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Candidates for the CSP are typically practitioners with at least some level of responsibility for safety leadership. Their wide-ranging responsibilities often include implementing safety management systems and potentially environmental management systems. They analyze data, assess risk, identify hazards and controls, investigate incidents, prepare emergency response plans, and much more.
CSP candidates take the lead in setting safety culture, influencing organizational leaders on the need for safety and achieving buy-in from workers. CSPs lead safety initiatives for organizations both large and small in virtually every industry.
SMP credential holders are experienced professionals whose job duties involve applying safety management skills. They maintain current knowledge of safety, health, and environmental concepts and may be responsible for defining and utilizing an organization’s safety management systems. Their regular activities may also include risk management, incident investigation, emergency preparedness, identifying the business case for safety, and more.
ASP candidates may hold positions at the technical level or program management level and may directly supervise employees. Knowledge of safety concepts and expertise in fundamental safety assurance methodologies can make them key members of project, operational, or design teams. An ASP may be called upon to coordinate safety activities, conduct basic safety analyses, identify hazardous situations, and recommend or oversee implementation of risk reduction measures.
The OHST is designed for safety practitioners responsible for industrial hygiene and occupational safety at the managerial or technician level or as a consultant. OHST candidates may conduct industrial hygiene sampling or oversee industrial hygiene work. They may also have safety responsibilities such as calculating performance metrics, assessing risk, influencing behavior related to safety, and more.
Safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) responsibilities may be all or part of a CHST’s job duties. Their expertise may cover one or more significant construction projects or jobsites. Candidates may work for an owner, general contractor, subcontractor, or firm involved in SH&E practice and/or construction.
The CHST program recognizes that many employers assign responsibility for construction SH&E functions to those with critical roles in leading workers. Many construction safety practitioners use the CHST as a path to greater roles in SH&E practice.
STS candidates often have safety responsibilities that are adjunct, collateral, or ancillary to their job duties. Their main jobs are in a craft or trade, a technical specialty, supervision, management, or leadership, yet they may have responsibilities for safety tasks related to hazard monitoring, regulatory compliance, employee training, safety documentation, coordinating corrections for identified safety hazards, communicating with safety specialists or management, and more.
STSC candidates often have safety responsibilities that are adjunct, collateral, or ancillary to their job duties. Their main jobs are in a craft or trade, a technical specialty, supervision, management, or leadership, yet they may have responsibilities for safety tasks related to hazard monitoring, regulatory compliance, employee training, safety documentation, coordinating corrections for identified safety hazards, communicating with safety specialists or management, and more.
Safety training of some nature is essential in virtually every industry. It is crucial for that training to be provided by a qualified professional. CIT credential holders have demonstrated the knowledge and skills necessary to design, develop, and deliver effective training courses. A CIT may hold positions at the manager, director, technician, or supervisory level and may have other duties in addition to training.
The GSP is a designation available to graduates from safety, health, and environmental degree programs which meet BCSP Qualified Academic Program (QAP) standards. The GSP satisfies the Qualified Credential requirement for the CSP, allowing those who hold it to apply directly for the CSP once they meet its other requirements.
The TSP is a designation available to graduates from curriculum-based certificate or diploma programs in the safety, health, and environmental field which meet BCSP Qualified Equivalent Program (QEP) standards. The TSP satisfies the Qualified Credential requirement for the CSP, allowing those who hold it to apply directly for the CSP once they meet its other requirements.