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Professional Biography – Wayne G. Pardy, BA, ASC, CRSP

Wayne Pardy is a graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is currently both Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Vice President of Safety and Audit Management Services with Q5 Systems Limited. Q5 specializes in strategic safety management services, consulting, training, and auditing services, as well as audit and inspection management software for environmental, quality, security and health and safety applications.

Holder of an Advanced Safety Certificate (ASC) from the National Safety Council in Chicago, and a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP) he has been a frequent speaker at national conferences and professional development seminars in Canada and the United States, and his work has been featured in international conferences and studies in safety management in Canada, the U.S. and Australia. He has also conducted training, auditing and consulting for business, government and labour throughout Canada for the past 20 years. Since 1999 he has assisted many Fortune 1000 and 500 companies improve and implement strategic safety and audit management systems, facilitated through the wide range of Q5 AIMS audit and inspection software solutions. In addition to his past role as Advisory Board member for the Safety Engineering Technology Program at CONA, Wayne has also guest lectured on safety for the School of Continuing Studies and Professional Development, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Dalhousie University. He is currently a member of both the Board of Directors of the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Safety Association, and has chaired both the Curriculum Committee and Performance Measurement Committee of the NLCSA, and is currently the Chair of the NLCSA Performance Evaluation Committee. Mr. Pardy is also a member of the Minister’s Advisory Council on Occupational health and Safety for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Wayne is also a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) on the development of the first-ever, Canadian Standard for Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems (CSA Z 1000), scheduled to be published in 2006.

He is author of the book, "Safety Incentives . . . The Pros and Cons of Award and Recognition Programs". Published by Moran Associates of Orange Park, Florida, in cooperation with Padro Communications of Washington, DC, the book explores strategies that business, government and labour can initiate to provide positive incentives for improving safety performance, and is the only book of its kind ever written on this subject.

In his introduction to Wayne’s book, F. David Pierce, President of the Society for the Advancement of Safety and Health noted, “The lack of a well-researched and documented discussion of both the global aspects and specific applications of safety incentive programs has been sorely lacking. . . until now. Using a methodical approach, Wayne Pardy has provided the safety community with what will undoubtedly become the authoritative guide to safety incentive programs. Pardy provides a clear formula for success. But one of the major strengths of this book is that it brings together successful concepts and strategies from outside the traditional practice of safety and, using them as support and wisdom, bringing clarity to this highly-debated subject. I am confident that it will redefine and standardize the applications of these still-effective safety tools.”

Wayne has written extensively on safety and quality issues in numerous Canadian and American publications. As past chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for OHS Canada Magazine, and the Contributing Editor for safety management for Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine, he is the 1991 winner of the CSSE President’s Award for his two part series on “Building an Effective Safety System...Key Strategies for Maximizing Resources and Minimizing Losses”. As a contributing author to Industrial Safety and Hygiene News in Pennsylvania, his feature article on Worker Empowerment and Joint Health and Safety Committees won the 1994 American Chilton Editorial Award. This marks the first and only time this award has been won by a Canadian.

As a member of the Board of Advisors to the Safety Compliance Insider, he offers professional, written advice on Bill C-45, OH&S management systems, due diligence, and the Internal Responsibility Systems for workplace safety. As a member of the Board of Advisors to SafetyXChange, he is currently providing safety advice to North American companies through the SafetyXChange online community, where safety professionals can go for new ideas, workable solutions and fresh perspectives. At the centre of SafetyXChange is a Board of Advisors that includes some of the continent's most respected thinkers, industry leaders and policymakers, including Mr. Pardy. The membership of the full Board can be viewed at: http://www.safetyxchange.org/about.php

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