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Next PASS Masters’ Course

May 8-15, 2012

The PASS Masters' Course is designed to provide PASS client organizations with Internal Expertise and Independance that will allow them to Coach and Support the Components of PASS and significantly reduce the onsite involvement of the PASS Consultant. This advanced course explores all of the PASS Components and how these Components are implemented and established in order to improve the client's Safety Culture.

This extensive course encompasses all the PASS training courses and spends a significant amount of time on the Psychological Foundations of PASS and the Role of the Internal Consultant. "New Clients" will find this course invaluable in implementing the PASS System and our "mature clients" will find it to be an essential part of establishing and embedding PASS within their organization. One of the goals for participants is to develop an action plan to enhance PASS and improve the roles of key personnel in supporting the PASS System druing all three stages of its implementation.

Taught by Jim Burns, creator and founder of PASS Inc. (pictured left), in a "story telling" style with focus on the role of Safety Leadership, Decision Making and the new concept of Suplex ®™. Jim is assisted by Marc Patenaude, Senior Consultant (pictured right), who adds valuable insight and coaching to the "breakout teams" during the course and assists the participants in the development of their PASS action plans for their organizations.

Psychological Areas to be covered are: Positive Reinforcement; Learned Helplessness; Conditioning; Motivation; Positive Visible Leadership; Types of Conflict; and styles and platforms of Communication.

When: May 8-15, 2012; this is a 6-day course with evening and weekend reading; candidates should arrive Monday, May 7th, in time for the 6PM Welcome Reception to meet the course instructors and fellow participants

Where: At the Hotel Eldorado (www.hoteleldoradokelowna.com) in Kelowna, BC, Canada (www.city.kelowna.bc.ca)

Please click here to view a short video on YouTube about the PASS Masters' Course and the PASS Process

Participant Requirements

Solid interpersonal skills and strong leadership abilities
Good credibility with their organization and line-management experience
Expected to coach, mentor and support PASS at their site
Enjoys teamwork and comfortable presenting their team’s conclusions
Has a good understanding of and appreciation for Safety approaches and systems

For More information contact:

Claire Burns, Manager Administration
Denise Fortier, Office Manager
1.800.764.1628 (North America)
1.800.150.682 (Australia)
0.800.446.241 (New Zealand)

Click here for the PASS Masters' Course Ad in PDF

Another Great PASS Masters’ Course!

The November course had participants from Xstrata KIDD, CCR and Nickel Rim South, Cementation Canada and USA.
We were also joined by Vice-President of PASS Inc. Bob Marsh and PASS Indonesia Consultant Patrick Monsarrat

The great participation of these excellent candidates made this course one of the best PASS Masters' to date!

List of Participants: Dan Lehoux (Xstrata KIDD), Erwin Ramsay (Cementation USA), Bob Marsh (VP PASS Inc.), Steve Wrixon (Cementation Canada), Andy Saindon (Xstrata KIDD), Steeve Brassard (Xstrata CCR), Matt Alexander (Cementation USA),
Randy Legault (Xstrata Nickel Rim), Patrick Monsarrat (Consultant PASS Indonesia)

Next PASS Masters' Course May 8-15, 2011, Kelowna BC, Canada

NEW!! PASS Masters’ Alumni Yearbooks

Available now for viewing or downloading

November 2011

Xstrata Copper Kidd Mine Wins the John T. Ryan Trophy Three Years in a Row!

2008, 2009 and now 2010

The Kidd Mine in Timmins, ON was awarded the John T. Ryan trophy recently for their exceptional record in Safety by achieving the lowest injury frequency in the underground mine – metals category in Ontario for 2010. The implementation of PASS began in 2007 at Kidd and they have for some time now been operating within the Ownership or most advanced phase of PASS. Winning this award for the province of Ontario represents a significant accomplishment as there are a large number of mines operating in the province and this is the second Ryan trophy in as many years for Kidd mine. We at PASS Inc. would like to congratulate everyone at Kidd for their hard work and dedication to improving Safety in their daily lives.

Xstrata Copper Horne Smelter wins the FJ O’Connell trophy

Their second win in a row!

On June 14^th, the Horne Smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, QC received the FJ O’Connell trophy for achieving the best improved record in Safety in the surface operation, transportation and first metal transformation category. Since 1966, this trophy has been given annually by the Quebec Mining Association and aims at recognizing most improved and best overall mining operations in terms of Safety performance. This trophy is named after Mr. O'Connell ~ a mine engineer known for his remarkable approach towards mine Safety. With their ultimate objective being “ZERO HARM”, this is a demonstration that hard work and efforts from everyone involved produce results that get them closer to their goal.

The implementation of PASS began at the Horne Smelter in September 2007 and they are now entering the Ownership stage of the PASS system. We at PASS Inc. would like to congratulate all of those involved and we wish them continued success.

Xstrata Copper CCR

One Year, No Lost Times!

We began our implementation of the PASS Process at Xstrata Copper’s CCR Refinery early in 2008 and since that time CCR have been great supporters of the PASS Masters course as a tool to train internal PASS experts at all levels of their organization, from the shop floor through first and second line management. This group of Masters is now helping the organization take increasing Ownership in PASS by guiding its development onsite.

Their continued buy in and support for PASS has also been demonstrated by their improvement in Safety onsite. As of March of this year, CCR has just passed one year without a lost time incident which represents over one million hours worked. As they continue to charge forward in setting their own records in Safety they are lead by groups such as Mechanical Maintenance department, headed by Yves Beaudry, Superintendant and PASS Master, with his record setting efforts. This Maintenance group has just surpassed two years without a lost time incident representing more two hundred thousand hours. According to Luc Piché, the Superintendant of Health and Safety and also a fellow PASS Master “this is a remarkable feat considering the maintenance workers exposure and need to controlling high risks, as well as, the factor of having an ageing workforce onsite”.

Please join us in congratulating everyone at CCR for this significant achievement and their continued success in creating a Positive Safety Culture.

Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper Project

Wins Sentinels of Safety Award

We would like you to join us in congratulating everyone working on the Resolution Copper Project for their excellent job done. The Department of Labour's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Mining Association (NMA) have honoured Resolution Copper with a Sentinels of Safety award in the Small Underground Metals category. The Sentinels of Safety is the most recognized, longest-standing award given for occupational safety and is awarded annually to mining operations in various operational categories. To qualify, the company worked over 52,000 man-hours in 2008 without a lost time injury. Resolution Copper was also recognized by MSHA and the NMA in 2006 and 2007 with a Sentinels of Safety Certificate of Achievement in Safety for its outstanding safety record.

"This award reflects the way our staff has embraced being a culture committed to safety, and we're very proud of our employees' collective achievement," said Resolution Copper President and CEO David Salisbury.

Source: http://www.resolutioncopper.com/res/whoweare/281.html

Cementation has worked closely with Resolution Copper Mining at their Resolution Project near Superior, Arizona, since February of 2006. During this time, Cementation USA has worked approximately 500,000 hours without sustaining a lost time injury by carefully considering risks in advance, involving everyone, communicating well and continuously ensuring that everyone is equipped to perform safely. They were recently awarded the 1^st annual Arizona State Mine Inspector’s Safety Award for Zero Lost Times in 2008.

In addition to this honour, on June 19 2009, the Resolution Copper Project (Cementation USA being the major contractor on site) has achieved three years without experiencing a Lost Time Incident (June 2009). This excellent effort represents approximately hundreds of thousands of hours worked on the project to date. Please join us in extending congratulations to the Resolution Copper crew on this outstanding achievement in safe work performance.

Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited owned by Hud Bay Minerals

Best Safety Record in their 80 year history

The implementation of PASS began in May 2009 at Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited in Flin Flon, MB and after attending an introductory session on the PASS System, Brian initially felt that it was too simple of a process to work. Later he realized that it is the simplicity of the PASS System that makes it so effective; Brian said “It is great to see the mining crews having a conversation around Safety prior to going to work underground. They are definitely starting their shift with a more Positive Attitude around Safety and the work they have planned to get done”. The Trout Lake Mine has not had a lost time accident since the implementation of PASS and the overall Organization has the best Safety Record in their 80 year history. They remain focused on Safety through strong leadership by positively reinforcing Safe Behaviours and Attitudes which is critical to any company’s success.

Brian Murphy - Mine Manager, HBMS

Click here for an HBM&S Newsletter highlighting PASS and our involvement onsite

Cementation USA

One Million Man Hours without a Lost Time

In March of this year Cementation USA passed a significant milestone, One Million Man Hours without a Lost Time Injury. Starting in 2006 with the Resolution Copper Project in Arizona, Cementation has worked very hard to establish a Positive Safety Culture and this has been demonstrated by the numerous awards and accolades they have achieved over the last few years. Their commitment to the PASS Process has been shown by their daily participation and development of the PASS components onsite, as well as, through the utilization of the PASS Masters course to train key personnel as internal experts and resources for their organization. Clearly, Safety through Leadership has become an integral way of doing business and is a way of life for both workers and staff onsite.

We would like to congratulate everyone at Cementation USA for achieving this remarkable milestone of One Million Man Hours without a Lost Time.

Please click here to read the full release from Mike Nadon, President of Cementation USA.

PASS Inc. is Pleased to Announce a New Company for providing PASS Consulting Services for Australia

PASS Consulting Services Australia Pty. Ltd. (ACN 146 343 633)

Jim Burns, the Creator of the Positive Attitude Safety System and the Founder of PASS Inc., is pleased to announce that PASS Inc. has granted a License to PASS Consulting Services Australia Pty. Ltd. (PCS Aust) to provide PASS consulting services in Australia. This company replaces PASS Aust. Pty. Ltd. which had its license terminated by PASS Inc. earlier this month (September).

This is an exciting time for PASS Inc. as Jim Burns, Chief Operating Officer, is looking forward to re-launching and establishing the complete PASS System, with all of its components, and presenting PASS Courses to our present clients, some of our old clients and many future clients. Since Jim is constantly refining and developing the components of PASS plus designing new courses and implementation approaches, he is very excited to make them available to our Australian clients. One of these improvements is the PASS Masters’ Course that builds internal PASS expertise for our clients, resulting in greater benefits from PASS, both on the shop floor and in line management, and more rapid organizational-ownership in the PASS System. Jim has been conducting this PASS Masters’ Course in Canada biannually since 2005 with over 100 key personnel joining him from our client sites across North America.

Jim first implemented PASS in Australia 20 years ago, at Peak Gold Mines in Cobar, NSW; since then he has been personally and continuously implementing PASS in numerous operations throughout Australia (HIsmelt in Kwinana [direct smelting plant]; Howick Coal; Weipa Mine; Tahmoor Coal; Southern Aluminium [Wheel Plant]; Hunter Valley Coal; Century Mine [and construction phase]; Comalco Boyne Smelter Development; BHP Petroleum Offshore oilfields [Challis Venture, Jabiru Venture, Skua Venture] and Darwin Regional Office; BHP Transport Darwin and Perth Warehouses; Gordonstone/Kestrel Coal; Kestrel Mine Extension; Hail Creek Coal Mine [and construction Project and expansion Project]; Clermont Coal Mine [and construction Project]; and, WMC - Long / Victor Mines; Nifty Mine and Otter Mine). In addition to his Australian PASS Clients, Jim has implemented and established PASS in dozens of operations in Canada, New Zealand and the USA.

33 Miners Rescued and Reunited with their Families in Chile

Positive Attitude Safety System Inc. (PASS) is proud to have played a small but significant Safety role in the rescue effort recently completed in Chile where 33 miners had been trapped since August in the San Jose Mine (Please Note, this mine is not a PASS Client).

Shown above is the Geotec Boyles Bros. S.A. drilling crew celebrating after the completion of their narrow shaft that was used for the rescue capsule. Each shift, the Geotec drilling crew conducted their PASS Safety Huddles and we are pleased to announce that no one was injured during the urgent rescue effort.

The drill rig and equipment for the rescue was provided by our Chilean client, Collahuasi Mine, whose 8,000 employees and contractors have been benefiting from the PASS System since 2008. It is one of the largest Copper Mines in the world and is situated in northern Chile. The mine is 44% owned by Xstrata PLC in joint venture with Anglo American (44%) and a Japanese consortium (12%).

Positive Attitude Safety System (PASS) is a Leadership Based Safety System providing Consulting Services to over 70,000 workers in hundreds of natural resource operations around the world. Clients of PASS boast of receiving many Safety Awards and achieving the ‘world’s best’ Safety records. The creator of the Positive Attitude Safety System and founder of PASS Inc., Jim Burns, has been providing his expertise for over 25 years. PASS’ corporate headquarters are in Kelowna, BC, Canada with branch offices located in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Chile.

Click here to access a letter from Mick Davis CEO of Xstrata PLC regarding this event and PASS' involvement.

Celebrating over 25 Years

We are very proud that over 70,000 workers and their families have benefited from the PASS System for more than 25 years

In 1985, Jim Burns, the Founder and President of PASS Inc., introduced a basic prototype of what was to evolve into the Positive Attitude Safety System (PASS) to Cominco’s Sullivan Mine. This early version achieved significant results and in the early 1990’s was refined into the Positive Attitude Safety System complete with all key process components and coupled with Jim Burns’ unique implementation approach. However, PASS is also a collaborative process; thus it continues to improve and evolve with innovations from both our clients and consultants. The PASS Safety Leadership Process is based on the concepts of Learned Helplessness, Positive Reinforcement and Intervention Therapy, which Jim Burns studied at the Universities of Victoria and Calgary and later utilized in the fields of counselling and corrections. For more than 25 years, Jim Burns and his colleagues have been working in hundreds of Natural Resource and other organizations throughout the world and have Offices in Canada, Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Chile.

All the Consulting Services regarding PASS were developed, delivered and owned by J.S. Burns Consulting Services (a Sole Proprietorship) until December 15, 1993. On that day, Positive Attitude Safety System Inc. (PASS Inc.), which is a Federally Incorporated Company of Canada (Incorporated on October 27, 1993), purchased all Intellectual Property, Materials and Goodwill associated with the “work and system” of Positive Attitude Safety System from J.S. Burns Consulting Services.

Out of Court Settlement

For the last eight years, PASS Inc. has been pursuing legal action against Albian Sands Energy Inc. and Jeff Stibbard for copyright infringement in the Federal Court of Canada and PASS Inc. decided to accept their out of Court Settlement in February 2009. After the amount of time, energy and costs, it was a difficult decision by the board members to accept their offer, however it was time to get on with business and plans for expansion. We would also like to express our appreciation to our Intellectual Property Lawyer, Bruce Green of Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala.

Jim and Claire Burns and Bernie and John Lawson (Director)

Adventure West: Human Resource Development

Adventure West is an Australian human resource company promoting the growth of PEOPLE. Leadership, team development and facilitation are the key foci. Corporate and cultural change is their passion and they want to be a part of global change.

PASS Inc. highly recommends their excellent services and has been involved with Adventure West and their founder Peter Adamson for almost 15 years. Peter Adamson is in the grey shirt.

Please explore their web site and learn about their organisation by clicking on the link below:
Adventure West: Human Resource Development

Adventure West
PO Box 13
Wembley WA 6014
Australia
p: 61.08.9379.1022
f: 61.07.4955.4587
www.adwest.com.au

Corporate Social Responsibility

PASS is engaged in a number of worthwhile projects, supporting organizations and individuals which share the core values of PASS

Materi Girls Center

PASS Inc. is proud to become a sponsor of the Materi Girls Center located in Meru, Kenya, East Africa (PO Box 194 Meru, Kenya). The founders of PASS Inc., Jim and Claire Burns have been personally sponsoring students at the school for over 25 years. They feel privileged to have been associated with the Center and the director, Brother John Koczka, SC, a Brother of the Sacred Heart.

In 1973, Brother John Koczka wanted to help a handful of girls get enough food to eat so they could stay awake in school. Today, his project, the Materi Girls' Center in Meru, Kenya is changing the lives of 500 school aged children. In addition to programs in formal and informal education, medical care, nutrition, food production, dairy farming and general community development, the center also runs an outreach program helping over 600 undernourished children with Nutrition Clinics and a Mobile Medical Unit. There are also related programs for infants and adults.

Before the center was established there was a 30% child mortality rate in the region. This has been cut to under 6% for the targeted infants, thanks to an outreach clinic run by Kenyan women. The center also dispenses medical supplies to the community.

PASS Geographic License

Ontario, Quebec and Maritime Provinces in Canada

If you are interested in a PASS geographic licenses please contact:

Jim Burns
President & Project Coach
Positive Attitude Safety System Inc.

1490 Appleridge Road
Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada V1W 3A5

Phone: 1.250.764.7048
Cell (North America): 1.250.878.2746
Toll Free (North America): 1.800.765.1628