The National Health and Safety Administrator (NHSA)™ program provides entry-level safety training for those who maintain a health and safety system and do not have three years of construction field experience.

If you have three years of construction experience, please refer to the NCSO® designation webpage.

The NHSA™ designation demonstrates knowledge in various health and safety management skills and principles and is transferrable across Canada.

Program requirements for the NCSO and NHSA designations are established in alignment with national standards and may be updated periodically. ACSA reserves the right to modify program requirements, policies, and course eligibility as needed.

Please note that all applicable courses must have completion dates within 10-years of the date of application.

Compulsory Courses (11)

1. Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Legislation Awareness
2. Auditor Training Program
3. Communication & Ethics for the Safety Leader
4. Construction Safety Administration
5. Contractor Management
6. Leadership for Safety Excellence (LSE)™
7. Principles of Health & Safety Management
8. Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) 2015 Train-the-Trainer
9. Worksite Investigation Basics
10. An industry safety orientation (any one of the following):
    • Construction Safety Training System (CSTS) 2020
    • Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST)
    • Electrical Safety Training System (ESTS)
11. Standard First Aid*
    • * Please visit the Minister of Labour’s website for approved first aid training.

Elective Courses (Any 2)

1. Alberta Temporary Traffic Control Train the Trainer (ATTC-TTT)
2. Alcohol & Drugs: Worksite Guidelines
3. Defensive Driving – 3 Demerits
4. Flagger Train-the-Trainer
5. Hazard Management
6. Respectful Workplaces (RW)
7. Scaffolding Awareness
8. Transportation of Dangerous Goods – Train the Trainer (TDG-TTT)
9. Working Around Powered Mobile Equipment (PME)
10. Basic Instructional Techniques (BIT)

*If you have completed third-party courses, please contact [email protected] for further review, as they may be considered toward equivalency.

• Contact:
  NHSA Administrator