ON-BOARDING ORIENTATION 2022 - General Orientation

Norpoint Sandblasting & Painting Ltd. is
an industrial sandblasting and painting
company.
We offer shop and mobile services to
clients in Alberta, British Columbia,
Saskatchewan and Ontario, specializing in
 Pipelines (new construction and
maintenance)
 Integrity Digs
 Storage Tanks (internal and external)
 Vessels (internal and external)
 Piping (above and below ground)
 Structural Steel
 Complete Plant and Facility Work
 Blast Recovery System (BRS)
 Wet Abrasive Blasting
FORM-HR-005-ORIENTATION 2017
Company Overview

Welcome to our Team!
We believe in providing a safe,
fun and positive culture for our
workers.
A welcome folder will be provided
at the end of this orientation.
Management and Ownership
Stephen Adams, President
Michael Grand, Vice President
Ryan McNeil, Controller

Our Commitment

Requirements to Perform Prior to Starting Regular Work Duties
Health & Safety Qualifications
Section 6: Applicable Regulatory
Requirements
 OHS Legislation
 WCB
Section 7: Discipline / Enforcement Policies
Section 8: Violence and Harassment
Prevention Plans
Section 9: Emergency Response Procedures
 Alert / Alarm Systems
Section 10: Incident and Near Miss Reporting
Employee Orientation
Section 1: Worker’s Rights
 Right to Refuse
 Right to Know
 Right to Participate
Section 2: Health and Safety Policies and Procedures
Section 3: Health and Safety Responsibilities
Section 4: Task Specific Hazards and Controls
Section 5: Hazard Reporting

Training Requirements
Minimum Shop
Requirements
Field Requirements
The following certifications may be
required for field work:
 H2S Alive
 Fall Protection
 Elevated Work Platform
 Confined Space
 Standard First Aid
 Bear Awareness
 Transportation of Dangerous
Goods (TDG)
Other Training
All workers must have third-
party training prior to operating
a yard forklift.
Supervisor training
requirements are outlined in
Norpoint’s Supervisor Training
Orientation.
All employees must be verified
competent on tasks and
equipment prior to
unsupervised work
Provincially Approved
Construction Association Safety
Training
 CSTS from ACSA (AB)
 IHSA Entry Level Construction
Course (ON)
Includes: WHIMS

Health and Safety
Norpoint expects the following from all its’ employees:
 Ensure personal and co-worker compliance with all applicable HSE standards and policies
 Report any non-compliances, hazards and deficiencies in relation to HSE
 Report all incidents immediately
 Make safety suggestions
 Participate in all forms of safety
 Refuse work which is believed to be unsafe
 Wear all required PPE as laid out by Norpoint and Provincial Occupational Health and
Safety Code (OH&S in AB, OSHA in ON)
 Refrain from causing or participating in violence and harassment
 Work in a manner that will not create a hazard to the health and safety of yourself or
others
 Comply with all legislative requirements while carrying out assigned duties
The responsibilities above may set requirements supplemental to applicable law, however,
nothing herein is intended to replace, amend, supersede, or otherwise depart from any
applicable law.

RIGHT TO REFUSE
All employees have the duty
to and must refuse to perform
any task if believed that
performing the task will pose
danger to themselves and/or
co-workers. For example:
 lack of appropriate PPE
 policies and procedures
 inadequate training
 presence of hazardous
risks and conditions
Work must stop immediately,
and an Employee Work
Refusal Form completed, and
the task investigated.
RIGHT TO KNOW
At any time, workers may review:
 Norpoint’s HSE manual
 Safe Job Procedures (SJP)
 Safe Work Practices (SWP)
 Codes of Practice (COP)
 OH&S Legislation Handbook
 Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS’s)
All safety forms, manuals, procedures,
etc. can be found in the following
places:
 The safety office at the Calmar head
office
 The shop office in Paris, ON.
 All Field Supervisor’s iPads
RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE
Workers have the right to
participate in the decisions
that could affect their health
and safety:
 communicate through safety
meetings
 join the Joint Health and Safety
Committee
Worker’s Rights
Right to Refuse, Right to Know, Right to Participate

All necessary HSE policies and procedures along with safe work practices and safe job
procedures are implemented, available to be, reviewed and are followed. Role specific
orientation will review the relevant safe job procedures. Any and all policies and procedures
can be made available for review, upon request to your supervisor.
All employees are to use proper PPE, and aware of and adhere to Norpoint’s HSE policies and
procedures.
All policies and procedures are easy to understand and clearly connected to operational
effectiveness. If there is change or new rules are implemented, employees are made aware of
these changes once completed.
Rules are reviewed annually at a minimum to ensure compliance and support operational
change.
Relevant safe job procedures are communicated to all employees at their initial orientation and
are available to employees at any time to review upon request to their supervisor
Policies and Procedures

Health & Safety Responsibilities
Norpoint aims to create and continuously maintain working conditions that promote a safe and healthy
workplace, ensuring compliance with the law and best industrial practices.
Current Occupational Health and Safety legislation is always available for easy reference to all
employees in its office and at each work site upon request to your supervisor.
Norpoint ensures:
 All necessary HSE policies and procedures along with
safe work practices and safe job procedures are
implemented, reviewed, and followed
 Only safe equipment and materials are utilized on the job
 All employees use proper PPE, are adequately trained in
HSE and aware of and adhere to Norpoint’s HSE policies
and procedures
 HSE incidents are reported, recorded, and investigated;
corrective actions are implemented, and lessons learned
distributed to appropriate managers and employees
 Risks and hazards are assessed and mitigated or
eliminated, and every reasonable and practical effort is
made to ensure HSE compliance

Task Specific Hazards & Controls
In order to acknowledge all hazards and eliminate or minimize their impact, Norpoint is committed to
conducting hazard assessment and analysis exercises in relation to each job site and operation.
Based on precise details of a job to be undertaken, hazard assessment shall consider hazards
associated with use and handling of items, materials, equipment, surrounding environment and
conditions, methods of work performance, etc.
Norpoint staff shall perform:
 Toolbox meeting at the beginning of every shift, hosted by the Supervisor, and all
foreseeable hazards will be addressed
 Field level hazard assessments prior to starting any specific job and/or task, then revisited
throughout the day if there are any changes to the task or work area
 Job Hazard Assessment prior to any job/project completed on a client site

Task Specific Hazards & Controls

Hazard Reporting
All workers are expected to participate in the daily Field Level Risk Assessment, Toolbox and
ongoing Hazard Assessment process.
Responsibility for conducting hazard assessments and analysis and identifying all existing and
potential hazards to workers lies with management (immediate job supervisors) and designated
personnel (Safety Coordinator).
The Safety Coordinator performs hazard assessments,
inspections and analysis and outlines required follow-up
actions and recommendations.
The findings and recommendations are reviewed and
implemented by the Operations Manager.
All Hazard Assessments are documented on the forms
provided, and the hazard assessment and analysis results
are immediately reviewed with all affected workers by the
immediate Supervisor.

Applicable Regulatory
Requirements
At a minimum, Norpoint will review the safety manual to ensure compliance with the Provincial
Occupational Health & Safety Codes.
The Safety Manager will ensure changes are made in a timely manner, should there
be a change in the code that effects the contents of this manual.
All Norpoint employee’s are required to report to their Supervisor all incidents as soon as is
reasonably possible, but no later than 24 hours following the occurrence.
Incidents which result in a personal injury causing lost time beyond the day
of the injury must be reported to WCB or WSIB within 72 hours.

General Norpoint Rules
 Safety boots and eyewear must be worn at all times in all required areas of the Norpoint yard
and on client sites where required
 All incidents, unsafe acts, unsafe/harmful working conditions, and all non-compliances must be
reported to a supervisor and/or management
 All work must be performed in accordance with Norpoint’s Safe Work Practices (SWP’s), Safe
Job Procedures (SJP’s), and Government Legislation
 The following is prohibited on all Norpoint and Client worksites:
• Possession or consumption of alcohol, drugs or unreported impairment causing prescription drugs
• Possession of firearms
• Possession of knives for the purpose of causing harm
• Fighting, horseplay and practical jokes
• Theft or vandalism
• Damaging, disabling or interfering with the safety of firefighting or first aid equipment
• Arriving at work or remaining at work when your ability to perform your job safely is impaired
• Smoking except in designated areas (outside the lunchroom trailer on Norpoint premises and as
designated by clients when on site)
• Use of cell phones while on the job. Cell phones must not be on a worker while work is being completed

Discipline / Enforcement
Policies
Management ensures that all employees are aware of, understand and abide by the workplace rules
and policies. If an employee does not adhere to Norpoint’s rules and policies, consequences in line
with our disciplinary policy must be enacted.
Disciplinary actions shall be taken for serious
and/or repeated breaches of workplace rules
and policies:
 Verbal warning
 Written warning
 Written warning with suspension
 Termination/dismissal
Factors shall be considered when determining
an employee’s disciplinary action:
 Seriousness of an offence
 Repetition or duration of an offence
 Existence of any prior offences and disciplinary
actions
 Employee response to previous disciplinary
actions and current impending disciplinary action

Violence & Harassment
Prevention Plans
Norpoint does not condone nor tolerate acts of violence or
harassment against or by any employee or manager. Norpoint
prohibits physical or verbal threats, intimidation or violence in
the workplace to minimize the risk of injury or harm.
Management and supervisors are trained in the identification of
workplace violence and harassment and in control measures
associated with undesired behaviours.
Workplace violence and harassment will be reported,
investigated and documented in accordance with company
policy and statutory requirements.

Emergency Response
 Sound the alarm
• Fire – 1 long blast on air horn
• Mandown – 2 short blasts on air horn (repeat if
necessary)
• General Evacuation – 5 blasts on airhorn
 Report to the safest muster point unless given
direction by a designate to help with scene
management
 Designates must clear the area and shut down
all equipment
 Designates will commence a head count. Stay
at muster point until management gives the okay
to head back
 Incident reports and witness statements must be
obtained from all affected workers
 Call immediate Supervisor or a Manager when
safe to do so
In the event of an emergency:
All emergency response plans can be
found inside the shop office in a red folder
posted on the wall. Emergency contact
numbers are located inside the folder and
posted on the wall.
All workers who are emergency
responders will be trained on Norpoint’s
procedures and obtain first aid training.
All Norpoint Field Supervisors are trained
in first aid.
Procedures

Office Trailer Compressor
Gate FEFA FE
FE
FE FE FE
FE
FA FE FE
Pad
FE
Muster point #1
Designated smoking area FE
FE
Storage Storage
Seacan Trailer
Gate FE FE Muster Point #2
FA
Bootroom T hi
nner Shed
FE FE FE
Employee Parking
Fence Line
Fence Line
Office
Trailer
Tent
Maintenance Shop Concrete
Apron
Lunchroom
Tent
Storage
Seacan
51
Avenue
Pad
Quonset
Main Paint Shop Covered Craneway
Office
Small Paint Shop
Boardroom
Safety
Office
Emergency Response Equipment locations can be seen on the map in red and green.
Muster points #1 and #2 are also noted.
Red (FE) = Fire Extinguishers Green (FA) = First Aid Kits
Emergency Equipment

Incident & Near Miss Reporting
 injuries at work
 damages to property, equipment and vehicles at work
 damage to environment
 near misses likely to cause injuries or damage (unsafe
conditions, situations or events, defective tools and
equipment, potential fire hazards, etc.
 observed non-compliances
All Norpoint employee’s are required to report to their supervisor all incidents and near misses as soon
as is reasonably possible, but no later than 24 hours following the occurrence. The worker and their
supervisor will complete and submit an Incident Report & Investigation Form.
Incident/Near Miss Types
Incidents which result in personal injury causing lost time
beyond the day of the injury must be reported to Alberta WCB
within 72 hours.
The form to be used for reporting to WCB may be obtained from
the office.

Human Resources
All workers must review Norpoint’s Human Resources Policy binder to ensure the policies and
requirements of the company are understood. The policy binder can be found in the Human Resource
Office, Shop Office and Field Supervisor iPad.
 Workplace Anti-violence Policy
 Payment Terms Policy
 Vehicle and Driving Policy
 Social Media Policy
 Mobile Device Policy
 Dress Code Policy
 Absenteeism and Attendance Policy
 Time Off Policy
 COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
 Drug and Alcohol Policy
 Working Alone Safe Work Practice

For any payroll questions, please see Ryan McNeil
Payroll Policy
Your timesheet is your responsibility. It must be legible, filled out properly, handed in on time and fully
completed. If your timesheet is not received on time, there may be delays in your payment.
SHOP – Timecard must be completed daily at the end of your shift and handed into the bin in the Foreman's
office. If your timesheet is not in its proper location, it is your responsibility to hand it into payroll.
FIELD –Timesheets are required to be handed in every Monday. Field Supervisors can submit it on your behalf
on the iPad.
Employees are paid bi-weekly on Friday’s. Cut off is every second Saturday and
payment is for the two weeks prior to the payday.

Timesheets - Shop
1. Write name,
date, the time you
started and ended
work.
2. Fill in all the jobs
completed for the day.
Use the Job #, Load #,
and/or the Unit #
3. Add hours into
the work codes
completed per job.
4. Input total hours,
initial, then drop off in
the bin in the
Foreman’s office.

Timesheets - Field
Job name and number
Example : Academy 19-0228
Hours per each job listed
Job type – listed at bottom of page
Job types
Total hours for day

Payment Terms
Breaks
You are entitled to two
paid 15 minute coffee
breaks and a half an
hour unpaid lunch break.
Overtime
Overtime is paid after 8
hours a day and 44
REGULAR hours a week.
Holiday & Vacation Pay
Vacation pay is paid out every
payday and is 6% of your
earnings for that pay period.
Holiday pay is paid as an extra
3.6% on top of your vacation
pay. This is paid out every pay
period.

TICKETS
Please indicate on the General Orientation Checklist in your hiring
package which tickets you hold that are up to date. (Do not include
expired tickets)
For all tickets claimed, please produce them to the supervisor who
will make copies and give them back.

Indigenous Relations
Norpoint recognizes that we reside and operate on the traditional territories of the Indigenous peoples of Canada.
In Alberta we are honored to be on the land of the Treaty 6 region and the Métis Settlements and Métis Nation of Alberta,
Regions 2, 3 and 4. In Ontario, our office resides and operate on the traditional territories of the Indigenous peoples of the
Treaty 4 region, known as the Haldimand Tract, traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosauonee
peoples. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada and Haldimand Treaties.
Norpoint is a proud corporate member of the Canadian Council of
Aboriginal Businesses (CCAB) and is currently participating in the
Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program as a committed member.
Currently, we have a Joint Venture Agreement with Sunchild First Nation,
as well has a formal engagement with SevGen Consulting, a 100%
Indigenous owned consulting firm to develop and supply training in our
industry directly to First Nation members. Norpoint also works with many of
the nations that make up the Maskwacis first nations community.
Norpoint has a corporate responsibility to answer Canadian Governments
call for Truth and Reconciliation and these relationships are our way of
doing do.
We respect the histories, languages, and cultures of First Nations, Metis,
Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich
our community.

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