Safety Professional Certificate (SPC)

Description

The Safety Professional Certificate (SPC) is NASP’s most distinguished Certificate Program, setting the standard for excellence in occupational safety and health leadership. This advanced program delivers a powerful, in-depth curriculum designed to refine your decision-making, strengthen your strategic leadership skills, and equip you to lead safety initiatives that influence change at every level of your organization.

By earning the SPC designation, you position yourself as a trusted safety authority—capable of shaping policies, inspiring teams, and driving transformative improvements that safeguard workers and elevate organizational performance.

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 242 hours. You have up to six months to complete the course.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will attain the designation of Safety Professional Certificate (SPC). With this certificate, the student will have acquired the knowledge, skills, and abilities to:

• Develop and implement advanced workplace safety management techniques
• Identify safety management systems and ways to engage leadership and involve employees so that the implementation of safety management systems is effective
• Perform as a qualified safety expert, safety authority, and administrator
• Implement adult learning style training methodologies that change the way your employees work
• Avoid civil and criminal liability for accidents and injuries
• Determine proper interpretation and application of OSHA regulations
• Establish and implement acceptable analysis and documentation of workplace hazards
• Manage and conduct workplace safety inspections and audits
• Investigate, analyze, and document workplace accidents and root cause analysis
• Create and manage a successful safety culture using the latest behavior modification techniques
• Develop, implement, and manage your internal company safety programs, saving your company money
• Define and interpret requirements with OSHA compliance, workplace safety-related EPA guidelines, and relevant DOT regulations.
• Recognize potential sources of bloodborne pathogens in the workplace and implement control measures to reduce infection
• Identify and manage hazardous materials
• Identify the impact of workplace violence and describe effective response techniques to implement an effective violence prevention program
• Develop proper responses to emergencies and implement an emergency management program
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of workplace safety and how to manage safety in your workplace, with emphasis on Behavior Based Safety

Prerequisites and Authorization

The Safety Professional Certificate is a stand-alone Certificate.  However, NASP/IASP’s designations are designed to be achieved in a step-by-step building block process where each level achieved is a step toward the next higher level. Obtaining the SPC requires successful completion of 25 areas of specialization listed below.

Upon completion, an SPC designee is Authorized to

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

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Online Exams

The student will take an online exam at the end of each course. You must score 80% to receive a Certificate. You have two opportunities to pass each exam.

Recertification

A refresher course and exam will be required every three (3) years. The cost of this recertification is $595. Upon completion of this Refresher course, the student does not earn CEUs. This Refresher course does not require the student to view all material to proceed to the next module. IACET does not allow NASP/IASP to issue CEUs for recertification when students may simply take the recertification exam without viewing course materials.