You are invited to provide feedback on our draft Contractor Oversight Guidance. A 90-day comment period is now open until Sunday 21 December2025.
Manager overseeing the work of contractors.
This guidance clarifies existing Onshore Pipeline Regulation (OPR) requirements related to contractor oversight and is intended to help companies achieve compliance and prevent harm. This guidance does not introduce any new requirements. This draft guidance will be amended following this consultation process and will be updated as needed to align with future regulatory changes.
Under our OPR, companies must have management system processes to identify, evaluate, prevent, manage, and mitigate hazards and risks, reducing the potential for harm. Effective contractor oversight is one of many essential controls that help achieve this goal.
The final Contractor Oversight Guidance is anticipated to be released in early 2026.
The CER is considering a future workshop with CER-regulated pipeline companies to discuss the final guidance document and explore industry best practices and challenges related to contractor oversight.
Please consider the following questions in your comments:
Is the document written and presented in a way that provides clear guidance on what is required? Please provide examples.
The document focuses on three contractor oversight topics: Competency and Training, Competency Verification and Supervision, and Communication.
Are these topics relevant to the issues you have encountered?
Are there other contractor oversight topics where guidance is needed?
After reading this guidance package, would you be interested in attending a workshop? How many people would be attending and what types of backgrounds would they bring?
Do you have any additional comments?
Comments can be submitted by responding to the survey at the bottom of this page. Questions and comments can also be submitted via email to: contractor.oversight@cer-rec.gc.ca
You are invited to provide feedback on our draft Contractor Oversight Guidance. A 90-day comment period is now open until Sunday 21 December2025.
Manager overseeing the work of contractors.
This guidance clarifies existing Onshore Pipeline Regulation (OPR) requirements related to contractor oversight and is intended to help companies achieve compliance and prevent harm. This guidance does not introduce any new requirements. This draft guidance will be amended following this consultation process and will be updated as needed to align with future regulatory changes.
Under our OPR, companies must have management system processes to identify, evaluate, prevent, manage, and mitigate hazards and risks, reducing the potential for harm. Effective contractor oversight is one of many essential controls that help achieve this goal.
The final Contractor Oversight Guidance is anticipated to be released in early 2026.
The CER is considering a future workshop with CER-regulated pipeline companies to discuss the final guidance document and explore industry best practices and challenges related to contractor oversight.
Please consider the following questions in your comments:
Is the document written and presented in a way that provides clear guidance on what is required? Please provide examples.
The document focuses on three contractor oversight topics: Competency and Training, Competency Verification and Supervision, and Communication.
Are these topics relevant to the issues you have encountered?
Are there other contractor oversight topics where guidance is needed?
After reading this guidance package, would you be interested in attending a workshop? How many people would be attending and what types of backgrounds would they bring?
Do you have any additional comments?
Comments can be submitted by responding to the survey at the bottom of this page. Questions and comments can also be submitted via email to: contractor.oversight@cer-rec.gc.ca
Manager overseeing the work of contractors.
