National Safety Council’s Advanced Safety Certificate (ASC)

The NSC Advanced Safety Certificate program, a nationally recognized safety curriculum based on proven best practices, builds upon knowledge of compliance requirements to further your safety education. It sharpens leadership skills to drive fundamental change throughout your organization. For individuals on a safety career path, this program provides a starting point, a clear roadmap and best-in-class educational experiences to meet many industry-leading certification requirements.

The ASC curriculum provides an in-depth look at issues safety practitioners face every day and offers proven approaches and solutions. The core course, Principles of Occupational Safety and Health, provides a solid foundation to meet all safety challenges. The electives allow for more in-depth review of specific safety topics. This popular program (12 training days and 7.8 CEUs) will help you direct your organization’s comprehensive safety plan with greater efficiency and success.

ASC Curriculum for Certified Safety Professionals Benefits:

  • Learn techniques for a balanced approach to safety management, addressing administrative, technical and cultural elements
  • Develop problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Develop management skills to establish yourself as a problem solver and decision maker
  • Determine when, how and to whom you should delegate safety responsibilities
  • Set safety performance measures for employees and your organization
  • Get a head start on a management plan tailored to your organization’s safety and health needs
  • Assess your organization’s safety training needs
  • Design a custom safety training program for your organization, and deliver performance-based training

How to Earn the Advanced Safety Certificate (ASC):

  1. Complete the required course – Principles of Occupational Safety and Health (POSH) – 2.6 CEU’s
  2. Select and complete any combination classes listed to earn the remaining 5.2 CEUs required!
    • Effective Safety Management Practices I – 1.3 CEUs
    • Effective Safety Management Practices II – 1.3 CEUs
    • Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene – 2.6 CEUs
    • Safety Training Methods – 2.6 CEU
    • Any 4 of these count as 1 ASC course:
      Incident Investigation – 0.65 CEUs
      Safety Inspections – 0.65 CEUs
      Ergonomics: Managing for Results – 0.65 CEUs
      Job Safety Analysis – 0.65 CEUs
      Risk Assessment Workshop – 0.65 CEUs

*All course requirements must be completed in a five-year period.