ADVANCING YOUR PROFESSIONAL SAFETY PRACTICE

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