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Safety Management Specialist®
This online, self-paced course provides in-depth information on each area of the SMS Blueprint and will enable you to effectively put safety and health principles to work in your organization. The training features a pre- and post-test, along with 40+ subject areas built to help you prepare for certification.
SMS examCORE provides six months of access to leading-edge training modules covering content on the SMS exam blueprint. Need more time to study? We have made it easy to extend your access with three-month packages. Includes 20 hours of video training in 40+ subject areas and learning exercises built to help you retain safety and health fundamentals.
BCSP examCORE training is specifically designed to improve the knowledge and skills of the working safety practitioner. Built by 17 leading-edge subject matter experts (SMEs)* with over 350 years of combined safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) experience. The SMEs involved include published authors, academics, and practicing SH&E professionals, all dedicated to a safer world through professional advancement.
*To ensure impartiality, BCSP utilizes subject-matter experts for the development of the examCORE program and products who are independent from the certification examination development process.
The examCORE curriculum is grounded in the subject matter of certification exam blueprints, BCSP exam references, and the latest in international safety and health standards.
What Makes examCORE Different?
Adaptive or Standard Learning
Take a pre-test and learn which areas you will need to focus your study, or choose to go right to the learning modules and challenge questions.
Learn on Your Own Schedule
With training available on your desktop or tablet you will find the time to prepare. Let examCORE be your partner when life happens.
Interactive Video Courses
Focused training modules and SMEs guide you through essential topics and culminate in challenge questions.
Topics Covered in examCORE SMS
Through this course, you will learn the most important concepts found in the latest SMS Blueprint, including:
- Calculator Tutorial
- Bloodborne Pathogens/First Aid/CPR
- Business Principles
- Chemical Hazards
- Climate Conditions
- Common Workplace Hazards
- Communication and Group Dynamics
- Confined Space
- Electrical Safety
- Ergonomics
- Exposure Assessments
- Fall Prevention and Protection
- Hazard Communication
- Gap Analysis
- Hierarchy of Controls & PPE
- Human Performance
- Incident Investigation
- Industrial Hygiene Sampling
- Inspection and Audits
- Insurance Principles
- Job Hazard Analysis
- Law & Ethics
- Life Safety Principles and Standards
- Machine Guarding
- Management of Change
- Materials Handling
- Medical Surveillance
- Noise
- Organizational Culture
- Performance Metrics
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Physical Security
- Prevention Through Design
- Process Safety Management
- Project Management
- Radiation
- Respiratory Protection
- Risk Treatment and Controls
- Safety Management Systems
- Site Specific Safety Plans
- Substance Abuse
- Sustainability Principles
- System Safety
- Training and Education
- Vibration
- Wellness Programs
- Workplace Violence
