Health & Safety

Quantec Geoscience Limited (QGL) is a dynamically growing business in the exploration industry and expanding in a very positive manner.  The management of Quantec is dedicated to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace for its employees. All field personnel receive instruction in the safe operation of equipment and safe procedures as well as advice on appropriate precautions to avoid injury while executing surveys or traveling to or from job sites. Quantec Geoscience works within strict compliance of our client’s heath and safety policies.

Quantec has an established Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee (JHSC), which is led by Dolly Nathan, a full time dedicated Health and Safety Coordinator.

Dolly graduated from Ryerson University with a bachelor's degree in Occupational Health and Safety and is currently working towards her CRSP and her certification in Human Resources through Ryerson University.

She has had three years experience in an occupational health and safety role including extensive experience in program development, training, consulting, coordinating and implementation of safe work practices in both unionized public and private sectors.

Work Experience

City of Toronto Water Supply Division, Ontario Service Safety Alliance, Maple Leaf Foods and other private consulting services.

Quantec Geoscience is dedicated to ensuring our employees are both knowledgeable and trained in aspects of Health and Safety.

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Knowledgeable staff

  • We strive to have our employees as informed as possible in conducting their duties.
  • Training and daily held meetings, generates confidence with each employee and builds within the crew a cohesive unit for a safe and productive outcome.
  • Quantec has world-travelled employees with first hand experience in conducting operations under difficult and harsh conditions, which offers our clients a superior workforce knowledge base.
  • Creates a sound basis on which our clients can have assurance in a project’s safe completion.

Areas of Training

  • All employees participate in: annual WHMIS, Client Startup Reviews, PPE requirements, Company orientation and detailed on-site training relevant to their tasks.
  • Additional site specific training as deemed by our Clients
  • Project Teams have certified First Aid/CPR providers
  • Project Supervisors attend our annual 2-day “Super Meeting” forum for reviews and projections regarding Quantec’s performance over the past year and Management provides the Team with understanding the direction for the coming year.  This style of inclusion is highly beneficial for all participants as it allows interaction and exchange of ideas, concerns, improvements, and goals.  This is a very positive and key event in the Quantec calendar.  
  • Survival Training skills (1 day classroom + 2 days field & overnight exercises)



  • Communications – radios, satellite phone, emergency procedures
  • ATV & Skidoo Certification for Nationally recognized multi-level training; http://www.nationalatvschools.ca/

 

  • Our drivers have taken the Transportation of Dangerous Goods TDG.
  • Certain staff have received Chainsaw handling, Fall Protection, Mining Sector specific education
  • Fire Suppression training to MNR (Ontario) S-102 standard



  • Experienced employees are paired to new recruits for learning the roles and responsibilities.

Joint Health & Safety Committee

  • As mandated by law, Quantec Geoscience has certified members participating in forming our JHSC.
  • JHSC conducts an annual review of our Company Health and Safety Manual.
  • Determines training needs and necessary employee programs required for job tasks.
  • Updated policies or procedures are reviewed and distributed as needed by the JHSC.

Workplace Inspections

  • Quantec is committed to understanding the workplace environment in an effort to improve our employee jobsites.  To this end, we conduct site-visits to formally record positive and negative aspects for identifying & then implementing efficiencies or improvements required for safe operations.
  • Field Supervisors actively participate in reporting environment site conditions; taking necessary corrective action on safety concerns.
  • Informal workplace inspections are conducted daily by all employees and discussed at daily safety meetings to convey issues.

Mandatory Items in the Field

  • Monitoring of our employee’s condition for properly conducting tasks to avoid injury is primary.
  • Daily Safety Meetings (DSM) are held for review of the days project, deployment locations, equipment layout, progress reporting, hot-topic issues/concerns
  • PPE checks
  • Vehicle check
  • Communication protocols for whereabouts, power on/off, field exiting end-of-day.

Summary

At Quantec, every person is a vitally significant component in generating a successful project for both the Client and our Company. To accomplish this end-goal, all participants must function together as a Team in a manner that is both safe and healthy to the individual, others around us, and to the Environment. 

Quantec Geoscience takes very seriously the need to foster a positive company wide attitude both within our workforce and expressed externally with our Clients, regarding Health & Safety. The Health and Safety Department aims to significantly contribute to raising the bar regarding health and safety in the exploration area.

 

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