CH 4 - Roles and Professional
Certifications for Safety and Health
Professionals
Academic requirement for Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - ANS-Associate diploma in
protection and fitness or Bachelor's diploma in any field
Certification Boards - ANS-a way to establish one's reputation within the area of fitness and
safety
Certified Safety Professional Examination Requirement - ANS-Safety Fundamentals
Examination and Comprehensive Practice Examination
Examples of Professional Certification Boards: - ANS-Boards of Certified Safety Professionals
(BCSP)
American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)
Boards of Certification in Professional Engineering (BCPE)
The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Examples of Professional Societies - ANS-American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
American Occupational Medical Association (AOMA)
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
National Safety Council (NSC)
Examples of Scientific Standards and Testing Organizations - ANS-American National
Standards Institute (ANSI)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASME)
Experience requirement for Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - ANS-Four years of
professional protection experience
Health Physicist - ANS-are usually concerned about radiation within the workplace.
Industrial Hygiene - ANS-Is the technological know-how devoted to the recognition,
assessment, and control of environmental elements and stresses, bobbing up in and from the
administrative center.
Line Authority - ANS-Means that the protection and health supervisor has authority over and
supervises certain employees
Medical bodies of the protection team - ANS-Occupational Health Nurse and Occupational
Physician
other degrees of certification created after CSP - ANS-Certified Industrial Hygienist
Certified Professional Ergonomist
Professional Societies - ANS-Formed to promote professionalism by means of forming networks
amongst colleagues in a given discipline
Certifications for Safety and Health
Professionals
Academic requirement for Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - ANS-Associate diploma in
protection and fitness or Bachelor's diploma in any field
Certification Boards - ANS-a way to establish one's reputation within the area of fitness and
safety
Certified Safety Professional Examination Requirement - ANS-Safety Fundamentals
Examination and Comprehensive Practice Examination
Examples of Professional Certification Boards: - ANS-Boards of Certified Safety Professionals
(BCSP)
American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)
Boards of Certification in Professional Engineering (BCPE)
The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Examples of Professional Societies - ANS-American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
American Occupational Medical Association (AOMA)
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
National Safety Council (NSC)
Examples of Scientific Standards and Testing Organizations - ANS-American National
Standards Institute (ANSI)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASME)
Experience requirement for Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - ANS-Four years of
professional protection experience
Health Physicist - ANS-are usually concerned about radiation within the workplace.
Industrial Hygiene - ANS-Is the technological know-how devoted to the recognition,
assessment, and control of environmental elements and stresses, bobbing up in and from the
administrative center.
Line Authority - ANS-Means that the protection and health supervisor has authority over and
supervises certain employees
Medical bodies of the protection team - ANS-Occupational Health Nurse and Occupational
Physician
other degrees of certification created after CSP - ANS-Certified Industrial Hygienist
Certified Professional Ergonomist
Professional Societies - ANS-Formed to promote professionalism by means of forming networks
amongst colleagues in a given discipline
