Articles and Presentations
BCSP and CCHEST Reading Room
Welcome to the Reading Room.
Here you will find a wide variety of articles, studies even PowerPoint presentations for anyone to review, use in their own presentations or just learn more about ethics in safety, benefits of certification and other topics of interest.
This page will be updated on a semi-regular basis, so check back for new additions.
Articles
Career Success:
Lessons Learned from a New CSP Salary and Demographic Study
Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., CSP, P.E.
Presented at the 2008 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. Copyright © 2008 by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Reprinted with permission.
International Professional Safety Practice:
A Comparison with U.S. Practice
Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., CSP, P.E.
Steven Schoolcraft, CSP, P.E.
Presented at the 2008 American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. Copyright © 2008 by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Reprinted with permission.
International Transportability of Safety Credentials
Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., CSP, P.E.
Professional Ethics
Peter Strahlendorf, Ph.D., CRSP
"Professional Ethics" was published in the Proceedings of the 2004 ASSE Professional Development Conference c 2004 by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Reprinted by permission.
Professional Certification
"Professional Certification" was published in the December 2004 issue of Professional Safety
c2004 by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Reprinted by permission.
Evaluating a Safety Degree Curriculum Using Job Analysis for Professional Safety Practice
Reproduced with the permission of the American Society of Safety Engineers from the Proceedings of the 2005 ASSE Professional Development Conference.
PowerPoint Presentations
CSP 2008 Presentation
Certified Safety Professional: The Benchmark of the Safety Professional
Professional Ethics for the Health & Safety Professional
Peter Strahlendorf, Ph.D., CRSP
Advancing Your Professional Safety Practice
Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., CSP, P.E.
Role Delineation Studies and other Technical Reports
STS-Construction Role Delineation Study 2002
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Safety Trained Supervisor in Construction (STS-Construction) role delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the STS-Construction examination. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report will be retired in the 4th quarter of 2010.
OHST Role Delineation Study 2003
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST) and Certified Loss Control Specialist (CLCS) role delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the OHST examination and to demonstrate that the roles of loss control specialists are the same as those for OHSTs. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report is expected to be retired in 2011.
STS-General Industry Role Delineation Study 2004
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Safety Trained Supervisor in General Industry (STS-General Industry) role delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the STS-General Industry examination. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report is expected to be retired in 2012.
STS-Petrochemical Role Delineation Study 2004
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Safety Trained Supervisor in Petrochemical (STS-Petrochemical) role delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the STS-Petrochemical examination. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report is expected to be retired in 2012.
CHST Role Delineation Study 2004
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) role delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the CHST examination. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report is expected to be retired in 2012.
Evaluating Academic Curricula at the Associate Level 2005
This is a report on evaluating the level of correlation an academic curriculum at the associate degree level has with the validated knowledge and skills associated with health and safety technologist practice. The information in this document is obtained wholly from the most recent job analysis study conducted for the Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST) credentialing program.
Safety Fundamentals Content Delineation Study 2008
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Safety Fundamentals content delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the Safety Fundamentals examination, the first examination leading to the Certified Safety Professional designation. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report is expected to be retired in 2016.
Comprehensive Practice Content Delineation Study 2008
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Comprehensive Practice role delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the Comprehensive Practice examination, the second and final examination leading to the Certified Safety Professional designation. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report is expected to be retired in 2016.
Evaluating Academic Curricula at the Bachelor's and Master's Levels 2008
This is a report on evaluating the level of correlation an academic curriculum’s coursework has with the validated knowledge and skills associated with professional safety practice. The information in this document is obtained wholly from the published Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) examination blueprints for the Safety Fundamentals and Comprehensive Practice examinations used in the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) credentialing program.
STS-Construction and STS-Mining Role Delineation Study 2009
Summary of the procedures used to conduct the Safety Trained Supervisor in Construction (STS-Construction) role delineation study and the results obtained from this study. The Council on Certification of Health, Environmental and Safety Technologists (CCHEST) commissioned this role delineation study to update the examination blueprint for the STS-Construction examination. The examination based on this blueprint described in this report will be used beginning in the 4th quarter of 2010 and is expected to be retired in 2017.
