Every Tuesday – Fall Protection training in Burnaby, BC

The CORE of Fall Protection is taught in our Burnaby training center every Tuesday

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About US

Who We Are

Derek is the founder of We the Safe and has been in the health and safety field for over 30 years. Over these years he has worked in everything from mining to food processing, abatement to sewage treatment. With We the Safe he focuses on all trades that work at heights – his top passion, general consulting and our web store. Derek holds a diploma in adult education, certificates in high angle rescue both industrial and back country. Adult learning techniques are found in many We the Safe services, from orientations to investigations. Derek works with our clients and the We the Safe team to ensure the collective message is understood by all workers that are affected by workplace hazards.
Derek is the guy who has fall protection anchor points on his house and uses them.

If there is a tower crane up in the lower mainland Lien has probably been involved in it or at least knows about it. She has an almost over the top passion for tower crane pre-erection preparation. Lien has over 10 years experience in workplace health and safety including claims management. She understands both what a worker needs and what an employer needs plus can process both. Lien has an attention to detail that has resulted in WSBC orders being rescinded and penalties cancelled.

Lien is the one that is usually a step ahead of the rest. ​

Waleed holds a Registered Occupational Hygienist (ROH) and CRSP designation. His experience comes from working for some of the largest employers in the world, in some of the most technically challenging places in the world. He achieved working at heights compliance in a country that workers had never heard of fall protection or workers rights. Waleed has the ability to research very technical information and filter it into a procedure that a worker can understand and follow. He has a true gift in creating effective documentation. Waleed manages our education services, confined space work and exposure control plans. Waleed understands everything at a level that most cannot understand. He digs deeper and understands better. Waleed is the guy who can see a guitar in the corner, pick it up and play the blues.

Jose is a born adult educator. He has the ability to deliver a message that is understood. His experience is a combination of field and certified. He is often referred to as the “safety coach” thanks to his positive way of dealing with both students and workers. Over the last 15 years Jose has worked both on site and in the background creating procedures and implementing them. Jose has over 1000 hours of instructing in both English and Spanish. In addition to writing procedures, teaching courses and doing site inspection he also manages our site services. Jose is the guy that can get the message across to even the least interested person. He is the calm in any storm.

Ana is a certified Project Manager and Fire Safety Technician. Her experience includes working for large companies in remote areas and providing safety coordination on hi rise projects in the lower mainland. She organizes the entire team at We the Safe. Her email address “QB@” matches her role perfectly. She is the Quarter Back for our team. We cannot score without her first setting us up. Ana uses AutoCAD to create site plans, crane plans and traffic management plans that provide a high level visual of hazards and controls. Her drawings can be found on many of the large projects – look the next time you see one. Ana coordinates all our education and manages our proprietary safety management system – QR Safety. She also manages our web store and our internal database. Most of our Occupational Health and Safety programs will be coordinated by Ana. Ana is the person who retains focus even when excited. When we get excited and forget to think things through, Ana will tell us to think about it and stick to our company values. All of this at the same time as being the one who usually gets the most excited.

Shelley takes care of our products. Our team does assessments, writes procedures, does training and to complete the solution – we also distribute the products needed to control the hazard. She began her career in mining. She was working on the heavy equipment side of a large mining company before transitioning into workplace health and safety in the late 90’s. She specialises in distribution and research. The evolution of personal health and safety has kept her busy reading, testing and listening to customer feedback. Shelley asks the questions that are needed to get the right solution using data gained from researching products. After 3 decades in the business she has experience with the demands from construction, government, fortune 500, fire/ flood, heavy industry, mining, school boards, hospitals, etc. She is a member of Women in Occupational Health and Safety and has taken dozens of manufacturer education sessions. Shelley is the one to call when you cannot find anyone who knows what you want. You don’t need a page number to tell her what you need, she will figure it out by listening and asking smart questions.

Joven is on our web development team. He works closely with our contracted web developers to ensure QR Safety continually evolves, and any bugs are managed in a timely fashion. Joven continually monitors new applications that help the efficiently of our team and for our clients. He takes the dream vision that we have for QR Safety and implements what can be done, while keeping the rest on the back burner until technology has caught up

Sumanjeet obtained her Bachelor of Science degree and then completed the Health, Safety and Environment Compliance program at Langara College. She coordinates all of our educational services as well as the maintenance on our Safety Management Application – QRsafety.com. Sumanjeet is fluent in Punjabi and works out of our Burnaby BC office. Sumanjeet has the gift of being able to stay focused on her tasks. When some of us get worked up, Sumanjeet keeps us on track.

John is one of the We the Safe educators and consultants. He brings decades of hands on experience and education. John has spent years of his life inside confined spaces and more years managing teams that work at heights and confined spaces in multiple countries and industries. John also handles the mock rescue scenarios and some site inspections. He is one of those who has done it and can still do it, probably safer then when he was in his 20’s.

Rob has done hundreds of site inspections. While able to identify hazards and controls, he is also quick to confirm alignment of paper procedures to actual step by step actions. This alignment lets us take a procedure from a theory to an actual, functioning step by step process that uses workers feedback to get full support. Rob is mentoring on tower crane safety and is a big beta tester for new QRsafety.com™ modules.

Shehani is our company accountant. Every day, month and year she makes sure everything we spend and earn is accounted for. The team realises how important this role is every 2 weeks however the payroll is only possible thanks to Shehani’s attention to detail.

Ali delivers the products ordered from We the Safe for local job sites. He is able to get to the right person when the information provided is less then a complete address. Site addresses sometimes seem like a code more than a place, Ali is able to understand and find the site office when no one else can.

Amrinder is one of our QRsafety.com™ software with a service developers. He also works closely on the technical side of wethesafe.com. Amrinder is able to make a screen full of letters and numbers turn into an experience for QRsafety.com™ users. He is part of the team that has created the software that leverages and shares safety knowledge.

Our Vision : Our vision is a workplace with no injuries. We will achieve this by learning, listening, acting, and effectively communicating hazards and risk reduction controls with all workers.

Our Misson: To provide every worker with the knowledge and awareness they need to work safe.

Our Values: 

  • Worker’s safety is #1 – always
  • Integrity – nothing less
  • Passion – workplace safety deserves passionate solutions
  • Complete – nothing less than a complete solution is provided
  • Educate – learn and teach everyday
  • Team – share, help and leverage the team
  • Respect – respect both hazards and people

Our Story

In 1999 a handful of people were introduced to each other.  They all had a background in workplace safety product distribution and shared a passion for helping the users of the products understand how to properly use the gear.  The person who introduced everyone had a mission.  His son had been seriously injured in a workplace fall and he found out the reason was that the employer had no supervision and provided no training for his son.  A plan was made to take the distribution of safety products and combine it with the knowledge needed to use the products properly.  The plan worked and for the next 15 years the group grew until it had offices coast to coast.

In 2014 one of the members of the group from 1999 set out and started We the Safe Inc.  He was introduced to a new group of leaders in safety.  The result is a team that has a very diverse background in education, management, distribution, and web-based applications combined with a common passion for workplace safety.

The bold name clearly identifies the new group.  We believe that all workers need to be aware of the hazards and how to control them.  We take a holistic approach to making this happen.

  1. We provide consulting services that include planning and creating visuals to highlight hazards and controls
  2. We complete hazard assessments and write procedures to perform tasks following regulations, manufacturers instructions and best habits.
  3. We distribute safety products
  4. We train workers, supervisors, and owners on how to work safely and how to manage safety
  5. We perform routine workplace safety inspections complete with suggested corrective actions
  6. We create Occupational Health and Safety Programs for companies to follow

Most of all we love what we do, and our passion is easy to see.  We are an extension of our clients and of every worker that deals with hazardous work areas.