Advanced Safety Certificate

Develop Exceptional Safety Practitioners

Maximize Your Effectiveness as a Safety Manager
National Safety Council’s Advanced Safety Certificate program is a nationally recognized safety curriculum based on proven best practices. The ASC program builds upon knowledge of compliance requirements to further your safety education. It also sharpens leadership skills to drive fundamental safety 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.

ASC Curriculum
The ASC Curriculum provides an in-depth look at the issues safety practitioners face every day and offers proven approaches and solutions. The core required course (POSH) provides a solid foundation of knowledge to meet all safety challenges, and the electives allow for a more in-depth review of specific safety topics. Through 12 training days and 7.8 CEUs, this popular safety certificate program will help you learn how to direct your organization's comprehensive safety plan with greater efficiency and success.

• 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

• STEP 1 (required):
Complete the following required four-day course (2.6 CEUs):
• Principles of Occupational Safety and Health (POSH)
  *POSH can be taken at any time while earning an ASC. We recommend POSH first as it provides the foundation for the remaining courses.
• STEP 2:
Select and complete* any combination of the four-day courses and one-day classes listed below to earn the remaining eight training days and 5.2 CEUs required for a total of 12 training days and 7.8 CEUs.
4-day courses - 2.6 CEUs/four days
• Effective Safety Management Practices I & II
• Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
• Safety Training Methods
1-day classes - 0.65 CEUs/one day
• Ergonomics: Managing for Results
• Incident Investigation
• Job Safety Analysis
• Risk Assessment Workshop
• Safety Inspections
• Team Safety - Effective Safety Committees

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

Certificate Assistance Program
Need financial assistance to pursue your Advanced Safety Certificate? NSC Certificate Assistance Program provides financial assistance to participate in ASC training.

A part of the NSC Scholarship Program, Certificate Assistance helps support individuals on a safety career path obtain their NSC Advanced Safety Certificate. Recipients receive travel and lodging to either the NSC-Itasca or NSC-Atlanta locations to participate in ASC training. Applications are reviewed and awarded quarterly.

More information is available here. Applications can be submitted here.

Location: These courses will be held at the Minnesota Safety Council Resource Center located at 474 Concordia Avenue in St. Paul. Take the Dale Street exit from I-94. Proceed east on south frontage road (Concordia Avenue) past the American Lung Association. Turn right into our lower level parking lot.

Lodging: Holiday Inn St. Paul Downtown, 175 West 7th Street in St. Paul. Reservations can be made directly by calling 651.225.1515 or booking online, single or double occupancy. Please make reservations directly with the hotel and be sure to identify yourself as a participant in a Minnesota Safety Council training course to receive the preferred rate.

Cancellation Policy: Pre-registration and payment are required. Hopefully you won't need to cancel, but if you do, please do so at least three business days prior to the course for a full refund. No refunds will be made after three business days prior to the course. This policy will be enforced, so please plan ahead if you need to cancel your attendance.

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