Maintaining your SECOR

Once you have achieved your Small Employer Certificate of Recognition (SECOR) it must be maintained annually with a maintenance SECOR audit. Failure to complete maintenance audits will result in the loss of the SECOR.

Starting in 2025, employers who hold SECOR certification may be eligible to perform formal SECOR Action Plans as a maintenance option instead of submitting a full SECOR maintenance audit for review. 

Please review the Action Plan Registration Instructions for 2025. 

SECOR-holding employers must have completed one full, three-year SECOR audit cycle, hold a current SECOR that was certified based on a 2023 (or newer) approved SECOR audit instrument and be required under the Alberta OHS Act to have a health and safety representative (four or more employees on the companies WCB account).

As with the certification process, you would complete the SECOR Audit Request then the SECOR Audit Submission process using the SECOR Online Tool. The supporting documents should reflect the last 12 months of your safety program activities (i.e. safety meeting minutes, inspections etc.).

When are your Audits due? The month listed on your SECOR is actually your annual due date for your audits, whether its your maintenance audit or recertification. Use that month as a guide to submit your audit through the SECOR Online system.

Resource documents:

• SECOR Audit Conducted by a SECOR Assessor
• Small Employer Audit Action Plan Template
• Government of Alberta | Maintain or Renew a COR
• WSBC Standards and Guidelines