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ADVANCING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SAFETY PRACTICE

ADVANCING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SAFETY PRACTICE. Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., CSP, PE Executive Director Board of Certified Safety Professionals. GOALS. Review Trends in Practice Review Factors Affecting Pay What Makes a Difference in a Career. TRENDS IN PRACTICE. TRENDS IN PRACTICE.

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ADVANCING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SAFETY PRACTICE

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  1. ADVANCING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SAFETY PRACTICE Roger L. Brauer, Ph.D., CSP, PE Executive Director Board of Certified Safety Professionals

  2. GOALS • Review Trends in Practice • Review Factors Affecting Pay • What Makes a Difference in a Career

  3. TRENDS IN PRACTICE

  4. TRENDS IN PRACTICE • Convergence of Safety, Health, Environment and Ergonomics • Generalist vs. specialist • Source for this trend • Safety professionals don’t just do safety • Specialized methods apply to general practice

  5. TRENDS IN PRACTICE • Consulting • 1980s: Less than 7% • 1990s: Doubled to about 15% • Recently: Slow continued growth

  6. TRENDS IN PRACTICE • Reasons for Safety • Morality • Compliance • Cost • Business value • Link Safety to Business • Bottom line • Business metrics

  7. TRENDS IN PRACTICE • Pushing Safety Deeper into an Organization • Old: • Safety professional directed, taught, led, cheered • Safety department: Focus for safety • New: • Safety integral with business units, tied to metrics • Safety a part of business culture • Safety leaders: managers, supervisors, workers • Safety Department: coordinator, special help

  8. OLD: Work Execution Identify & correct hazards Conduct training Direct NEW: Leadership Train others to identify & correct hazards Training requirements, manage delivery, & assess effectiveness Coordinate, assist TRENDS IN PRACTICE

  9. TRENDS IN PRACTICE • Old: Bachelor’s degree or less • 1980: 25% had less than a bachelors degree • New: Advanced degree is strong trend • 2000 • 44% of CSPs had advanced degree • < 6% have less than a bachelor’s degree • 2004 • 50% or greater with advanced degrees

  10. TRENDS IN PRACTICE • Quality in Credentials through Accreditation • Academic • Institutional accreditation • Program accreditation • Certification • Growth in designations (240 in SHE&E in U.S.) • Few meet certification accreditation (~ 15) • (NCCA, CESB, ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024)

  11. SALARIES & PAY FACTORS

  12. SALARIES IN GENERAL • 1998 ISHN 609 $46,000 • 1998 ASSE 977 $68,056 • 2000 BCSP 4,800 $75,291 • 2003 NSC 478 $64,665 • 2004 BCSP 106 $84,245

  13. SALARIES IN GENERAL

  14. SALARY FACTORS • Leadership (supervising other professionals) • Dual certification/licensure • Longevity • Age, years in profession, years certified • Education • Degree level and degree field

  15. SALARY FACTORS

  16. WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN A CAREER?

  17. CORE COMPETENCIES • The Core Competencies (Functions, tasks, knowledge & skills) • ASSE: Scope and Functions of the Professional Safety Position • CSP Job Analysis Study • CSP Examination Guide: Examination Blueprint • BCSP Technical Report 2001-1 • Other studies

  18. LEADERSHIP SKILLS • Technical path • Leadership path • Theories and principles • Techniques of leadership • Creating a vision • Guide, direct, mentor, coach • Shared leadership • Servant leadership

  19. COMMUNICATION SKILLS • Written • Verbal • Listening & understanding • Foreign language

  20. LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY • The “New Tool Box” • Visual media • Data capture and analysis • Data management • Data and information sharing/transfer • Training and training management • “Leap ahead” technologies

  21. THINKING IN BUSINESS TERMS • Metrics • Global • By organizational unit • Leading vs trailing • Safety is not an “add on” • Convert to business jargon • Convert to business metrics

  22. VISIONING • Think With a Vision • Think Long Term (Where are you going?) • Act Short Term (How to get there)

  23. WEARING OTHERS’ SHOES • Understand others • Flexible roles • Changing work groups • Involve others • None of us alone is as smart as we are collectively

  24. SUMMARY

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