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Certified Safety Professional

• The Benchmark of the Safety Professional

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The Safety Professional

• Masters a body of knowledge
• Masters skills
• Is experienced
• Acts from principles and practices
• Is responsible
• Serves as advisor

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Body of Knowledge
Business
Education
Information Technology
THE SAFETY PROFESSION
Law Government
Engineering
- Safety - Industrial Hygiene - Fire Protection -
Environment - Program Management - Other
Ergonomics
Health
Human Behavior
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About BCSP

• Established in 1969
• Not-for-profit
• Not a membership organization
• 13 directors
• 7 membership organizations

NSC SFPE SSS
AIHA ASSE IIE NFPA
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How Many CSPs are There?

• CSPs issued since 20,000 1969
• Current CSPs 11,000
• Current ASPs 900
• Current GSPs 500

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CSP Education
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CSP Education Trends
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CSP Gender
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What CSPs Do
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Functions of CSPs
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Where CSPs Work
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Dual Certifications
CPE Certified Professional Ergonomist CHMM
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager ARM Associa
te in Risk Management CIH Certified Industrial
Hygienist PE Professional Engineer
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Value of the CSP

• Enhances self image
• Exemplifies professional credibility
• Increases marketability

• PERSONAL
• EMPLOYER
• EMPLOYMENT

• Promotions, pay increases, bonuses or awards
• Hiring preference

• Compete for positions
• Compete for contracts

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CSP Salary

• BCSP salary survey, 2008
• Average 99,244/yr
• Median 89,000/yr
• AIHA membership, 2004
• Average differential 23,000/yr
• Career differential 460,000
• ASSE membership, 2003
• Average differential 17,000/yr
• Career differential 340,000

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CSP Salary
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CSP Salary

• 2000 BCSP 75,358 Holding CSP
• 2003 ASSE 65,673 ASSE member
• 83,036 Holding
  CSP
• 2008 BCSP 99,244 Holding CSP

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CSP Job Ads
CSP Required or DesiredASSEs Professional
Safety Magazine
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CSP Recognition

• FEDERAL LEVEL
• OSHA
• EPA
• Military
• OPM (Office of Personnel Management)
• STATE LEVEL
• Regulations and standards
• Loss control services and WC laws
• Title protection
• LOCAL LEVEL
• Chicago and New York City

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Alliance with OSHA

• BCSP partners with OSHA, CCHEST, and ABIH in 2008
  and sign Alliance agreement
• Enhances education and professional expertise
• Promotes safety competence
• Encourages enhanced knowledge of workplace safety
  and health programs, processes, and regulations

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National Accreditation
-National Commission for Certifying Agencies

• Governance
• Elections, public involvement
• Financial disclosure
• Independence
• Examination validity and reliability
• Fairness
• Passing scores, non-discrimination, due process

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National Accreditation

• -ISO/IEC 17024General Requirements for Bodies
  Operating Certification Systems of Persons

• Earned in August 2003
• BCSP is one of the first five certification
  bodies to meet this standard

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Accreditation/Recognition

• Over 200 titles in safety, health, environment,
  and ergonomics in the U.S.
• 16 titles are nationally accredited
• CSP accredited by NCCA and ISO/IEC 17024

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Exam Revalidation

• Role delineation workshop
• Volunteer CSPs charted responsibilities,
  knowledge and skills
• (from manufacturing, chemical processing,
  electronics, transportation, mining, education,
  utilities, labor, insurance, government,
  consulting, health care)
• Survey of 1,500 CSPs (2007)
• Rate on frequency, importance, criticality
• Results determine blueprint for examination
• Revised CSP examinations in place (2009)

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The CSP Process

• Apply
• Qualify
• Education
• Experience
• Pass examination
• Safety Fundamentals ---gt ASP
• Comprehensive Practice ---gt CSP
• Continuance of Certification

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A Complete Application

• CSP Application Form
• Application Fee
• Official degree transcript(s)
• Professional Safety Experience Form
• Reference Forms

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Education Requirement

• Minimum
• Associate degree in safety and health OR
• Bachelors degree in any field
• Credit
• Accredited safety and health bachelors degree
  full credit
• All other degrees partial credit additional
  experience
• Eligible for Safety Fundamentals when education
  requirement met
• Graduate study counts toward experience

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Experience Requirement

• 3 years minimum any needed to satisfy education
  requirement
• 1 month experience 1 point
• Criteria for professional experience
• Safety is primary duty
• Main function is prevention of harm
• Safety is at least 50 of full time position or
  equivalent
• Professional level (recommend hazard controls)
• Breadth of duty safety tasks, hazard types, etc.
• 48 points eligible for Safety Fundamentals
  examination
• 96 points eligible for Comprehensive Practice
  examination
• Obtaining OHST or CHST counts as one year of
  experience (12 points)

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CSP Fees

• 145 Application Fee
• 310 Safety Fundamentals Examination Fee
• 310 Comprehensive Practice Examination Fee
• Annual Renewal Fee

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Safety Fundamentals
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Comprehensive Practice
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Continuance of Certification

• 25 points every 5 years
• 10 categories, including
• -membership
• -practice
• -service
• -continuing education
• -item writing
• -new degree
• -re-examination
• -etc.

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Testing

• Offered every business day
• Hundreds of locations in North America
• Immediate results
• 200 multiple-choice items
• Examinations 5 and 5 1/2 hours each
• Test takers can return to marked items
• Passing score based on item difficulty

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CCHEST Certifications

• Council on Certification of Health, Environmental
  and Safety Technologists (CCHEST)
• Occupational Health and Safety Technologist
  (OHST)/Certified Loss Control Specialist (CLCS)
• Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)
• Safety Trained Supervisor (STS)
• Experience credit toward CSP
• Flexible qualifications
• Students in accredited safety programs can sit
  for examination after 2nd year
• Degrees and certificates can get credit
• Recognized national accreditation
• Single examination

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Summary

• The safety profession is changing
• Certification is increasing in value
• National accreditation is the standard
• Meeting standards of peers provides benefits
• Demonstrated competence impacts a career
• High job satisfaction level