BCSP At-a-Glance

Minimum
Education

Training

CSP

ASP

Minimum Bachelor's
degree in any field or
an associate in safety,
health or the
environment or a
closely related field

Minimum Bachelor's
degree in any field or
an associate in safety,
health or the
environment or a
closely related field

N/A

N/A

GSP

OHST

Bachelor's or Master's
degree from an ABETHigh School Diploma
ASAC or AABI
or GED
accredited QAP
program

N/A

CHST

High School Diploma

or GED

N/A

N/A

STS and STSC

N/A

CET

High School Diploma

or GED

Delivery of 270 hours

30 hours of safety,
of training/teaching in
health and
safety, health and
environmental training environmental-related
areas

Work Experience

At least 4 years of
experience where
safety is at least 50%,
preventative,
professional level with
breadth and depth of
safety duties and one
of the following
credentials: ASP, CIH,
CMIOSH, CRSP, GSP,
SISO, Diploma in
Industrial Safety from
CLI/RLIs of the
Government of India

Application Fees

$160

$160

N/A

$140

$140

$120

$140

Examination Fees

$350

$350

N/A

$300

$300

$185

$300

Eligibility
Extension Fees

$100

$100

N/A

$100

$100

$100

$100

Renewal Fees

$150

$140

$140

$120

$120

$60

$120

54.86%

60.57%

N/A

66.29%

60.23%

STSC: 73.56%
STS: 72.41%

62.86%

20 points

30 hours of safety and

health courses or
retaking your
STS/STSC exam or
earning the
STS/STSC, CHST,
OHST, ASP or CSP

Passing Scores

Recertification
(5-year cycle)

25 points

2 years supervisory
experience or 4 years
At least 1 year of
No experience
work experience
experience where
3 years of experience 3 years of construction
required: Must achieve
related to the STS
safety is at least 50%,
where safety, health or experience where at
the CSP within
industry exam for
preventative,
environmental work is least 35% of primary
eligibility time period
which candidate is
professional level with
at least 35% of job
job duties involve
once CSP experience
applying (work
breadth and depth of
duties
safety and health
requirement is met
experience must be a
safety duties
minimum part time [18
hrs/week] to qualify)

25 points

N/A

20 points

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Hold one of the

following credentials:
ASP, CDGP, CFPS
CHMM, CHST, CIH,
CMIOSH, CRSP, CSP,
or OHST

20 points, with 3 of
these points in
attending a training,
development or
instructional
technology class