Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®) Certification

About Course

The Associate Safety Professional® (ASP®) certification, awarded by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP), is a credential for individuals beginning a career in safety management. It covers fundamental aspects of safety, health, and environmental practices, including hazard identification, risk assessment, and safety program implementation. To qualify, candidates must meet specific education and experience requirements and pass a rigorous exam. The ASP® certification enhances career prospects by validating foundational safety knowledge and skills, serving as a stepping stone to advanced certifications like the Certified Safety Professional® (CSP®). ASP® holders are equipped to contribute effectively to workplace safety and health initiatives.

Course Content

Domain 1 Advanced Sciences and Math

General chemistry concepts (e.g., nomenclature, balancing chemical equations, chemical reactions, ideal gas law, and pH)
Electrical principles (e.g., Ohms law, power, impedance, energy, resistance, and circuits)
Principles of radioactivity (e.g., radioactive decay, half-life, source strength, concentration, and inverse square law)
Storage capacity calculations
Rigging and load calculations
Ventilation and system design
Noise hazards
Climate and environmental conditions (e.g., Wet-bulb Globe Temperature [WBGT], wind chill, and heat stress)
Fall protection calculations
General physics concepts (e.g., force, acceleration, velocity, momentum, and friction)
Financial principles (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, cost of risk, life cycle cost, return on investment, and effects of losses)
Descriptive statistics (e.g., central tendency, variability, and probability)
Lagging indicators (e.g., incidence rates, lost time, and direct costs of incidents)
Leading indicators (e.g., inspection frequency, safety interventions, employee performance evaluations, training frequency, near miss, near hit, and close-call reporting)

Domain 2 Safety Management Systems

Hierarchy of hazard controls
Risk transfer (e.g., insurance and outsourcing – such as incident management or subcontracting)
Management of change
Hazard and risk analysis methods (e.g., preliminary hazard analysis, subsystem hazard analysis, hazard and operability analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, fault tree analysis, fishbone, what-if and checklist analysis,
Process safety management
Fleet safety principles (e.g., driver behavior, defensive driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and vehicle safety features)
Hazard Communication and Globally Harmonized System
Control of hazardous energy (e.g., lockout/tagout)
Excavation, trenching, and shoring
Confined space
Physical security
Fall protection
Fall protection
Machine guarding
Powered industrial vehicles (e.g., trucks, forklifts, and cranes)
Scaffolding

Domain 3 Ergonomics

Domain 4 Fire Prevention and Protection

Chemical (e.g., flash point and auto ignition)
Electrical (e.g., static electricity, surge, arc flash, ground fault circuit interrupter, and grounding and bonding)
Hot work (e.g., welding, cutting, and brazing)
Combustible dust
Fire science (e.g., fire pentagon, fire tetrahedron, upper and lower explosive limits)
Detection systems
Suppression systems, fire extinguishers, sprinkler types
Segregation and separation (e.g., flammable materials storage and ventilation)
Housekeeping

Domain 5 Emergency Response Management (ERM)

Domain 6 Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health

Sources of biological hazards (e.g., viral, bacterial, parasitic, fungus, and mold)
Protocol for bloodborne pathogen control
Mutagens, teratogens, and carcinogens
Chemical hazards (e.g., sources, assessment, control strategies, symptoms, and target organs)
Exposure limits (e.g., Threshold Limit Value [TLV], Short-term exposure limits [STEL], Time-Weighted Average [TWA], Ceiling Limit, Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health [IDLH], and Action Level [AL])
Routes of entry (e.g., inhalation, ingestion, absorption, and injection)
Acute and chronic exposures (e.g., additive effect, synergistic effect, antagonistic effect, and potentiation effect)
Noise
Radiation
Heat and cold stress

Domain 7 Environmental Management

Domain 8 Training, Education, and Communication

Domain 9 Law and Ethics

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Course Content

Domain 1 Advanced Sciences and Math

General chemistry concepts (e.g., nomenclature, balancing chemical equations, chemical reactions, ideal gas law, and pH)

Electrical principles (e.g., Ohms law, power, impedance, energy, resistance, and circuits)

Principles of radioactivity (e.g., radioactive decay, half-life, source strength, concentration, and inverse square law)

Storage capacity calculations

Rigging and load calculations

Ventilation and system design

Noise hazards

Climate and environmental conditions (e.g., Wet-bulb Globe Temperature [WBGT], wind chill, and heat stress)

Fall protection calculations

General physics concepts (e.g., force, acceleration, velocity, momentum, and friction)

Financial principles (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, cost of risk, life cycle cost, return on investment, and effects of losses)

Descriptive statistics (e.g., central tendency, variability, and probability)

Lagging indicators (e.g., incidence rates, lost time, and direct costs of incidents)

Leading indicators (e.g., inspection frequency, safety interventions, employee performance evaluations, training frequency, near miss, near hit, and close-call reporting)

Domain 2 Safety Management Systems

Hierarchy of hazard controls

Risk transfer (e.g., insurance and outsourcing – such as incident management or subcontracting)

Management of change

Hazard and risk analysis methods (e.g., preliminary hazard analysis, subsystem hazard analysis, hazard and operability analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, fault tree analysis, fishbone, what-if and checklist analysis,

Process safety management

Fleet safety principles (e.g., driver behavior, defensive driving, distracted driving, fatigue, and vehicle safety features)

Hazard Communication and Globally Harmonized System

Control of hazardous energy (e.g., lockout/tagout)

Excavation, trenching, and shoring

Confined space

Physical security

Fall protection

Fall protection

Machine guarding

Powered industrial vehicles (e.g., trucks, forklifts, and cranes)

Scaffolding

Domain 3 Ergonomics

Fitness for duty (e.g., fatigue and mental health)

Stressors (e.g., environmental, lights, noise, and other conditions)

Risk factors (e.g., repetition, force, posture, and vibration)

Work design

Material handling (e.g., manual, powered equipment, and lifting devices)

Work practice controls (e.g., job rotation, work hardening, and early symptom intervention)

Domain 4 Fire Prevention and Protection

Chemical (e.g., flash point and auto ignition)

Electrical (e.g., static electricity, surge, arc flash, ground fault circuit interrupter, and grounding and bonding)

Hot work (e.g., welding, cutting, and brazing)

Combustible dust

Fire science (e.g., fire pentagon, fire tetrahedron, upper and lower explosive limits)

Detection systems

Suppression systems, fire extinguishers, sprinkler types

Segregation and separation (e.g., flammable materials storage and ventilation)

Housekeeping

Domain 5 Emergency Response Management (ERM)

Emergency, crisis, disaster response planning (e.g., drills)

Workplace violence (e.g., shooting, bomb threat, vandalism, and verbal threats)

Domain 6 Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health

Sources of biological hazards (e.g., viral, bacterial, parasitic, fungus, and mold)

Protocol for bloodborne pathogen control

Mutagens, teratogens, and carcinogens

Chemical hazards (e.g., sources, assessment, control strategies, symptoms, and target organs)

Exposure limits (e.g., Threshold Limit Value [TLV], Short-term exposure limits [STEL], Time-Weighted Average [TWA], Ceiling Limit, Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health [IDLH], and Action Level [AL])

Routes of entry (e.g., inhalation, ingestion, absorption, and injection)

Acute and chronic exposures (e.g., additive effect, synergistic effect, antagonistic effect, and potentiation effect)

Noise

Radiation

Heat and cold stress

Domain 7 Environmental Management

Environmental hazards awareness (e.g., biological [mold], chemical, waste, and vermin)

Water (e.g., storm, waste, and best practices)

Air (e.g., quality and best practices)

Land and conservation (e.g., solid waste, recycling, and sustainability)

Hierarchy of conservation (e.g., reuse, recycle, and reduce)

Environmental management system standards

Waste removal, treatment, and disposal

Domain 8 Training, Education, and Communication

Adult learning theory and techniques

Presentation tools (e.g., computer-based and group meeting)

Safety culture/climate

Data collection, needs analysis, gap analysis, and feedback

Assessing competency