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The Canadian Production and Quality School (PQS) Level II – Safety module is a comprehensive, precast-specific course that examines safety issues associated with the precast production process. Course topics include: precast plant hazards; batching plant hazards; molds and forms; rebar and cage fabrication; curing and finishing; overhead crane and rigging; hand and power tool safety; and forklifts. Upon completion of this course, employees will be well-grounded in safety as it applies to the precast industry. 

Completion of PQS I from NPCA or Canadian PQS I from CPCI.

Those who obtain and maintain any of the PQS II certificates or the Master Precaster title will not be required to keep their PQS I certification up to date, as those certifications will override PQS I.

The Canadian PQS courses and the NPCA PQS courses are considered equivalent and fully interchangeable. Therefore, you can take the NPCA PQS I and upgrade to Canadian PQS II.

Wayne Kassian is a Principal at Kassian Dyck & Associates, Consulting Engineers in Calgary.

Wayne is a professional engineer with more than 38 years of diverse structural experience in the design of various structures across North America and is very active in the Canadian and US Precast Concrete Institutes.

Wayne is chair of the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s Technical Committee and is a member of PCI’s Technical Activities Council (TAC) overseeing various PCI technical committees on precast and prestressed concrete. Wayne is also a member of Canada’s Concrete Design Code CSA A23.3, is a member of CSA A23.4 Precast Concrete – Materials and Construction. Wayne is a Chapter Editor for the CPCI Design Manual and also the Cement Association of Canada’s Concrete Design Handbook, regarded as Canada’s foremost reference handbook related to the design of concrete structures in Canada.

Wayne is one of Canada’s delegates for the Canadian national group of fib (International Federation for Structural Concrete), is a member of fib’s General Assembly, and participates on fib Commission 6 related to precast concrete prefabrication.

Wayne was awarded the Distinction of Fellow to the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute in 2017 and CPCI Industry Titan in 2021.