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Certified Safety and Health Manager (CSHM)
As a CSHM you will see opportunities opening - both in the form of exciting positions and expanding personal career development as a management professional. Human resource managers are looking for the best, but often depend upon certification to ascertain the most competent for a position that management often does not fully understand. The CSHM will help you to strengthen your future career choices and give yourself a competitive edge.
Through its certification program, the Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM) promotes the advancement of safety management through the application of management principles and the integration of safety into all levels and activities of an organization. The CSHM program recognizes the safety and health professionals who demonstrate knowledge of health and safety management skills and techniques through examination and experience.
In addition to technical knowledge of safety and industrial hygiene a successful safety and health manager must possess working knowledge of a broad range of business and financial principles and an understanding of related issues such as hazard analyses, accident/incident investigations, safety audits/surveys, workers' compensation, product safety, environmental laws, quality, and labor relations. The Certified Safety and Health Manager program is designed to provide recognition of those who can apply a broad range of health and safety management tools.
Candidates must achieve a passing grade on the CSHM examination to be awarded CSHM certification by the ISHM. The examination is based on multiple choice and extended response questions measuring applicant knowledge in following subject areas:
- I. General and Business Management
- II. Management Methods
- III. Safety, Health and Environment Applications
- IV. Risk Management Control
Summary of Requirements
- A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree plus five qualifying years of work experience or two years qualifying experience plus an ISHM Board approved Safety and Health Degree
- Completion and approval of the application package and submission of fees
- Passing the CSHM examination
- Pay annual renewal fees and continue to meet annual renewal and recertification requirements
- Certification maintenance involving following the Continuance of Certification (COC) program requiring that 30 COC points must be accumulated over 5 years or by retaking the examination
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Am I eligible for the Certified Safety and Health Manager certification?
For more information, contact:
Institute for Safety and Health Management
2004 Hatton Court, Suite 101
Columbia, MO 65203
1-877-201-4053
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