certification & integrated management systems
Need expert guidance and industry-recognized certifications? Cortech offers comprehensive consulting services tailored to your specific needs, along with coveted ISO and COR certifications. Our team of experts will help you navigate complex regulations, optimize your processes, and achieve operational excellence.
cor: certificate of recognition
COR-certified employers demonstrate leadership, commitment to continual improvement, and dedication to worker health and safety. Possessing a certificate of recognition demonstrates to your workers, your industry peers, and the public that you value a workplace that is safe and secure from injury, illness, and disease.
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This commitment translates into a safer and healthier workforce and works environment, which helps ensure your workers go home safely every day.
The Certificate of Recognition (COR) is a national standard that provides employers with the ability to assess their Health and Safety Management System. COR is used across Canada and is often a requirement for contracts within both the public and private sector for construction projects. In Ontario, the IHSA has the authority to grant COR.
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History of COR
COR began in Alberta over 20 years ago and is nationally trademarked and endorsed by members of the Canadian Federation of Construction Safety Associations (CFCSA). The Canadian Federation of Construction Safety Associations (CFCSA) works as an umbrella organization for provincial and territorial Construction Safety Associations. The IHSA is a member of this organization which is why they have the authority to grant COR in Ontario.
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Benefits of COR
COR-certified employers demonstrate leadership, commitment to continual improvement, and dedication to worker health and safety. Possessing a certificate of recognition demonstrates to your workers, your industry peers, and the public that you value a workplace that is safe and secure from injury, illness, and disease.
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This commitment translates into a safer and healthier workforce and works environment, which helps ensure your workers go home safely every day.
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Achieve Your COR Certification in 3 Steps
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Pre-Audit Analysis
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COR Program Development
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Audit Preparation
Certificate of Recognition (COR) Maintenance
Achieving the COR Certificate is the easiest part of the COR Standard however, maintaining the program year by year can be a challenge for the majority of organizations. We provide a complete oversight and assist organizations to follow the continuous improvement process.
ISO Standards
ISO9001: 2015
quality management
ISO9001:2015 focuses on a Quality Management System intending to improve the organization’s overall performance and provide services that enhance customer satisfaction and meet applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. One of the benefits of establishing and implementing ISO 9001:2015 is to address risks and opportunities related to the organization’s context and objectives.
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At Cortech, we assist organizations in making a risk-based analysis to identify means that could affect the organizations processes to deviate from their intended outcome. We assist organizations with developing a Quality Management System that is capable to comply with the ISO 9001:2015 standard requirements.
ISO45001: 2018
Occupational Health and Safety
ISO 45001 applies to all organizations that wish to establish, implement, and maintain a framework to have an effective Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The main goal of the ISO 45001:2018 is to prevent injuries and ill health, related to the organization’s activities. ISO 45001:2018 enables an organization to develop an effective Occupational Health and Safety Management System, which will help with eliminating and reducing risks. Overall, to have a safe and healthy workplace and continually improve occupational health and safety performance, organizati ons will need to prevent workplace injury and illness through proactive and protective measures.
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Cortech can support your organization in implementing a program compliant with the ISO 45001:2018 requirements. We will assist in developing or improving the existing health and safety management system and ensure the program is integrated within all levels of your organization.
ISO14001: 2015
Environmental Management
ISO14001:2015 focuses on creating a framework to protect the environment and attain a balance between the environment and the socio-economic needs. This standard has specific requirements to assist organizations to attain the required outcomes of the environmental management systems they set for themselves that include but are not limited to determining environmental legal requirements, compliance, and preparation for emergency response.
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Organizations that wish to improve and maintain an environmental management system that conforms with its environmental policy and requirements should be certified in ISO14001:2015.
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Cortech can assist with certifying your organization for the ISO14001:2015 standard through reviewing day-to-day operating procedures and systems to ensure ISO 14001:2015 standard requirements are met.
integrated management systems (ims)
At Cortech we can assist your organization to compile two or more ISO standards from different areas of discipline to an Integrated Management System (IMS). For example, the combination of ISO9001, ISO14001, and ISO45001. Our Health and Safety Consultants can assist your organization with developing, implementing, and maintaining documents and records for your organization’s IMS.
The ISO Certification Process Addresses the Following​
Gap Analysis
Corrective Actions
Policy and Objectives
Documentation and Directives
Awareness and Training
Internal Audits
Organize a Management System Review Meeting
