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About Svirchev OHS Management Systems
OHS to Enhance your Business Integrity
We help your company achieve Business Integrity on OHS issues, including Due Diligence and Regulatory Compliance.
As a CIH (Certified Industrial Hygienist), we have 40 Years Experience in primary, secondary, and tertiary areas of the
International economy including Infrastructure Construction, light and heavy Manufacturing, Pulp and Paper, Saw Mils, Health Care, Asbestos Remediation, and Agriculture.
Our methodology is the same for Safety as it is for Disease Prevention: Hazard Identification →Risk Assessment → Control Measures by the Hierarchy of Controls → Step-by-Step Safe Work Procedures → Training.
-We Solve Problems Cleanly and Elegantly according to national and international Standards.
-Based in the Vancouver, Canada area, we function Domestically & Internationally.
Who We Are
Laurence Svirchev
Laurence Svirchev is the principal of Svirchev OHS Management Systems. He is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) & holds a BSc. in OHS and an MA in Disaster & Emergency Management.
His experience to prevent prevent occupational diseases, serious injuries and fatalities includes scientific research in occupational cancer epidemiology, management of prevention programs in manufacturing, sawmills, pulp & paper, oil & gas fields, and the movie industry (during the COVID-19 pandemic),
As a senior OEHS professional he has managed international HSE projects in hydroelectric infrastructure projects in Fiji, Niger, Indonesia, and Pakistan, steep-slope land-clearing operations, healthcare, and agriculture.
He specializes in several areas
- Occupational disease and fatal injuries investigation,
- Multi-cultural factors to ensure success of the OHS program,
- Hazard Identification, quantitative & qualitative Risk Assessment,
- Written Safe Work Procedures &Training,
- Confined Space Entry Procedures,
- Business Integrity through Management of the OHS Program.
He is a former WorkSafeBC Regulatory Affairs Prevention Officer, inspecting almost every kid of workplace in BC, including healthcare. He spent five years as a Fatal & Serious Injuries Investigator. He specializes in multi-cultural factors to enhance workplace training.
He managed Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) for a Chinese construction company on international hydro-electric dam and infrastructure construction in Fiji, Niger, Indonesia, Pakistan. heavy & light manufacturing, pulp & paper, health care, steep-slope land-clearing operations, and agriculture.
Mr. Svirchev is principal or co-author of over twenty peer-reviewed publications in the OHS, Epidemiology, and Disaster Management literature. He spent eight years as a Visiting Researcher, Chengdu University of Technology National Key Laboratory of Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Sichuan, China investigating the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake.
He is member of the AIHA, and former Officer of its International Affairs Committee. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of IBEC and the Canadian Aerosol Transmission Coalition. He is the Deputy Chair of the Stakeholder Affairs Committee of the International Occupational Hygiene Association