Accreditation & Annual Reports
All BCSP certifications are accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to the ISO/IEC 17024 standard.
Learn more below about the standards our certifications meet, and explore BCSP’s yearly activities in our Annual Reports.
BCSP's safety certifications hold a high level of demand by employers and government agencies. The results of the 2023 safety salary survey indicate that those holding a BCSP certification typically earn more than their counterparts. Like the Professional Engineer (P.E.) designation for engineers or the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation for accountants, professionals who hold BCSP certifications demonstrate clearly that they have met education and experience standards and have passed rigorous, valid, and reliable examinations.
Internationally Recognized Accreditation
All BCSP certifications are accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) under the ISO/IEC 17024 Personnel Certification standard. The CSP was the first certification in safety, health, and environmental practice accredited by this national organization which evaluates certification programs. The certifications are accredited under the ISO/IEC 17024 standards for personnel certification programs and can be found in ANAB’s database by their 0646 identification number.
ANAB is the first personnel certification accreditation body in the United States to meet internationally accepted practices for accreditation and is, by far, the most widely accepted accreditation offered for personnel certification bodies and the most recognized program internationally.
Our accreditation under ANAB’s ISO/IEC 17024 international standard indicates that BCSP’s programs have met, and continue to meet, standards for quality improvement.
Government agencies rely on ANAB credentialing accreditation to assure the competency of their programs. The accreditation standard covers fairness in testing, impartiality in processes, audited financial disclosure, independence in governance, validated examination content, security and confidentiality, and many other criteria.
The Education Standard
The educational requirements for the Certified Safety Professional® (CSP®) and the Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®) can only be met by educational institutions that hold institutional accreditation.
In the U.S., accrediting organizations are recognized after being reviewed for quality by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
To ensure this standard, non-U.S. academic institutions offering degrees outside the United States are evaluated for institutional accreditation and/or recognition in their country of origin and the degree program is evaluated for U.S. equivalency.
Annual Reports
BCSP is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of safety through quality safety certifications. As such, we are committed to transparency and share our annual reports with the public.
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