What BCFED Health and Safety Centre does

BCFED Health and Safety Centre is a non-profit occupational health and safety training organization headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, at 110-4259 Canada Way. Founded in 2001 and affiliated with the BC Federation of Labour (BCFED), the Centre operates with 14 employees under Director Gord Lechner and positions itself as the largest provider of Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee education in BC. Its training catalogue spans mandated OH&S Committee and Supervisor training, Building Psychologically Healthy Workplaces, Young Workers (Alive After 5), an Employment Program, an EAL Workplace Health & Safety Course, and a Migrant Worker Program that has scaled to reach over 70,000 Temporary Foreign Workers in the province.

The Centre's product and technology stack consists of standardized instructor-led OH&S curricula delivered across 350+ scheduled courses at 37+ BC locations, supplemented by In-House Training Sessions for organizations with a minimum of 10 participants. Operational infrastructure includes a Course Registration and Calendar System and a Self-Serve Portal built on Microsoft Power Apps (powerappsportals.com), which handles enrollment and course discovery. Distribution channels are public course calendars, in-house workplace delivery, and digital self-service, with marketing conducted through website, email/newsletter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and community partnerships.

Revenue mechanics are anchored in course registration fees for individual learners and contracted in-house sessions for employer groups, targeted across at least five distinct learner segments: Safety Committee Members, Supervisors, Young Workers, EAL Students & Teachers, and Migrant Workers. No disclosed financials, grants, or pricing schedule were available in the input data. Demand is structurally supported by BC's regulatory requirement for OH&S Committee training under WorkSafeBC, with the Centre's leadership actively engaging on proposed OHS Regulation amendments.

Name

BCFED Health and Safety Centre

Legal name

BCFED Health and Safety Centre

Website

https://healthandsafetybc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BCFED Health and Safety Centre is a Burnaby-based non-profit, affiliated with the BC Federation of Labour, delivering mandated OH&S training across 37+ BC locations and serving Safety Committee members, Supervisors, Young Workers, EAL learners, and Migrant Workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Occupational Health and Safety Training

NAICS

Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519), Technical and Trade Schools (61151)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Safety, Compliance & Regulatory (OSHA/HSE/GxP) Certifications (EDAAANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Skilled Trades, Safety & Compliance Certification Prep (OSHA, HAZMAT, welding, electrical, HVAC) (EDANAIAM)

Keywords

• Occupational health training
• Workplace safety education
• Joint committee training
• Supervisor safety program
• Psychological health safety

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnaby

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BCFED Health and Safety Centre delivers occupational health and safety education programs to BC workplaces, joint committees, supervisors, young workers, migrant workers, and English-language learners. Founded in 2001, it offers scheduled public courses at 37+ BC locations, virtual classes, and customized in-house workplace training, supported by a self-serve registration portal.

Product overview

BCFED Health and Safety Centre is a training and education organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of occupational health and safety programs. The core offerings include OH&S Committee Education, Supervisor OH&S Responsibilities, Building Psychologically Healthy Workplaces, Young Workers (Alive After 5), Migrant Worker Program, and EAL Workplace courses. The organization operates a course registration and calendar platform with virtual and in-person delivery across 37 locations in BC, plus in-house workplace training options. Founded in 2001, the Centre provides prevention through education services to employers and workers throughout British Columbia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BCFED (British Columbia Federation of Labour)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBCFED Health & Safety Centre is an initiative of the British Columbia Federation of Labour. BCFED is the provincial labour federation providing governance and organizational support for the Centre's training programs and operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• St. John Ambulance Canada: National charity providing workplace first-aid, CPR/AED, and mental-health training courses for employers. Overlaps with the Centre's workplace safety training footprint and serves the same BC employer base.
• WorkSafeBC: BC's provincial workers' compensation and OHS regulator that funds prevention and publishes the regulations (e.g., Section 3.27) that anchor the Centre's curriculum. Overlap exists as both an enablement force and a potential direct training competitor.
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS): National Canadian OHS body operating under a tripartite council (government, employers, labour) that develops training courses, e-learning, and OHS resources. Comparable as a federation-supported national OHS training authority with similar tripartite governance roots.
• Canada Safety Council: National charitable organization offering occupational safety training, certification courses, and supervisor/leadership programming across Canada. Comparable as a nationally scoped OHS training body with curriculum overlap in compliance training.

Regional players

• Safety Services Manitoba: Manitoba-based not-for-profit OHS training and consulting provider offering committee training and supervisor programs. Operates the same not-for-profit, single-province training model as the Centre in an adjacent Western Canadian market.
• Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association (AMHSA): Alberta-based not-for-profit delivering OHS training, audits, and consulting to municipalities and workplaces. Directly comparable federation-affiliated model in an adjacent Western Canadian province.

Direct peers

• Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS): Ontario-based not-for-profit health and safety training provider offering JHSC certification, supervisor training, and sector-specific OHS programs — the most direct functional analogue to BCFED in another provincial jurisdiction.
• Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (IHSA): Ontario-focused OHS training and consulting organization delivering JHSC certification, working-at-heights, and supervisor programs. Comparable as a federation-affiliated, not-for-profit safety training body serving a single large province.

Emerging players

• Vector Solutions (formerly SafetySkills / ClickSafety): Large online compliance and safety training platform with extensive Canadian and US course libraries serving enterprises. Represents the digital-first training model that could disrupt in-person OHS training economics.

Others

• BCRSP (Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals): National certification body for the CRSP and CHSC designations taken by OHS professionals — directly upstream of the Centre's supervisor and committee training market and a potential content/distribution partner.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BC-FED-Health-Safety-Centre-150136311675237
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/bcfed-health-and-safety-centre

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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