INITIATIVES

Recent Members

SNOW REMOVAL STANDARDS

Our Snow Removal Standards Committee was formed in 2021 when many years of discussion regarding the challenges faced by contractors turned into viable solutions that a dedicated group of industry experts could work to improve. Over multiple meetings with a variety of our contractor members, we came up with the following ideas to assist members:

Present our members with an offering of best practices i.e., Snow Standards, Snow Log checklist, Sanding Log Checklist, Sidewalk Log Checklist, and general contracts that can be utilized in order to limit snow contractors’ liability and indemnification by service to the recipient. Completed 2022
To pass a bill amending the Manitoba occupier’s liability act by adding a timeline as to when a third-party claimant can report an incident. This will be a similar if not same bill that was passed in Ontario, Bill 118.
To change legislation in Manitoba to classify snow removal equipment as emergency vehicles, allowing equipment to complete their work safely and efficiently. Completed January 2026

Click here to access these snow removal resource documents and check our blog posts for updates on some of these initiatives.

RPM TRUCKING INDUSTRY SAFETY PROGRAM

The Trucking Safety Council’s objective is to provide employers and workers in the Manitoba Trucking Industry with health & safety expertise, training and support within an accessible framework. The goal is to assist your company to create a healthy, safe and productive workplace with an integrated culture of safety. HEAT is proud to be a part of this objective as it allows our members access to a COR equivalent safety certification. This safety program provides initiatives to complete programming, more specific to trucking that allows our member companies to work on Provincial projects without getting COR certified.

HEAT contributes to this initiative by sitting on the RPM Safety Council and providing input and feedback on the programs offered.

Click here to view all courses offered through RPM website https://www.rpmsafety.ca

Professional Truck Training Alliance of Canada

HEAT is pleased to have a seat on the Board of Directors at the Professional Truck Training Alliance of Canada. Being around the table when the future of Canada’s Truck Driver Training is discussed and sharing the perspective of our industry is a responsibility we take seriously and we are pleased to represent our members this way.

PTTAC is the unified voice of commercial truck training in Canada with a mandate to standardize and support programs offered in each province and territory.

The PTTAC’s objectives are to:

make commercial truck driving a recognized Red Seal trade in Canada;
create nationally approved truck training instructor programs;
remove barriers and bring accessibility to funding and tuition for truck training programs; and
ensure truck training schools are standardized and compliant, provincially and nationally.

The PTTAC movement began in early 2022, when a group of like-minded stakeholders connected over a shared vision to see truck driver training be accessible, consistent, and a valued profession across Canada. From that day onward, the PTTAC founders were united in their vision and commitment to make a difference in the industry.