PASS’s Corporate Office in Kelowna

Earthquake in Chile

News on Vic Seedwell and Jaime Gutierrez

We are pleased to announce that both Vic Seedwell and Jaime Gutierrez of PASS Indonesia are in good health following the Earthquake in Chile; They were both in Chile working with a client at the time.  Just a few hours prior to the Earthquake, Vic left the Santiago Airport on a flight to Sydney and we were able to get a hold of Jaime in the North of Chile where he resides with his family.  As you may know the areas that were most seriously affected were in the South and Central parts of the country.

Celebrating our 25th Anniversary

We are very proud that over 70,000 workers and their families have benefited from the PASS System over the last 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 the past 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.

Next PASS Master’s Course: May 11-18, 2010

This extensive 6 day course is designed to provide PASS Organizations with Internal Expertise and Independence that will allow them to:
Implement, Establish and Support the PASS Process; Teach the various PASS Courses; and therefore, significantly reducing the involvement
of the PASS Consultant. This Interactive course devotes three days to the PASS Process and four days to the Psychological Foundations of
PASS and the Role of the Internal Consultant. This course is taught by Jim Burns, creator and founder of PASS Inc., in a 'story telling' style
and is focused on 'Safety Leadership.'

Psychological Areas to be covered are: Positive Reinforcement; Learned Helplessness; Conditioning; Motivation; Positive Visible Leadership;
Types of Conflicts; Communications; etc.

Consulting Areas to be covered are: Style Shift Supervision; Project Management; Key Personnel Roles; Role of a Change Agent; etc.

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

When: May 11-18, 2010; this is a 6 day course with evening and weekend work

Where: Kelowna, BC www.city.kelowna.bc.ca
Place: Eldorado Hotel www.eldoradokelowna.com

Participant requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and Leadership abilities
• Good credibility with their organization and Line-Management experience
• Expected to teach, coach and monitor PASS at their site
• Enjoy Team Work and comfortable doing Classroom Presentations
• Exposure to other Safety Systems: both traditional and behavioural/attitudinal systems

Competent with MS Power Point and computer.

Registration or for further information contact:
Claire Burns, Manager - Administration, PASS Inc.

Click to email Claire Burns

p. Toll Free Numbers:
1.800.764.1628 (North America)
1.800.150.682 (Australia)
0.800.446.241 (New Zealand)

Memorial of Dougie MacDonald

We at PASS Inc. would like to extend our heart-felt condolences to the family of Doug MacDonald, known affectionately as “Dougie the Fiddler” among family, friends and fellow miners.  Late last week, we were informed of his passing following a traffic accident on December 26, 2009 in Cape Breton, NS.  Doug attended the May 2008 PASS Masters Course in Kelowna, BC where we and his fellow participants had the opportunity to spend 2 weeks with him.   Doug was a model PASS Masters candidate and a champion of the concept of Safety through Leadership, he will be sorely missed.

Click link to see a video of Dougie playing at the 2008 PASS Masters Banquet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZwKADc13k

Rio Tinto’s Resolution Copper Project: Wins Sentinels of Safety Award, Over 3yrs No Lost Times

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.

Another Great PASS Masters’ Course!

The October course had participants from Xstrata Copper (Kidd Creek Mine, CCR), Xstrata Nickel (Nickel Rim South), Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting.  We were also joined by Mary Burns from PASS Inc. and PASS Consultant - Jaime Gutierrez.  Jaime is from Chile and works with Vic Seedwell’s clients in South America and Spain.

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

List of Participants: Jaime Gutierrez (PASS Indonesia), Bruce Clifford (Xstrata Kidd Mine),
Phil Bulman (Xstrata Nickel Rim South), Rob Winton (HBM&S), Everett Pachal (HBM&S),
Michael Fortin (Xstrata CCR), Harry Whelan (Xstrata CCR), Mary Burns (PASS Inc.),
David Tardiff (Xstrata CCR), Kevin Bichard (PASS Inc.), Gary Willetts (HBM&S),
Larry Edworthy (HBM&S) and Dave Etienne (HBM&S)

Next PASS Master's Course May 11-18, 2010, Kelowna BC, Canada (New Six Day Format)

Indonesia's PASS Web Site

http://www.passindo.com

Xstrata Copper’s Kidd Mine: One Year Lost Time Accident Free: GREAT JOB by ALL

Download Canadian Business Journal PDF Article on the Kidd Mine

Geraint Rowlands has purchased the New Zealand PASS Franchise

Geraint is originally from the UK where he attained a degree in Civil and Structural Engineering. He started his career as a site based engineer and spent seven years in the UK as a structures and roads engineer on mostly civil type construction work.

Geraint Rowlands

Geraint immigrated to New Zealand in 1996 and continued his carer in an office based role with Hawkins Construction and had responsibilities including health and safety, tenders and project support for the commercial construction projects.

In 2002 Geraint started his consultancy business providing safety and construction services including writing safety systems and conducting audits and accident investigations. For the past seven years Geraint has worked with a number of clients in different industry areas included heavy manufacturing, mining, dairy plant suppliers and construction companies. Geraint has also provided training at worker and supervisor level under contact for Site Safe New Zealand, and has trained over eleven thousand people over this period.

Geraint will attend the PASS Master’s Course held this May in Kelowna to acquire specialized training in the implementation and establishment of PASS Process. Geraint lives in Hamilton where he will operate PASS New Zealand from.

Positive Attitude Safety Systems New Zealand (2009) Ltd.

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) above

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

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http://www.adventurewestonline.com

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 Franchise Opportunity

Ontario, Quebec and Maritime Provinces in Canada

If you are interested in PASS franchise opportunities 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