Issue 3 | November 2020
Welcome to the Board of Certified Safety Professionals' (BCSP) Choose Safety eNewsletter. This eNewsletter serves to provide information regarding the safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) career fields and the value of certifications and designations to high school and college student counselors.

In this eNewsletter, you will find information about:

  • The BCSP Foundation's Youth Safety Institute
  • The Earning Potential of BCSP Credentials
  • A Certified Safety Professional's (CSP) Journey to the Safety Profession
  • Information about the Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) Designation
  • Resources BCSP Provides to Students
  • Information about Career Paths in Safety
  • Information on Requesting BCSP Ambassadors

We hope you enjoy our eNewsletter and join us in promoting the SH&E profession to young people. Together, we can help make the world a safer place!

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BCSP is a not-for-profit corporation recognized as a leader in high-quality, accredited credentialing for safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) practitioners. BCSP establishes standards and certifies competency criteria in professional safety practice. Since 1969, over 100,000 BCSP credentials have been achieved.

More information regarding BCSP and our certifications and designations can be found on our website, BCSP.org
Visit the BCSP Foundation's New Youth Safety Institute
Students and young people play an integral role in shaping the future of the safety profession.

The BCSP Foundation’s Youth Safety Institute provides the necessary tools to address and mitigate the potential risks currently presented by youth participation in the modern economy.

Included in the Youth Safety Institute are facts and figures regarding the dangers young workers face, outreach postcards, guides, and videos, and a Youth Safety Toolkit that includes a guide to careers in safety, video testimonials, and more!

Follow the link below to learn how you can help protect our most at-risk portion of the workforce, the youth!
Safety Salary Survey
In partnership with the National Safety Council (NSC), BCSP conducted a 37-question SH&E industry salary survey and have compiled the results in a full report and salary calculator.

The median salary of full-time SH&E professionals was $98,000, with 47 percent earning $100,000 or more. Those with at least one of 14 particular licenses/credentials (ASP, CDGP, CHMM, CHMP, CHST, CIH, CIT, CSP, GSP, OHST, SMS, STSC, STS, and TSP) typically earn $17,700 more per year than those without one of these licenses/credentials.

Particularly, BCSP's Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification adds $12,000 to the median base salary for a full-time SH&E professional.

For more information about the earning power of BCSP credentials, visit our salary survey using the button below!
Education Now Serves as Pathway to STS/STSC Certifications
The eligibility requirements for the Safety Trained Supervisor® (STS®) and the Safety Trained Supervisor Construction® (STSC®) certifications were expanded earlier this year to include education, training, and apprenticeships.

Under the new criteria, applicants may now apply for the STS or STSC with an associate degree in occupational safety, risk management, or construction management. Completion of a two-year trade or union training program or apprenticeship is also recognized.

The change comes in an effort to provide a pathway for graduates who may not yet have the work experience but who possess the comprehensive knowledge required to demonstrate proper safety work practices.

For more information about the STS and STSC certifications and the ways in which they can benefit recently-graduated safety professionals, visit bcsp.org.
BCSP's Examinations Director Discusses Safety Career, Opportunities

Dave West, CSP, ASP shares the wide variety of industries that hold opportunities for those considering careers in the safety profession, the profession's central dedication to the protection of their communities, and how his career has led him to advance safety with NASA.

Be sure to follow our YouTube page, as we have a lot of exciting content on the way.
Interested in Safety?
If you or your students are interested in safety, BCSP offers a multitude of tools and resources designed to help future safety practitioners along their journey!
Academic Database
The BCSP Academic Database is an online database with degree, location, and contact information for more than 800 SH&E college programs. It also features an interactive map which conveniently shows colleges, degree programs, contact information, and more for schools across the country. 
BCSP Career Center

The BCSP Career Center is a free job-posting service where job seekers and posters can upload resumes and seek or post job opportunities. Uploading a resume will allow companies seeking safety professionals to view your qualifications. Your students can get an early start on their job search at no cost!
Scholarships

The BCSP Foundation, along with other organizations like the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), and the AGC Education and Research Foundation, offer scholarships to students in safety, health, and environmental degree programs.
GSP

The Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) designation is available to students who are obtaining a degree from Qualified Academic Programs (QAP). The GSP is a designation that puts safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) students ahead of the competition by setting them on the path to obtaining the Certified Safety Practitioner certifications.
Career Paths in Safety

Much of the information and the programs and benefits described in this eNewsletter can be found on our Career Paths in Safety webpage. Included is information on how to become a safety professional, information on salaries in the safety field, ways to enter the safety profession, and a video on why students should choose safety.
Ambassador Program

BCSP established the BCSP Ambassador Program — an outreach initiative that engages select volunteers among BCSP certification holders to represent BCSP at events and speaking engagements with stakeholders in the SH&E field.
To request an ambassador to speak to your students at your next event, click below!
Connect With Us!
We encourage you and your students to follow us on social media!

We upload pertinent information and updates weekly. It's a great way to stay-in-touch with the latest SH&E happenings, as well as any changes to BCSP policies that may affect future SH&E students.
Share Events With Us!
Have an upcoming job fair, conference, or chapter meeting that you would like to share with readers? Would you like to invite a BCSP representative to attend an event? We would like to hear about it! 

Submit information on upcoming events using our new Event Request Form.
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Young people are the future of the safety profession, and the earlier they are made aware of the importance of safety in the workplace, the greater the chance we all get to return home safely after a day's work.

We hope you have enjoyed this eNewsletter and found the information helpful. If you have any questions you can reach out to us at anytime.

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