be generic across certifying partners, because the naming and numbering of audit elements differs between them. Check your own certifying partner's published protocol and adjust. Where a template depends on provincial legislation, such as the orientation checklist or the trip inspection reference, it says so and tells you what to confirm.
What format should I use?
Use the PDF if you are printing it and putting it on a clipboard or in a truck. Use the DOCX if you want to edit it first. Both contain the same content, generated from the same source, so they cannot drift apart.
If you would rather not fill these in yourself
We write the program inside the app and map the evidence to your certifying partner's audit elements. The templates stay free either way.