How do you become a certified safety professional?

To become a certified safety professional, you need to meet the qualification requirements, pass the CSP exam, and maintain your certification. Here are some details on these three steps that you can take to become a certified safety professional (CSP):

• Meet the qualification requirements. To become a certified payroll professional you must pass the CSP exam, and in order to qualify for this, you need to have a bachelor's or associate's degree in the fields of environment, health, or safety, in addition to external safety experience.
• Pass the CSP exam. The certified safety professional (CSP) exam is a fairly challenging exam that requires the test-taker to commit to considerable preparation and study. It covers a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:
• Safety management systems
• Risk management
• Emergency preparedness

  The CSP exam has 200 multiple-choice type questions, and all test-takers have exactly five and a half hours to complete the exam.

• Maintain your certification. To maintain your CSP certification, you must earn a certain amount of continuing education credits every year. There is also an annual fee you must pay. In addition, every five years you must retake and pass the CSP exam to maintain your certified safety professional certification.