Fact Sheet
MANAGING HEALTH & SAFETY FOR THE 21st CENTURY:
WHY YOUR ORGANIZATION NEEDS A PROFESSIONAL
The Challenge
Increasing health hazards in the workplace, mounting legislative obligations for employers, and the enormous costs associated with occupational mishaps all add up to one strong message: you can't afford anything less than a health and safety professional.
The days when you gave the safety job to anyone who showed an interest are long gone. The complexities of managing health and safety-from identifying potential hazards to controlling these hazards-demand expertise and experience.
The Solution
Hire a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP).
What's a CRSP?
- An individual who has met the academic, experience and examination requirements of a national registration authority.
- An individual with in-depth knowledge of health and safety principles and practices who uses this knowledge to develop systems in your workplace in order to achieve optimum control over hazards detrimental to people, equipment, material and the environment.
- An individual committed to the principles of loss control, accident prevention and environmental protection.
- An individual whose knowledge and skills are continually upgraded through a certification maintenance program to ensure you always have a qualified, up-to-date professional managing your health and safety interests.
- An individual committed to managing the organization's health and safety issues and concerns according to a Code of Ethics.
Additional Benefits Of Employing a CRSP
- You'll have a professional with a portable designation that is recognized nationally and internationally.
- You'll save money since a CRSP can step into the job, eliminating the need for your organization to invest in training someone about health and safety.
- You get a pre-screened individual to help expedite your own recruitment process.
The Qualifications that a CRSP Brings To Your Organization
- Successful completion of applicable education.
- A minimum of three years of continuous safety experience in a full-time capacity.
- Successful completion of a peer examination
- Continuous updating of knowledge through a certification maintenance program that demands ongoing professional development.
HERE'S JUST A SAMPLE OF LEADING ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYING CRSPs
Noranda
General Motors
Esso Petroleum
Syncrude Canada
New Brunswick OH&S Commission
Industrial Accident Prevention Association
Dow Chemical
Weyerhauser Chemical
Ontario Hydro
Trans Canada Pipeline
Shell Canada
Calgary Transit
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Vancouver School Board
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
Background On The Governing Body
The Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals is a not-for-profit, ISO 17024 and ISO 9001 accredited, public interest body association established in 1976 for the purpose of certifying registering qualified oh&s professionals safety practitioners as Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (CRSPs)®. The BCRSP is governed by a Board, composed of 15 leading OHS professionals from a cross-section of safety disciplines and one Public Member.
The Board was set up as a certification body, responsible and accountable to the Federal Government and to the membership of the BCRSP. The primary functions of the Governing Board are to evaluate the qualifications of prospective certificate holders members, to administer examinations, to approve and issue certificates of certification registration, to monitor the certification maintenance program and to initiate disciplinary action against any CRSP found guilty of violating the BCRSP's /Code of Ethics/.
The Board currently has over 3000 active certificate holders members nationally, including health and safety managers, occupational health nurses, industrial hygienists and other specialists" and has certified over 4000 individuals since its incorporation in 1976.
BCRSP Mission Statement
To protect and promote:
- occupational health and safety;
- environmental safety;
- public safety;
- through the registration of qualified health and safety professionals committed to a Code of Ethics.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact Nicola Wright, CAE, Executive Director
Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals
6519B Mississauga Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5N IA6
Tel: (905) 567-7198
Toll Free: (888) 279-2777
Fax: (905) 567-7191
Email: info@bcrsp.ca