Board of Certified Safety Professionals

Those who obtain certification as safety professionals through the Board of Certified Safety Professionals represent a broad range of safety practice. Similarly, the members of its Board of Directors come from several organizations and hold a variety of technical and management positions. Nevertheless, they have agreed on and published their response to the question. What is a safety professional You can find it at www.bcsp.org. It s downloadable, and it follows. Note that throughout the document, safety professionals identify and evaluate hazards as a prelude to all other aspects of their work. 

At a meeting of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, a definition of safety practice was written during discussions of a project to validate that examinations given properly measure what safety professionals actually do. It is as follows. 

What Is a Safety Professional Board of Certified Safety Professionals, 2002. http //www.bcsp.org. 

Fortunately, the work of many others with regard to the knowledge and skill required for the practice of safety, done under the auspices of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), serves as valuable resources for the purposes of this chapter. A review of the history of that highly significant work is given here. 

Curricula Guidelines for Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Safety, Technical Report No. 2. Savoy, IL Board of Certified Safety Professionals, 1981. 

Dr. Roger L. Brauer, Executive Director of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, says that you can tell that a profession has been... 

Note the term a common body of knowledge. In the process of researching and writing Chapter 5, Academic and skill Requirements for the Practice of Safety, I concluded that the Curriculum Standards for Baccalaureate Degrees in Safety, jointly pubMshed by the Academic Accreditation Council of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, estabhsh a rigor of education that adequately prepares one to enter the safety profession. 

Furthermore, I observed that the domains and responsibihties and the knowledge and skill categories for the Comprehensive Practice Examination given by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals defines the breadth of knowledge and skill required in appMed safety practice. 

Much thanks should be given to those visionaries on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Safety Engineers in the 1960s who conceived of and established the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). As a result of their work, a sound and proven certification program exists for safety professionals, for which recogifition continues to grow. The CSP—the Certified Safety Professional designation—has become the mark of the professional within the safety field. 

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals and the American Society of Safety Engineers have issued Codes of Professional Conduct that deserve publicity and promotion. Currently applicable codes of ethics and professional conduct issued by BCSP and ASSE are Addenda A and B in this chapter. 

Board of Certified Safety Professionals Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct... 

This code sets forth the code of ethics and professional standards to be observed by holders of documents of certification conferred by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Certificants shall, in their professional safety activities, sustain and advance the integrity, honor, and prestige of the safety profession by adherence to these standards. 

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) is 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 supervisoty SH E certifications that provide additional career paths for safety pracffoneis. Since 1969, over 30,000 individuals have achieved the CSR OHST, CLCS, CHST, or STS credential. Board of Certified Safety Professionals, www.bcsp.org, 217-359-9263 Circle 299... 

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Figure 15-10 Cut Set Example No. 2. In this example, base events 1 and 2 both appear more than once, therefore it is possible to reduce the total cut sets by first eliminating redundant numbers in each row (matrix 5) and then eliminating rows which contain all of the events found in a shorter row (matrix 6) to produce the minimum cut set of events 1 and 2. This example uses the same fault tree configuration as one used by the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) examination in the Examination Information booklet, fifth edition, 1989 by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (pp. 27-29).

Based on information from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Table 25-5 shows the timeline experience with all candidates from the time of application until award of the CSP. Also, it is interesting to note that the average new CSP was approximately 39 years of age. The youngest to achieve certification was 24 and the oldest was 74 years old. 

Pat Clemens is the unsung hero of system safety and risk analysis. Inspiration to many current (and future) system safety practitioners former president of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). 

Finally, to my wife and most fervent supporter, Jo, who allowed me to add this volunteer project to my plate in the midst of family, work. Board of Certified Safety Professionals activities, and System Safety Society obligations. 

A recognition title of an individual awarded by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) based on the individual s knowledge and experience as demonstrated to the board by the individual s application documentation and an examination based on safety fundamentals and/or comprehensive practice. Knowledge is demonstrated by educational degree accepted by the board and experience by demonstrated acceptable professional safety practice. Certified Safety Professional and CSP are registered certification marks awarded to BCSP by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. See also Board of Certified Safety Professionals. 

An individnal who, by virtne of specialized knowledge and skill, training, and edncational accomplishments, identifies hazards and develops appropriate controls for these hazards, that when effectively implemented, prevent occnpational injury, illness, and property damage. These individuals may also have been awarded or earned the status of Certified Safety Professional by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. See also Loss Prevention Engineer (LPE) Safety Professional Safety Representative. 

The Certified Safety Professional Program of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) in Savoy, Illinois, is designed to recognize the qualifications and experience of safety professionals. Applicants must apply to BCSP and be approved to sit for examinations. Requirements include a college degree (bachelor s in any field or associate s in a safety-related field) and professional employment in which the primary function is safety... 

Safety Professionals Industrial Hygiene Health Physics Occupational Health Nursing Occupational Medicine Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) Certified Health Physicist (CHP) Certified Occupational Health Nurse (COHN and COHN-S) Board Certification in Occupational Medicine (BCOH) Board of Certified Safety Professionals American Board of Industrial Hygiene American Board of Health Physics American Board of Occupational Health Nurses American Board for Preventive Medicine... 

Safety Professional An individual who, by virtue of their specialized knowledge and skill and/or educational accomplishments, has achieved professional status in the safety field. They may also have earned the status of CSP from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. 

If standards of performance exist, the professional should be aware of those standards and make every effort to comply with them. For example, accountants have certain standards that are maintained and published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. Safety professionals have standards published by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. When accountants, safety practitioners, or other professionals remain ignorant of the standards of their trades or choose to ignore those standards, they are increasing their risk of... 

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