Certified Safety Professional (CSP)

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. At minimum, a bachelor’s degree* At least four (4) years of safety experience where safety is at least 50%, preventative, professional level with breadth and depth of safety duties A BCSP Qualified Credential: Associate Safety Professional (ASP)** Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) Transitional Safety Practitioner (TSP)** Certified Industrial Hygienist® (CIH®) Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH)** Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CFIOSH)** Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)** Professional Certificate in Safety and Occupational Health, U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center (ACRC) (formerly “CP-12”)** Certified Safety Engineer (CSE), as administered by the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), People’s Republic of China (PRC)** Master in Occupational Safety and Health, International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITC-ILO)** NEBOSH National or International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety** Professional Member of the Singapore Institution of Safety Officers (SISO)** Diploma/Certificate in Industrial Safety, as issued by the State Government Departments Boards of Technical Education, Government of India (AICTE)** Passing the CSP examination Maintenance of certification Annual renewal fee Recertification requirements Applicants must also disclose if they have been convicted of criminal offenses or have had a professional license or credential suspended, revoked, or placed under probation. BCSP keeps this information confidential but may deny an application based on these matters. *When applying for the CSP with a degree from a college outside the United States, that degree will be evaluated for U.S. equivalency. Details on the documentation required, requested during the application process, can be found online here. **Note that all education requirements must be met when pursuing the CSP.