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Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®)

BCSP professional safety certification awarded to candidates who meet requirements and pass its examination.

Licensing authority: Board of Certified Safety Professionals · Application information

Initial by examination
Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®) exam
Application
BCSP reviews the submitted application and payment. Candidates must meet all certification requirements, receive approval, purchase examination authorization and pass within the eligibility period.
Conduct
Disclosure and separate BCSP review under the linked criminal-convictions and professional-license/credential policy; BCSP may deny or defer an application. Article IV specifies reportable convictions and actions, including felony, recent misdemeanor, DUI and relevant professional credential actions; incarceration from criminal conviction makes an applicant ineligible.
Education
{"academicWaiver":false,"alternatives":["Bachelor's degree or higher in any field from an accredited institution","Associate degree in safety, health, or the environment"],"associateDegreeMinimum":"At least four courses and 12 semester hours/18 quarter hours in the safety, health or environmental domains covered in the ASP and CSP examination blueprints.","excludedSubstitutes":"Continuing education, seminars and certificate programs do not substitute for or receive credit toward the academic requirement; unaccredited degrees are not accepted.","nonUsDegrees":"Academic records are evaluated for U.S. equivalency under BCSP standards.","proofRequired":true,"usAccreditation":"Institutional accreditation recognized by CHEA and/or the U.S. Department of Education."}
Eligibility Period
One year after application approval; the current guide allows one purchased one-year eligibility extension within the final 60 days.
Exam
Pass the ASP examination; this route requires the current ASP11 version. Educational and experience conditions are eligibility requirements, not alternative examination waivers.
Experience
{"breadth":"A variety of hazards and skills in recognizing, evaluating and controlling hazards.","fullTime":"At least 35 hours per week.","minimumYears":1,"partTimeEquivalent":"At least 900 hours of professional safety work during any year credited (75 hours per month or 18 hours per week).","primaryResponsibility":"Prevention of harm to people, property or the environment rather than response to harmful events.","professionalLevel":"Employees, employers or clients rely on the applicant to identify, evaluate and control hazards through engineering and/or administrative approaches.","qualifyingWork":"Preventative professional-level SH&E work with breadth and depth of safety duties; professional safety is the primary function and at least 50% of position duties; collateral safety duties do not count."}
Scope
Initial ASP certification only; renewal and recertification are excluded.

Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®) exam

Provider
Pearson
Format
Computer-delivered, closed-book multiple-choice examination; four answer choices with one correct answer.
Exam questions
Total questions: 200.
Time limit
5 hours
Exam fee
$350 individual examination fee
Examination outline
  • Mathematical Calculations (10%)
    • Storage capacity
    • Rigging and load calculations
    • Flow rates
    • Trenching and excavation slope and depth
    • Noise hazard calculations
    • Climate and environmental calculations
    • Fall protection calculations
    • Lagging indicator calculations
    • Manual lift calculations
    • General physics calculations
    • Descriptive statistics
    • Failure mode probability
    • Financial indicators
    • Exposure assessments
    • Radiation exposure calculations
    • Unit conversions
  • Safety Programs and Concepts (25%)
    • Safety management systems
    • Hierarchy of hazard controls
    • Hazard and risk analysis methods
    • Risk matrix methodology
    • Globally Harmonized System
    • Hazardous energy control programs
    • General electrical principles
    • Key safety fundamentals
    • Incident investigations
    • Management of change
    • Leading and lagging indicators
    • Emerging technologies
  • Ergonomics (8%)
    • Ergonomics program elements
    • Ergonomic risk factors
    • Work-related musculoskeletal ergonomic injuries
    • Workspace design
    • Manual material handling
    • Ergonomic work practice controls
    • Ergonomic analysis methods
  • Fire Prevention and Protection (12%)
    • Fundamentals of fire science
    • Flammable and combustible materials
    • Electrical hazards and hazard controls
    • Hot work hazards
    • Combustible dust hazards
    • Fire detection systems
    • Fire suppression systems
    • Fire extinguishers
    • Segregation and separation
    • Housekeeping
    • Fire prevention signs and labels
  • Emergency Preparedness and Response (10%)
    • Emergency response plan elements
    • Sources of emergencies and disasters
    • Preparing for an emergency
    • Disaster response and recovery
    • Workplace violence prevention
    • Lone worker safety
  • Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health (12%)
    • Industrial hygiene program requirements
    • General chemistry
    • Human anatomy and physiology
    • Exposure hazards: sources, sampling, controls, symptoms and target organs
    • Occupational exposure limits
    • Routes of entry
    • Acute and chronic exposures
    • Universal pathogen precautions
    • Ionizing radiation principles
    • Fitness for duty and return to work
    • Total Worker Health®
  • Environmental Management (7%)
    • Environmental hazards
    • Environmental impacts and best practices
    • Hierarchy of conservation
    • Environmental management system standards
    • Waste removal, treatment and disposal
    • EHS role in environmental, social and governance
  • Training, Education, and Communication (11%)
    • Learning theory and techniques
    • Training tools
    • Positive safety culture
    • Data collection, needs analysis, gap analysis and feedback
    • Baseline competency and training needs
    • Training effectiveness and knowledge retention
    • Human risk factors affecting performance
    • Competent and qualified persons
  • Legal (5%)
    • Compliance requirements and professional legal liability
    • Contractor and multi-employer worksite liability
    • Contract terminology and management lifecycle
    • Records control
    • Actions within knowledge and scope limitations
    • Risk transfer
    • Worker impairment liabilities
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