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Qualified Equivalent Programs

Qualified Equivalent Programs (QEPs) provide their learners with the opportunity for additional recognition in environment, health, and safety (EHS) and set them on a path to professional certification.

A QEP is a curriculum-based diploma or certificate program in the EHS field whose required course curriculum has been reviewed by BCSP and found to substantially match the current Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®) examination blueprint.

Individuals who complete a program from a QEP are eligible to apply for the Transitional Safety Practitioner® (TSP®) designation, which meets the qualifying credential requirement to apply for the Certified Safety Professional® (CSP®). The TSP is only available to EHS learners from programs classified as QEPs.
QEP-Program-Benefits

What are the benefits of becoming a QEP?
  • Distinction from other EHS diploma or certificate programs, recognizing your learners' accomplishments with a path to professional certification.
  • Special recognition in BCSP's online QEP list.
  • Additional benefits and recognition of advancement for individuals who complete your program.
QEP-Student-Benefits

What are the benefits for learners?
  • The opportunity to achieve a qualifying credential for the CSP, waiving the need to sit for, and pass, the ASP examination before applying for the CSP.
  • Recognition of their level of preparation for professional safety practice.
  • A TSP Digital Badge and inclusion of their name in the online BCSP Credential Holder Directory.
  • Use of the BCSP Career Center to post a resume and view career opportunities.
  • A TSP digital certificate.

How does a program get on the QEP list?

Curriculum-based EHS certificate or diploma programs may contact BCSP and request their program be reviewed against the current Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®)  examination blueprint.

The institution must submit program information and a list of required courses in the curriculum with the corresponding detailed syllabi.

There is no cost to the institution for either a program review or to become a QEP. However, the process of review will be repeated with each ASP exam blueprint revision. 

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