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November 9‐10, 2018
The Value of Professional Certification: Career Advancement in OHS
Presenters: Joshua Franklin, MBA, CSP, SMS, CIT, STSSenior Director, Strategic Advancement
Angela Giotto, MPH, CSPLearning Solutions Manager
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Learning Objectives:
• Discuss the career benefits of professional development through certification
• Identify the professional certification for you
• Define an individualized study plan to achieve success
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Presentation Outline
Professionalism: Significance of Certification
Accredited Credentials:
Go with the best.
The Certification Process
Study Tools, Techniques and
Methods
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Certifications: The Mark of Professionalism
Advance
OSH Profession
Career Advancement
Continued Professional Development
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The Safety Professional
A safety professional is one who applies the expertise gained from: • a study of safety science, principles, and other subjects;
• professional safety experience to create or develop procedures, processes, standards, specifications, and systems
• to achieve optimal control or reduction of the hazards and exposures that may harm people, property or the environment.
*ANSI ASSE Z590‐Accepted Practices
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The Certified Safety Professional
A Certified Safety Professional® (CSP) is a safety professional who has met and continues to meet the criteria established by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and is authorized by the BCSP to use the Certified Safety Professional® title and the CSP credential.
Certified Safety Professional ®
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Four Types of Certification
• Professional
• Management
• Technician and Supervisory
• Training
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What’s out there?
• Safety Trained Supervisor (STS)
• Safety Trained Supervisor Construction (STSC)
• Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technician (OHST)
• Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)
• Associated Safety Professional (ASP)
• Safety Management Specialist (SMS)
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT)
• Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP)*
• Transitional Safety Practitioner (TSP)*
• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
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What is Certification?Certify – to attest authoritatively as meeting a standard.
Webster’s Ninth Collegiate Dictionary
• Professional credential
• Competency assessment
• Third‐party validation of four ‘E’s
• Voluntary process
• Evaluates individuals against a standard
• Requires continuing education and professional development (recertification)
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Why is Certification Important?
• Demonstrates competency
• Advances safety professionalism
• Competitive advantage
• Demonstrates credibility
• Sets standards
• Pay and mobility
• Contract Qualifications
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Salary Survey 2018
• Joint effort led by BCSP and American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
• 10,282 responses
• Median annual base salary: $97,000
Findings:
• Certified SH&E professionals typically earn $20,000 MORE per year than those with no licenses or certifications
• CSP is higher: $30,000 more per year*
http://www.bcsp.org/SH‐E‐Practice/Salary‐Survey
*compared to their colleagues that perform similar functions but do not hold the CSP
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Accredited Certification vs. Certificate Programs
•Accredited vs. Not Accredited•Certificate vs. Certification•Exam vs. Participation
•Beware of the Certified in Some Stuff (CSS)
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General Certification Process• Research
• Apply online
• Determine eligibility
• Purchase exam
• Study, study, study
• Study, study , study
• Pass exam
• Maintain certification• Annual renewal fee• Recertification
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The Study Plan
Depends on your background/capabilities• Knowledge, skills, abilities (KSA)
• Academic, life/work experience
• Test taking abilities
• Motivation
• Resources ($)
• Time availability (work/life cycle)
• Individual learning styles/preferences• Audio, Visual, Kinesthetic
• Self‐directed, instructor facilitated (workshop timing? Initial or capstone?)
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How to study
Select a
good location
Select a
good location
Set realistic time limitsSet realistic time limits
Avoid distractions
Avoid distractions
Eat rightEat right
Get plenty
of sleep
Get plenty
of sleepExerciseExercise
Become an Exam Athlete!Become an
Exam Athlete!
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Self‐Study Resources
• Workbooks
• Software
• Workshops
• Webinars
• Online Quizzes
• Reference Books
• Self‐Assessment Exams
• Study Groups
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Applied Study Techniques
"True genius is an uncluttered mind armed with only relevant knowledge“ ‐John R. Monteith
Analyze knowledge gaps
Identify strengths and weaknesses
Design an examination study plan
Develop test‐taking strategies
Proper use of the calculator
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Applied Exam Techniques
• Read the items carefully
• Understand the problem
• Use time wisely• Breaks (clock does not stop)
• Compete all items
• Educated guess• Eliminate answers
• Multiple Passes
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Credential accessibility and features at your fingertips!BCSP.ORG
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Learning Objectives:
• Discuss the career benefits of professional development through certification
• Identify the professional certification for you
• Define an individualized study plan to achieve success
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Questions?
joshua.franklin@bcsp.orgor
angela.giotto@bcsp.org
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