Certified Safety Manager (CSM)

Description

The Certified Safety Manager (CSM) Certificate Program is a high-impact, foundational train-the-trainer course that signals to employers, regulatory agencies, and even the courts that you possess the knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities expected of a safety professional. This program demonstrates your capability to independently manage comprehensive safety programs, policies, and procedures essential to maintaining a safe, compliant, and productive workplace.

Creating a strong safety culture is no easy task—but this program equips you with the strategies, tools, and confidence to make it happen. Through in-depth training, you’ll learn how to interpret and apply complex regulations, mitigate civil and criminal liability, elevate worker morale, reduce costly workers’ compensation claims, and—most importantly—prevent injuries before they occur.

By earning the CSM designation, you position yourself as a trusted safety leader, ready to drive impactful change, protect lives, and set a new standard of excellence in workplace safety management.

The required amount of time to complete the course is dependent upon your knowledge of workplace safety, but we find that the average completion time is approximately 40 hours. You have up to six months to complete the course.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will attain the designation of CSM. With this certificate, the student will have acquired the knowledge, skills, and abilities to:

• Identify and list primary, OSHA-required, workplace safety topics. 
• Recall key regulatory requirements relevant to workplace safety.
• Perform as a qualified safety expert, safety manager, and administrator.
• Apply proven training methodologies to modify employee behaviors and improve workplace safety practices. 
• Develop and customize cost-effective safety programs that align with organizational needs. 
• Implement procedures to minimize and avoid civil and criminal liabilities related to workplace accidents and injuries. 
• Determine proper interpretation and application of OSHA regulations. 
• Assess, document, and analyze workplace hazards using standardized evaluation techniques. 
• Plan, conduct, and manage workplace safety inspections and audits to ensure compliance with safety standards. 
• Investigate, analyze, and document workplace accidents, determining root causes to prevent recurrence. 
• Design, implement, and sustain a successful safety culture using the latest behavior-based safety modification techniques. 

Prerequisites and Authorization

The CSM is a foundational course that requires no prerequisites; however, prior knowledge of workplace safety is highly recommended.

Upon completion, a CSM designee is granted Authorization to:

• Conduct Awareness-Level and Designation-Specific training
• Issue Certificates of Completion to their students under the NASP or IASP name

Click here for Trainer Resources.

The Certified Safety Manager (CSM) may issue NASP/IASP certificates for courses found on the link above. They may represent themselves as NASP/IASP Certified Trainers. They may use the NASP/IASP name and logo on their website and in other advertising, but they may not represent themselves as being NASP/IASP. CSMs may advertise themselves as an NASP/IASP Certified Trainer for any safety courses they may teach, whether or not the course is found on the link above, and issue their own certificates without the NASP/IASP name or logo. Details may also be found in the link.