BCSP stands for Board of Certified Safety Professionals established in 1969 Andis recognized as the leader in high quality credentialing for safety, health, and environmental practitioners. BCSP establishes standards for and verifies competency in professional safety practice and evaluates certificants for compliance with recertification requirements. BCSP also operates technician, technologist, and supervisory SH&E certifications that provide additional career paths for safety practitioners. Located in Indianapolis, US.
They provide Career Paths in Safety. There are many ways to enter the safety field and advance along a career path. Learn how you can progress as a safety professional. It outlines a career path through education, experience, and certification at the basic, technologist/technician, and professional levels.
There are three major reasons safety professionals become certified: respectability, marketability and salary differentiation. The easiest way to earn the respect of the professional safety community is to achieve certification.
Attaining the “gold standard” certification, notifies fellow safety professionals and employers alike that you have met the rigorous educational, experience and examination requirements. The easiest way to earn the respect of the professional safety community is to achieve certification from BCSP, which is also called as “GOLD STANDARD “Certification.
Growth in Certifications Both employers and employees increasingly rely on certification because those working in human resources do not know the details of a particular area of practice. Employers understand candidates who have a certification from a quality source, such as BCSP, demonstrate competence through independent assessment. Holding quality certifications, dual certifications and demonstrating competency through quality certification programs can open doors to employment, Why Become advancement, leadership, contracts and compensation.
CERTIFIED SAFETY PROFESSIONAL (CSP)
ASSOCIATE SAFETY PROFESSIONAL (ASP)
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY (OHST)
CONSTRUCTION HEALTH & SAFETY TECHNICNIAN (CHST)
GRADUATE SAFETY PRACTITIONER (GSP)
SAFETY TRAINED SUPERVISOR (STS)
SAFETY TRAINED SUPERVISOR CONSTRUCTION (STSC)
CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY & HEALTH TRAINER (CET)
TUTIS currently provides workshop for CSP, ASP, OHST and CHST.
To achieve BCSP Certification a solid and standard workshop program is essential in order to understand all exam tips and question techniques. We aim towards inculcating further achievement of BCSP certificate. We have a certified Safety professional as our trainer who will give you a practice session in the workshop.
Certified Safety Professional (CSP) are persons who perform at least 50% of professional level safety duties, including making worksite assessments to determine risks, assessing potential hazards and controls, evaluating risks and hazard control measures, investigating incidents, maintaining and evaluating incident and loss records, and preparing emergency response plans. Other duties could include hazard recognition, fire protection, regulatory compliance, health hazard control, ergonomics, hazardous materials management, environmental protection, training, accident and incident, investigations, advising management, record keeping, emergency response, managing safety programs, product safety and/or security.
Will have any of these BCSP-Approved Credential
Associate Safety Professionals (ASP) are persons who performs at least 50% of professional level safety duties including; are making worksite assessments to determine risks, potential hazards and controls, evaluating risks and hazard control measures, investigating incidents, maintaining and evaluating incident and loss records, and preparing emergency response plans. Other duties could include; hazard recognition, fire protection, regulatory compliance, health hazard control, ergonomics, hazardous materials management, environmental protection, training, accident and incident, investigations, advising management, record keeping, emergency response, managing safety programs, product safety and/or security.
Occupational Health and Safety Technologists (OHST) are persons who perform occupational health and safety activities on a full-time or part-time basis as part of their job duties. Some examples of occupational health and safety activities (also performed by loss control specialists) are making worksite assessments to determine risks, potential hazards and controls, evaluating risks and hazard control measures, investigating incidents, maintaining and evaluating incident and loss records, and preparing emergency response plans.
Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) offers a certification for individuals who work in a construction craft or are construction safety specialists .This certification is designed for individuals who demonstrate competency and work part-time or full-time in health and safety activities devoted to the prevention of construction illnesses and injuries. The CHST certification meets national standards for certifications.
For a certification with a degree requirement (CSP and ASP), BCSP needs the educational institution to hold institutional accreditation from an accreditation body with institutional accrediting authority recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and/or the U.S. Department of Education. Degrees earned outside the U.S. must be evaluated for equivalency. Unaccredited degrees are disqualified. The degree must be awarded during the period of accreditation. More information regarding the academic requirement can be found on The Education Standard page.
We need to apply online BCSP requires you to create a profile at bcsp.org to start the application process. You will need to login for the first time by creating an account through the “My Profile” portal on the right hand corner of every bcsp.org webpage. Once you have created your account you will click on the “Apply for Certification” menu button to start your application.
Once the profile is created. You can Apply for certification, manage the application online. BCSP has certain required credentials that has to be met by the applying candidate. Once your eligibility test is done.
We need to wait for the Confirmation from BCSP. Once our application is approved. We need to take up the exam from Pearson VUE.
BCSP's examination service provider, Pearson VUE, has hundreds of test centers located around the world (locate a test center). Pearson VUE test centers are open every business day, some also having weekend and holiday hours. Examinations are delivered via computer at the test center. As soon as candidates submit their exam, official results are available. Candidates who fail may still be eligible to purchase a new examination.
In addition to the academic requirement, BCSP candidates must have professional safety experience. Professional safety experience must meet all of the following criteria to be considered acceptable by BCSP:
Professional safety must be a function of the position
The responsibility must be the prevention of harm to people, property, and the environment, rather than responsibility for responding to harmful events. (*CETs must have 135 hours of training in safety.)
Once your application has been approved you may purchase an examination at any time during your 1-year eligibility period by logging in to “My Profile” at bcsp.org and clicking on the “Purchase Exam” menu button. BCSP will notify the examination service that you are an eligible candidate so you may schedule a convenient time to sit for the exam and you can contact Pearson VUE.
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Application |
Examination |
Eligibility Extension |
Renewal |
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CSP |
$160 |
$350 |
$100 |
$150 |
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ASP |
$160 |
$350 |
$100 |
$140 |
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OHST |
$140 |
$300 |
$100 |
$120 |
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CHST |
$140 |
$300 |
$100 |
$120 |
Must have any of these
CSP: 5.5 hours, 200 Questions with multiple choice
ASP: 5 hours, 200 Questions with multiple choice
CHST & OHST: 4 hours, 200 Questions with multiple choice
It’s a computer based exam. So we will get the results immediately.
Once your application has been approved you may purchase examination again at any time during your 1-year of eligibility period.
After completing all of the requirements, BCSP will award candidates who pass the certification exam the credential. All certifications are awarded on an annual basis and those holding one must pay an annual fee in order to retain the use. All credential holds must remain up-to-date with changes in professional practice by compiling their Recertification points every five years.
Track activities and Recertification points earned when you login to My Profile. You will find you have access to a Recertification Worksheet. The activities you record will be saved, making it easy to enter them at any time. Recertification Worksheets can be submitted from July 1 of your reporting year through the deadline of March 31 of the following year.
25 Points Every 5 Years for ASP/CSP. 20 Points Every 5 Years for OHST/CHST.
10 Point Categories (Some with Point Limitations)
The BCSP credentials CSP, OHST, CHST, and STS are nationally accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), while the ASP and STSC are in the process of achieving the same accreditation.
You are expected to arrive early at the testing center. If you are 15 or more minutes late, you will not be allowed to enter and will forfeit your non-refundable Examination Authorization. You must bring a valid, unexpired government-issued ID bearing both your picture and signature. Acceptable identifications include a permanent North American state or provincial driver’s license/identification card, military identification card, national identification card, European Identity card, or permanent resident card; if you are testing in a country NOT of your citizenship, your passport will be required. Your name on the provided ID must exactly match your name on file with BCSP.
It depends on each persons, 2hrs of constant study everyday will need 2-3months to prepare for the exams. Lot of analytical and interactive sessions conducted in workshop will help you to take up these exams confidently.
Once your applicationis approved, you have to purchase the exam within 90 days. But your approved application will be eligible for 1 year.
Once an applicant is approved and is exam eligible, they may purchase as many examinations in their eligibility time period as they would like. The limiting factor is the cost of each examination, as the examination fee is paid each time the exam is attempted.
