City of Calgary • Water Services Business Unit

Contractor safety orientations. Managed for The City.

Help contracted trades arrive prepared, eliminate repetitive daily briefings for your supervisors, and give site teams a reliable way to verify training in seconds across all water facilities.

Fewer interruptions.

Supervisors stop pausing plant maintenance to deliver the same basic slide briefing whenever a replacement trade worker arrives.

Verified in 5 seconds.

Foremen search a worker’s name or inspect their downloaded PDF pass on any mobile phone or tablet before admitting them to site.

Downloaded PDF pass.

Contractors complete a 15-minute course before arriving and receive an official pass that records completion at issuance for offline dead zones.

The problem with daily contractor orientations.

And why managing it as a turnkey service creates immediate capacity across Calgary Water Services facilities.

The daily reality across City facilities

Repeated briefings and separate arrivals.

Supervisors managing facilities like Bearspaw, Glenmore, and Bonnybrook repeat the same general safety rules every single day.

Separate arrivals: Trade crews arrive at 7:00 AM, 9:30 AM, and 1:00 PM, pulling supervisors away from active plant maintenance.
Replacement trades: When an HVAC tech or pipefitter calls in sick, the backup worker arrives unannounced, requiring another 30-minute slide session.
The internal IT barrier: City IT cannot grant employee logins to hundreds of external trades. Safety teams are forced to rely on paper binders and spreadsheets.
Standby delay claims: When entire trade crews wait at the gate for an unscheduled briefing, the prime contractor bills for idle time.
Result: Up to 2+ hours of supervisor time lost daily to repetitive briefings.
The turnkey solution

We manage the entire orientation for you.

TheEduAssist hosts and manages the service using your approved safety rules, videos, and questions. Contractors complete it before arriving.

Simple access: Contractors enter basic details without confusing account setups.
Downloaded PDF pass: Workers get an automated email with their signed PDF pass to store on their phone or print out.
Dispatcher link: Send a single link to prime contractor project managers, who ensure their entire trade crew is pre-cleared.
Ongoing management: We handle technical hosting, annual renewals, and content updates whenever your safety policies change.
Result: Your team approves the content. We handle 100% of the day-to-day operation.
Evidence of the Solution

See how the service actually works.

A preview of the sample lesson, the supervisor verification dashboard, and the official completion pass.

Sample Lesson • 15-Min Course Bearspaw Water Facility

Lesson: Chemical Alarms & Evacuation Protocol

Contractors watch high-definition video demonstrations with Canadian voice narration explaining facility alarm tones and windsock muster areas.

Applied Knowledge Check:

"If the intermittent chlorine alarm sounds while working near the chemical building at Bearspaw, what is the mandatory immediate action?"

A) Return to your vehicle in the primary parking lot
B) Check the windsock and evacuate crosswind/upwind to the designated muster point
C) Telephone your site superintendent from inside the building

* Workers must score 100% on safety questions before receiving their downloadable completion pass.

Supervisor Dashboard Preview Live Worksite Lookup

Search & Active Verification Dashboard

Authorized City staff can search any worker's name or company to verify completion date, expiry, and course version.

Worker Name Company Course Version Completed Current Standing
Marc Tremblay Apex Mechanical v2.4 (2026) Mar 14, 2026 Active
Sarah Jenkins Bow River Pipe v2.4 (2026) Feb 28, 2026 Active
David Kowalski Western Electric v2.3 (2025) Jan 10, 2025 Renewal Due

* The live dashboard displays real-time standing and flags any worker who has been suspended.

Sample Completion Pass

The Downloaded PDF Pass

City of Calgary Water Services General Contractor Safety Pass
Completed
Worker: Marc Tremblay
Employer: Apex Mechanical Systems Ltd.
Issue Date: March 14, 2026
Validity: 1 Year from issue date
Records completion at issuance. Active admittance is subject to supervisor verification.

Contractors save this PDF on their phone. Foremen can inspect completion details even when working in pump basements with zero cellular reception.

Operational Walkthrough

The Contractor and Supervisor Journeys

Contractor Journey:
  1. Receives orientation link via tender document or prime dispatcher.
  2. Completes 15-minute module on mobile and passes the assessment.
  3. Receives automated email with signed PDF pass ready for site arrival.
Supervisor Journey:
  1. Verifies worker’s downloaded PDF pass or checks name on dashboard (5s).
  2. Delivers essential location-specific tailgate briefing at the plant.
  3. Directs crew to active work with zero orientation downtime.

* Completing orientation is a prerequisite verification. The City retains full authority regarding actual site admittance.

Scope & Support Standards

Clear service boundaries.

What is included in the setup, ongoing management, support hours, and offboarding.

Setup & Production Scope

Includes ingestion of your existing slide decks and rules, professional scriptwriting, studio Canadian voice narration, assessment design, and dashboard setup.

Go-live ready in 14 business days.

Included Annual Updates

Up to 4 content updates per year are included at no additional charge (e.g. updating plant muster routes, new chemical rules, or modified PPE standards).

Zero technical burden on city staff.

Support & Response SLA

Dedicated support available Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM MST. Administrative and coordinator inquiries receive a 2-hour response target.

Direct phone & email support.

Unoriented Arrivals Protocol

If an unscheduled replacement contractor arrives without orientation, they complete the 15-minute course on their phone in their truck before gate clearance.

Assessment & Renewals

Completion requires 100% mastery on knowledge checks. Automated 30-day email notifications remind contractors when annual recertification is due.

Data Portability & Ending Service

The City can export un-truncated CSV completion records at any time. If service ends, a complete certified data archive is provided, followed by data deletion.

Turnkey Operation

How TheEduAssist handles the process.

A seamless rollout where your team has zero ongoing technical or administrative worry.

1

You Share Existing Materials

Send your existing slides, SOPs, and facility rules. Takes about 1 hour of your team’s time.

Days 1 – 3
2

We Script, Record & Host

We author the 15-min module, record Canadian voiceover, configure tests, and set up Canadian cloud hosting.

Days 4 – 10 (100% on Us)
3

Your Team Reviews & Approves

Your safety leads test the completed course and approve the final content. Takes ~15 minutes.

Days 11 – 12
4

Live Gate Verification

Foremen check passes in seconds. Supervisors stay focused on site safety.

Day 14 (Live & Running)
Privacy & Data Governance

Aligned with Alberta's Protection of Privacy Act (POPA)

Factual data residency, encryption, and access controls tailored for City of Calgary information governance.

Canadian Sovereign Cloud

All contractor records and verification logs are stored exclusively within Canadian data centers (AWS Canada Central / Google Cloud Toronto/Montreal).

Encryption Standards

Data is protected with TLS 1.3 encryption in transit and AES-256 encryption at rest, meeting municipal security benchmarks.

Configurable Retention

Retention schedules are configured to match City of Calgary bylaws. Records are archived or deleted according to agreed agency policy.

PIA Support Process

We provide full system documentation and data-flow diagrams to support your City Privacy Officer during the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) prior to launch.

Ready to simplify contractor orientations?

Book your demo with our public sector lead. We'll show you how a managed orientation service releases capacity across Calgary Water Services.

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