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BCSP Associate Safety Professional (ASP) — The Course
The ASP11 blueprint, domain by domain — the fundamentals and the math, with no formula sheet in the room
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BCSP · ASP11
13 modules81 lessonsAbout 6 hours238 quick-check questionsRead along
Where the official exam weight actually sits
1. Mathematical Calculations · 10%2. Safety Programs and Concepts · 25%3. Ergonomics · 8%4. Fire Prevention and Protection · 12%5. Emergency Preparedness and Response · 10%6. Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health · 12%7. Environmental Management · 7%8. Training, Education, and Communication · 11%9. Legal · 5%
Per BCSP’s ASP11 Examination Blueprint (V.2024.04.24). Exam: about 200 questions, 5 hours.
When you finish, you'll be able to
- Work ASP math without a formula sheet: rates, statistics, money, physics, rigging, ventilation, noise, radiation and unit conversions
- Build a safety program on ISO 45001 and ANSI/ASSP Z10, rank risk and pick controls from the hierarchy
- Apply the fundamentals of trenching, heights, machine guarding, forklifts, rigging, scaffolds, confined spaces, process safety, fleet, PPE and compressed gases
- Run an ergonomics program and use the NIOSH lifting equation, REBA and RULA
- Prevent and protect against fire and electrical hazards: flammables, static, arc flash, hot work, combustible dust, detection and suppression
- Plan for emergencies, workplace violence and lone workers
- Recognize, evaluate and control chemical, physical and biological exposures
- Manage environmental hazards, waste and an ISO 14001 system
- Train adults well and understand the legal side of safety practice
How this course works · 1-minute read
Lessons are slides
Use Back / Next or the ← → arrow keys. The gold bar above each slide jumps to any slide, and marks the Quick Checks before you reach them.
Quick Checks
238 short questions sit inside the lessons. Pick an answer and the right one and the explanation appear straight away. They are practice — nothing is recorded.
Every answer has a source
Citation cards name the regulation or standard behind a slide; OSHA and EPA citations open the official text. Nothing comes into this exam room, so the course flags what to memorize.
Your place is saved
Sign in and the course remembers the slide you stopped on. A lesson is marked done when you press Mark lesson complete on its last slide — you can unmark it to study it again.
Then the real thing
The last module hands you to the full timed practice exam, scored by domain so you can see where to study next.
ABOUT THIS EXAM · BCSP
Associate Safety Professional (ASP)
A BCSP qualified credential for the CSP: candidates who already hold a bachelor's degree can sit for the CSP once they have four years of SH&E experience. Graduates of a BCSP Qualified Academic Program can take the GSP designation instead and skip the ASP exam.
Issuer
BCSP
Exam fee
$510
Verified 2026-10
Renewal cycle
5 years
Format
Computer-based at Pearson VUE test centers. 5 hours
How to register
Computer-based at Pearson VUE test centers. 5 hours, about 200 multiple-choice questions (count from prep providers; BCSP does not print it), about 12% unscored beta items. Closed book, no formula sheet; on-screen TI-30XS calculator and a whiteboard provided.. Register at BCSP →
Cost note
Application $160 + Exam $350 = $510, or $494 as an application+exam combo. The $600 exam bundle gives two attempts and one BCSP self-assessment; the application+exam-bundle combo is $744. Retakes wait at least six weeks. BCSP does not publish a passing score. Verified from BCSP Credentials At-A-Glance V.2026.04.01 (2026-10).
Eligibility
A bachelor's degree in any field, OR an associate degree in safety, health, or the environment that includes at least four courses (at least 12 semester hours or 18 quarter hours) in the SH&E domains of the ASP blueprint. Plus one year of SH&E experience, at least 50% preventive and professional-level. One year from application approval to pass
Renewal
25 recertification points every 5 years (including 0.5 from ethics courses for cycles starting on/after July 1, 2023) + $175 annual renewal. See the full renewal guide →
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