October 3, 2011, Vancouver, BC — go2 – BC’s tourism industry human resource association - is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Guzmicky to the position of Program Manager, Certificate of Recognition (COR).
In his new role, Michael is responsible for managing the COR Program for tourism and hospitality operators, supporting them in completing the registration and certification process, and providing technical health and safety expertise to the industry.
In partnership with WorkSafeBC, go2 launched the COR program for tourism and hospitality businesses in October 2010. COR-certified companies can earn a rebate of up to 15 per cent on their WorkSafeBC premiums by demonstrating that their health and safety programs go beyond the legal requirements through taking a best practice approach.
Michael brings more than 18 years of experience in workplace health & safety, project management and hospitality. For the past 9 years, he has been at WorkSafeBC as an industry specialist for the hospitality sector and later for the area focusing on young and new worker injury prevention. Prior to WorkSafeBC, Michael was an instructor at Vancouver Premier College of Hotel Management and worked at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver in various food and beverage management positions. He holds a MBA from Herriott-Watt University in the U.K. and a B.Comm. in Hotel and Food Administration from the University of Guelph, and is a Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC).
About go2
go2 is BC’s tourism and hospitality human resource association responsible for coordinating the Tourism Human Resource Action Plan, a key component of the industry’s growth strategy. Tourism is one of the largest resource industries in BC comprising 18,000 mostly small to medium-sized businesses which directly employ over 129,000 British Columbians. For more information, visit www.go2hr.ca.
Media Contact:
Joyce Lam, go2
Email: jlam@go2hr.ca
Phone: 604-633-9787 x 227
