Become an Auditor

Due to significant growth in the upstream oil and gas industry in Western Canada, Enform has an immediate need to increase the number of External Safety Auditors available in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. This is a prime opportunity to develop your career in this thriving industry.

Enform offers two certification tracks for safety auditors. The first track is for Internal (Maintenance) Auditors that perform maintenance audits only for the company with whom they are employed.

An Internal (Maintenance) Auditor cannot conduct an audit on behalf of any other company or sell their services as a consultant. The second track is for External Auditors that may be hired by companies to conduct their external safety audits. As such, the External Auditor track has additional educational and experience-level requirements.
Track 1: Internal (Maintenance) Auditor Track 2: External Auditor

Prequisite

1. Be employed on a full-time basis with the company that you will be auditing

Prerequisites

1. Hold a certificate, diplomal, or degree in Occupational Health and Safety or a designation as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) or equivalent

2. A minimum of five years experience as a safety professional in the last ten years

3. Complete the online Petroleum Safety Training (PST) orientation course (effective January 1, 2011)

 

Process

  1. Complete Enform's two-day Safety Program Development Course.
    -This two-day course must be completed before you can register for the 5-day Certified Health and Safety Auditor Program.
  2. Complete the Internal Auditor Application and submit it to Enform for review two months prior to the desired course date (application available at www.enformconnect.ca).
  3. Register for the Certified Health and Safety Auditors Program (CHSAP) within four months of the approval date.
  4. Complete Enform's 5-day CHSAP within one year of the approval date. You must achieve at least 80% on the final exam.
  5. Review and sign acceptance of Enform's Certified Auditor's Agreement
  6. Submit a Qualifications Audit to Enform within six months of completing the CHSAP   Your Quality Assurance review score must achieve at least 80%.

 

Process

  1. Complete Enform's two-day Safety Program Development Course.
    - This two-day course must be completed before you can register for the 5-day Certified Health and Safety Auditor Program course.
  2. Complete and submit the External Auditor Application form for review two months prior to the desired course date (application including downloadable Professional Reference Forms are available at www.enformconnect.ca).
  3. Register for the Certified Health and Safety Auditors Program (CHSAP) within four months of the approval date.
  4. Complete Enform's 5-day CHSAP within one year of the approval date. You must achieve at least 80% on the final exam.
  5. Review and sign acceptance of Enform's Certified Auditor's Agreement.
  6. Submit a Qualifications Audit to Enform within six months of completing the CHSAP. Your Quality Assurance (QA) review score must achieve at least 80%.

Applicants who do not register for the CHSAP course within four months, or who do not complete the CHSAP course within one year, are considered to have abandoned the process and must reapply.

Transition from Internal to External Auditor:

1. Complete and submit the External Auditor Application form available at www.enformconnect.ca with relevant certificates or documentation (the Professional Reference Forms that must be submitted with the application are available as a download on page 2 of the application).

2. Complete Enform's Petroleum Safety Training (PST) orientation (CSTS training will be accepted as equivalent)

Maintaining your Auditor Certification

Enform Certified Auditors are required to maintain their auditor certification by:

1. Completing the Certified Health and Safety Auditor Renewal once every three years.

If your auditor certification has expired, the standard allows up to 6 months from the expiry to complete the Auditor Renewal course however, the standard does not allow any new audit registration until recertification is complete.

2. Completing 2 audits or maintenance audit options in the previous 3 year certification cycle.

If this requirement has not been met, the auditor will be required to conduct and submit a regular COR audit within 6 months of the Auditor Renewal course before recertification can be granted.

For more information on the auditor process, please contact a member of the COR team (Toll free) at 1.800.667.5557 option 3, or via email at corinfo@enform.ca.

Frequently Asked Questions

External Auditors calling Enform Program Advisors often ask similar questions; we at Enform try to compile these External Auditor Frequently Asked Questions and answers in our COR articles. 

Use the links to the courses above to find and register for courses. For more information on courses and course registration, please contact Student Services at 1 (800) 667-5557, or via email at customerservice@enform.ca.