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Credentials At-A-Glance

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Certified Safety Professional®

The CSP provides safety practitioners a path to greater recognition and career opportunities, offering a certification that demonstrates you have met the requirements for the gold standard of SH&E credentials and have achieved the industry’s most-recognized SH&E certification.

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Safety Management Professional

The SMP recognizes SH&E professionals with 10+ years of know-how and the management skills required for a business’s safe operation. SMPs are experienced professionals with safety management knowledge, which they apply on a full-time or part-time basis as part of their job duties.

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Associate Safety Professional®

The ASP is for safety practitioners who have proven knowledge of SH&E fundamentals. Earning your ASP shows others you are serious about safety, confirms your knowledge and skills, and advances your career. The ASP meets the credential requirement for the Certified Safety Professional (CSP).

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Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician®

The OHST demonstrates your occupational hygiene knowledge and skills. Designed for safety practitioners responsible for industrial hygiene and occupational safety at a technician level as a primary or secondary component of their job duties, the OHST provides recognition of your expertise.

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Construction Health and Safety Technician®

The CHST recognizes your dedication to and competency in performing health and safety activities that prevent construction illnesses and injuries. The CHST is for construction job SH&E specialists. CHSTs may be responsible for one or more construction projects or job sites.

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Safety Trained Supervisor®

The STS is intended for leaders at all levels of an organization. If you achieve the STS you may not have safety as a primary duty, but your knowledge of safety practices ensures safer and healthier workplaces.

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Safety Trained Supervisor Construction®

If you work at any level in the construction industry, you can become a safety leader by achieving the STSC. Safety may not be an STSC’s primary duty, but your knowledge of safety practices ensures safer and healthier worksites.

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Certified Instructional Trainer®

The CIT is a certification held by those with experience and expertise in developing, designing, and delivering SH&E training. A CIT may hold positions at the manager, director, technician, or supervisory level and may have other duties in addition to training.

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Graduate Safety Practitioner®

Available to graduates from SH&E degree programs which meet BCSP Qualified Academic Program (QAP) standards, the GSP is a designation that meets the credential requirement for the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification, allowing those who hold it to apply directly for the CSP once they meet its other requirements.

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Transitional Safety Practitioner

Available to graduates from curriculum-based certificate or diploma programs in the SH&E field which meet BCSP Qualified Equivalent Program (QEP) standards, the TSP is a designation that meets the credential requirement for the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.