A "Certified Safety Professional" or "CSP" is someone who has met the academic, experience, and examination requirements for certification established by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, as they apply to the prevention or mitigation of accidents and other harmful exposures and the personal injury / disease, property damage, and economic loss that may ensue. The CSP uses a knowledge of engineering and the various human and physical sciences in the development of procedures, processes, specifications, and systems to achieve optimal control and reduction of hazards and exposures detrimental to life, health, and property.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) was organized as a peer certification board with the purpose of certifying practitioners in the safety profession. The specific functions of the Board, as outlined in its Charter, are to evaluate the academic and professional experience qualifications of safety professionals, to administer examinations, and to issue certificates of qualification to those professionals who meet the Board's criteria and successfully pass its examinations.

Certification Requirements

Under current requirements, an applicant for certification must have:

A baccalaureate degree in safety or an equivalent combination of experience and education.

Four years of professional safety experience, and

Passing scores on a series of two, one-day examinations.

The examination process requires a broad spectrum of professional knowledge in the field of safety as measured by the Safety Fundamentals Examination, but allows for some degree of specialization through the Specialty Examinations taken after passing the Safety Fundamentals. For the generalist, certification in the Comprehensive Practice "specialty" is available through the Comprehensive Practice Examination. Applicants are evaluated without regard to race, age, sex, religion, national origin, handicap, or marital status.

MATH REVIEW
FOR CERTIFICATION EXAMS

Seminar Description:
This seminar is an intensive one-day review of fundamental math skills. This course is specifically designed for those preparing for certification examinations (ASP, CSP, CHST and OHST), needing a hands-on review of the following essential skill areas: conversions, dimensional analysis, number manipulation, shapes and formulae, graphing, algebra and trigonometry. Practice in the operation of a scientific calculator is also included.

Conversions – SI and English conversions of mass, length and time
Dimensional Analysis – multi-step conversions (e.g., converting miles per hour to feet per second, pounds to kilograms)
Number Manipulation – exponents, scientific notation, answer accuracy, rounding and logarithms
Shapes and Formulae – area, circumference and volume of rectangles, triangles, circles, trapezoids, rectangular solids and cylinders
Graphing – two dimensional graphing of linear, quadratic, trigonometric and logarithmic functions
Algebra – laws and concepts, word problems
Trigonometry – right angles, trig functions and word problems

CSP EXAMINATION PREPARATION WORKSHOP

Seminar Description:
This course is designed to prepare individuals for the BCSP’s Comprehensive Practice Examination. Course content consists of lectures, sample problems and discussion on the four sections relative to the exam. Additional emphasis will also be placed on information management and communication which has more focus on the revised examination.

Attendees will be able to apply concepts of:

Probability, statistics and engineering economy

Engineering

Management

Information management and communications

Professional conduct and ethics