Essential
The manual, the forms and the guide
A company safety manual customized to your operation and licensed to your company, the core forms package, an implementation guide and one orientation session.
Typically the fit for 1–10 workers.
Occupational health and safety consulting
Safety programs built for the way your crew actually works
Thunderbird Safety Consulting sets up occupational health and safety programs for small and medium employers in British Columbia, and stays on for ongoing support when you need it. Our packages are for forestry, construction, remote and coastal operations, and Indigenous-community employers.
Why It Matters
Why a written safety program is worth having.
Your crew may have the skills and the equipment for the job, but most prime contractors now ask for a written safety program before they will consider a bid.
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Prequalification and Site Access
You may show your manual to the people who check it: prime contractors or owners reviewing you for prequalification or site access, COR or SAFE Companies auditors, and WorkSafeBC officers.
The intake questionnaire asks whether your clients or prime contractors require certification or prequalification documents, so the package fits the work you bid on.
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Your Premium Rate
Good safety records can lower your rate.
WorkSafeBC sets your rate. Read how WorkSafeBC calculates COR incentive payments (checked September 2026).
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A Manual Written for Your Work
We customize your manual to your operation and your worksites, including remote and coastal sites.
It comes with the core forms your crew fills in: hazard assessments, toolbox talk records, incident reports, inspection checklists and orientation records.
How It Works
Four steps from first call to a running program.
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Intake Questionnaire
The questionnaire takes about ten minutes. It asks what you do and how many workers you have, what safety paperwork exists today, what software you already run, and whether your clients or prime contractors require certification. If you do not know an answer, leave it blank.
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We Recommend a Package
We review your answers and come back with a recommended package and a fixed-price quote. There is no obligation.
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Setup
We set up the manual, the forms and the implementation guide in Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or SiteDocs if you already use one. If you have nothing yet, we start on paper and PDF forms, and you can move to software later without redoing the program.
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Ongoing Support
After setup, we offer an annual program review, training matrix oversight, dashboard and report upkeep, and advisory help. Each is in addition to the manual licence.
The questionnaire is the first step, and it takes about ten minutes.
Request the questionnaireOur Packages
Three packages, each built on the one below it.
Certification-Ready
Essential, plus a gap analysis against COR or SAFE Companies
Everything in Essential, plus a safety program wellness check, a written deficiency report and a prioritized action list. The wellness check is a gap analysis against COR or SAFE Companies, and we recommend which one based on your industry and what your client contracts expect.
Typically the fit for 11–49 workers.
Management System
Certification-Ready, plus oversight and reporting
Everything in Certification-Ready, plus exception dashboards and reporting, training matrix oversight, an annual program review and ongoing advisory access.
Typically the fit for 50 or more workers.
Each package gets a fixed-price quote after intake. The quote depends on the risk in your work, the number of workers and the state of your existing program, and the intake questionnaire settles the recommendation. Compare the packages in detail.
Working in forestry, construction or marine? Each has its own page.
Who You Will Work With
Carey Pootlass, Owner and Safety Advisor, Thunderbird Safety Consulting Inc.
Carey has worked in occupational health and safety roles since 2018 and holds:
- National Construction Safety Officer (NCSO) BC Construction Safety Alliance, 2020
- Construction Safety Officer (CSO) ASTTBC Technology Professionals
- Occupational First Aid Level 3 WorkSafeBC, 2024
Thunderbird Safety Consulting is based in Bella Coola, BC, and offers its services to employers across British Columbia.
Straight Talk
What you can hold us to.
You Know the Package Price Before the Work Starts.
We quote package work at a fixed price after the intake questionnaire. There is no hourly meter on package work.
You Run the Program, and Every Record You Create Stays Yours.
The manual is licensed to your company for your own worksites. Your company-specific content and every record you generate with the forms belong to you. If the licence ever ends, your records stay with you.
A Manual Supports Compliance; It Does Not Guarantee It.
A manual on a shelf protects no one. Your company runs the program day to day: holding the meetings, doing the inspections, completing the training and keeping the records. We build the program with that work in mind.
After a Serious Incident, Contact Us Before You Respond.
The same applies when WorkSafeBC contacts you. We will walk you through reporting, the investigation and what an officer will want to see. For a medical or life-threatening emergency, call 911 first.
Where to Start
Start by requesting the intake questionnaire. If you already have a safety program, say so on the questionnaire. The safety program wellness check in the Certification-Ready package measures it against COR or SAFE Companies.