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About BCSP • Established in 1969

• Not-For-Profit Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN

• 11-Member Director Board

• Not a Membership Organization

• Internationally Recognized

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BCSP A Credentialing Leader BCSP is recognized as the leader in high-quality credentialing for safety, health, and environmental practitioners.

Mission: BCSP sets and certifies technical competency criteria for safety, health and environmental practitioners worldwide; enhancing careers, advancing the profession, protecting the public.

Vision: Creating a safer world through safety, health and environmental certification.

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• These Sponsoring Organizations help ensure that governance of BCSP includes broad representation from across the safety profession: – AIHA – American Industrial Hygiene Association (1974)

– ASSE – American Society of Safety Engineers (1974)

– IISE – Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (1994)

– ISSS – International System Safety Society (1977)

– NESHTA – National Environmental, Safety and Health Training Association

(2012)

– NFPA – National Fire Protection Association (2007)

– NSC – National Safety Council (1994)

– SFPE – Society of Fire Protection Engineers (1984)

8 Sponsoring Organizations

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National and International Accreditations • National Accreditation

– Institute for Credentialing Excellence National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)*

– Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB)**

• International Accreditation

– American National Standards Institute (ANSI/ISO 17024)***

* CSP, ASP, OHST, CHST,STS ** CET only *** CSP, ASP

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Accreditation Assures • Governance

– Nominations/elections

– Peer participation

– Public participation

• Financial disclosure – Stability and financial

condition

– Budget details

• Fairness to candidates

• Examinations – Validity – Reliability – Passing scores

• Recertification • Independence from

preparation • Management systems

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Certification vs Certificate • Voluntary process

– Set standards • Educational

• Experience

• Examination

– Evaluates individuals against standards

– Awards certification and use of mark

– Requires continuing professional development

• It is NOT – License to practice – Permanent – Membership – Certificate of completion

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Professional Certifications and Designation

Associate Safety Professional®

Graduate Safety Practitioner®

Certified Safety Professional®

The Certified Safety Professional has been in operation for more than 47 years with over 30,000 CSPs certified during that time.

Currently, over 16,700 people hold the CSP.

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CSP Qualifications • Minimum Academic Requirement

– Associate’s in Safety (SH&E-related and from an

accredited* school)

– Or Bachelor’s in any field (from an accredited* school)

– Or Bachelor’s from a QAP School (BCSP Qualified

Academic Program for GSP) • The Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) designation

is a path offered to the CSP certification for qualifying QAP graduates.

• GSPs only have to take one examination for the CSP

• NOTE: Non-US transcripts must be evaluated for equivalency through the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)

• *Accredited School is one that is recognized by the US Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

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CSP Qualifications • Experience Requirement

– 4 Years Minimum • Qualifying Criteria for Experience

– Full-Time Position (or Part-Time ≥ 900 hrs/yr)

– Professional safety is primary function (≥ 50% of position)

– Primary responsibility must be the prevention of harm to people, property, or the environment

– Must be at professional level (responsible charge)

– Breadth: Safety Tasks, Hazard Types, etc.

• Credential Requirement – Must hold the ASP, GSP, CIH, CMIOSH, CRSP, SISO,

NEBOSH National or International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, Diploma in Industrial Safety from CLI/RLIs of the Government of India, or has Member status with the Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria

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GSP Program • Designation

• Available to graduates of Qualified Academic Programs (QAPs)

• An alternative path to the CSP • Curriculum substantially

overlaps content of ASP Examination

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GSP Requirements • Benefits of Becoming a GSP

– Recognition for being in a path toward the CSP certification.

– Recognition for the level of preparation for professional safety practice.

– A waiver of the ASP examination requirement for CSP eligibility.

– A certificate awarding the GSP designation.

• Applying for the GSP – Visit www.bcsp.org and click on “My Profile”.

– Select “Apply for Certification” and the GSP option. (Free!)

– Complete online application and send in official transcript to BCSP.

• GSP Time Limit – GSPs must sit for and pass the Certified Safety

Professional (CSP) examination within ten (10) years of the date the GSP is awarded.

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ASP Qualifications • Minimum Academic Requirement

– Associate’s in Safety (SH&E-related and

from an accredited* school)

– Or Bachelor’s in any field (from an

accredited* school)

* Accredited School is one that is recognized by the US Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)

• Experience Requirement – At least 1 year of experience where safety

is at least 50%, preventative, professional

level with breadth and depth of safety duties

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ASP/CSP Recertification Requirements • 25 Points Every 5 Years

• 10 Point Categories (Some with Point Limitations) – Practice

– Membership

– Organizational Service

– Publishing, Presenting, Patents

– Service to BCSP

– Professional Development Conferences

– Safety-Related Courses, Seminars, Quizzes

– Continuing Education

– New Advanced Degree

– Other Certifications/Re-Examination

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OHST Qualifications • Minimum Academic Requirement

– Have high school diploma/GED

• Experience Requirement

– Have 3 years of experience with 35% of primary job duties in safety and health

• Pass the OHST examination

• Minimum Academic Requirement

– Have high school diploma/GED

• Experience Requirement

– Have 3 years of experience with 35% of primary job duties in construction- related safety and health

• Pass the CHST examination

CHST Qualifications

Occupational Health and Safety Technologist®

Construction Health and Safety Technician®

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Supervisory Certification

Safety Trained Supervisor Construction

Safety Trained Supervisor®

• Education Requirement

– 30 hours of formal safety-related training • Experience Requirement

– Two years supervisory experience

OR

– Four years industry experience if not a

supervisor

• Pass the STS/STSC Examination

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Other Certifications

Certified Environmental, Safety and Health Trainer®

• Minimum Academic Requirement – High school diploma/GED • Experience Requirement – Minimum of 135 Hours Training/Teaching • Must hold the ASP, CDGP, CFPS, CHMM, CHST, CIH, CMIOSH, CRSP, CSP,

OHST, STS, or STSC • Pass the CET Examination

Safety Management Specialist

The SMS certification is in the process of being developed. This certification will be for individuals with management skills required for a business’s safe operation, such as defining and utilizing an organization’s safety management systems and identifying the business case for safety.

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Why BCSP Certifications? • General

– Raises bar – Levels playing field – Provides benchmark – Demonstrates competency

• Safety Professionals

– Personal fulfillment – Peer recognition – Pay and position – Competitive advantage – Demonstrates credibility

• Employers

– Prescreens candidates – Public image – Indicator of professionalism

• Government Agencies

– Contract qualifications – Task performance qualifications – Higher public assurance of

competency

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Salary Survey data collected by the BCSP, ABIH, ASSE, AIHA, AHMP, IHMM http://www.bcsp.org/SH-E-Practice/Salary-Survey

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Salary Survey data collected by the BCSP, ABIH, ASSE, AIHA, AHMP, IHMM http://www.bcsp.org/SH-E-Practice/Salary-Survey

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Salary Survey data collected by the BCSP, ABIH, ASSE, AIHA, AHMP, IHMM http://www.bcsp.org/SH-E-Practice/Salary-Survey

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The Examination Development Process (Psychometric Process)

• Job Task Analysis/Role Delineation • Validation Survey • Item Development • Cut Score Determination • Beta Examination • Statistical Analysis • Continuous Improvement

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Job Task Analysis/Role Delineation

• Representative SMEs who hold the certification gather for 2-3 days

• Identify tasks, knowledge and skills that the minimally qualified candidate should know to hold that certification

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Validation Survey • A different group of SMEs that hold the certification are

surveyed as to the importance, criticality, and frequency of use of the tasks or skills identified in the Job Task Analysis

• Survey results frame the examination blueprint • Domains (areas) • Knowledge and skills required in those domains • Relative importance

• Indicates the number of questions (called items) which should come from each domain and knowledge/skill area

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Examination/Item Development • Another group of SMEs gather with a library of

safety and health resources to write test questions • Items must:

o Be accurate o Be relevant o Be at the appropriate

level of difficulty o Have one correct

answer o Have three credible

distractors

o Measure the knowledge or skills in the blueprint

o Be written clearly and concisely

o Be independent from other items on the exam

o Be grammatically correct

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Examination/Item Development

• The body of the question (the stem), must clearly and completely present the question or problem o No excess verbiage or teaching in the stem o No complex sentence structure o No negatively worded questions o Avoid subjective or opinion-based questions

• The answers must o Be a logical extension of the stem (finish the sentence) o Be of same length, tense and complexity

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Examination/Item Development • All test questions must pass a beta testing

process • Each exam has a certain number of beta items

that are not used in the determination of your final score (for the CSP 25/200)

• The results of the response to those beta items are evaluated before allowing it to become a scored item on a future test.

• Those that are too easy, too hard or are misunderstood are re-evaluated and either rewritten or removed.

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Cut Score Process • By eliminating both the very easy and the very hard

questions, those questions that remain are those that can truly differentiate between candidates who possess the requisite knowledge and skills and those who do not.

• This is an important contribution as to why the cut score, or passing score, for an examination is relatively low (usually below 70%) compared to a typical academic-style multiple choice examination.

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Cut Score Process

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Cut Score Process

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Cut Score Process • Angoff Method or Modified Angoff Method

oRepresentative SMEs review each exam question and produce ratings based on whether a minimally qualified candidate would have the experience and knowledge to be able to answer the question.

oThe ratings are then evaluated by a psychometrician and an Angoff cut score is calculated.

• Passing scores are published http://www.bcsp.org/Certifications/Safety- Certifications-at-a-Glance CSP 100/175 (57.1%)

ASP 107/175 (61.1%)

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Statistical Analysis • Validity (whether the exam reflects the minimally

qualified candidate’s knowledge and skills) and reliability (correlation between different items that measure a particular knowledge or skill) are statistically evaluated annually and published

http://www.bcsp.org/Portals/0/Assets/DocumentLibrary/2015.pdf

• Passing rates are also published in the same document • CSP Passing Rate 2015 80.39%, 2014 83.10% • ASP Passing Rate 2015 68.10%, 2014 68.03%

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Continuous Improvement

• Process is repeated every 3-5 years

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Preparing for the Exam • Blueprint Reference Lists

o CSP http://www.bcsp.org/Portals/0/Assets/DocumentLibrary/CSP _References.pdf

o ASP http://www.bcsp.org/Portals/0/Assets/DocumentLibrary/ASP _References.pdf

• Self-Assessments Available for Purchase http://www.bcsp.org/Portals/0/Assets/IMG/Blog/BCSP_Self- Assessment.pdf

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Preparing for the Exam • Study Sources

http://www.bcsp.org/Resources/Review-and-Study-Sources

• Mentors http://www.bcsp.org/Resources/Mentoring

• Top 10 Things to Know Before Taking the ASP/CSP Exams http://www.connectingehs.com/top-10-things-to-know-before- taking-the-aspcsp-exams/

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