CRSP · Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals

CRSP preparation,
weighted to CRSPEX Blueprint 2025.

The Canadian credential. Six competency categories, weight bands rather than fixed percentages, and more than three quarters of the paper written above recall.

Run the readiness checkOne-time payment · CA$169 CAD · 12 months of access
Exam
190–210 multiple-choice questions
Time limit
4 hours
Blueprint
CRSPEX Blueprint 2025 · In effect since 2025
CRSPEX Blueprint 2025 — domain weightingPercentage of examinable content
C1
Hazard and Risk: Identification and Assessment
17–22%
C2
Hazard and Risk: Controls and Mitigation
17–22%
C3
Safety Management Systems
23–28%
C4
Ethics, Legal, Professional Role and Function
8–13%
C5
Technical, Human and Social Sciences
8–13%
C6
Organizational Management and Leadership
12–17%

The package

What CA$169 of preparation buys.

  • Blueprint-weighted study plan generated from your readiness ratings
  • Domain-by-domain module set mapped to every published skill statement
  • Original practice items written at the cognitive level the board tests
  • Full-length timed simulator with weighted domain scoring
  • Progress tracking across domains until your sitting
  • 12 months of access to the package and all updates to its blueprint edition

Published item taxonomy

15–20%Knowledge / Comprehension
45–55%Application
30–35%Critical thinking

Blueprint detail

Every domain, every skill statement.

Reproduced from CRSPEX Blueprint 2025. Each statement becomes a module in your study plan, ordered by the weight of the domain it sits in.

C1Hazard and Risk: Identification and Assessment17–22%
  1. 01Recognize hazards across physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial categories
  2. 02Conduct hazard identification, job hazard analysis and workplace inspections
  3. 03Assess and rank risk using qualitative and quantitative methods
  4. 04Interpret exposure, incident and surveillance data
  5. 05Investigate incidents to determine root cause
C2Hazard and Risk: Controls and Mitigation17–22%
  1. 01Apply the hierarchy of controls to selected hazards
  2. 02Specify engineering controls, machine guarding and safe design
  3. 03Develop administrative controls, safe work procedures and permits
  4. 04Select, fit and manage personal protective equipment programs
  5. 05Plan emergency preparedness, fire protection and response
C3Safety Management Systems23–28%
  1. 01Design, implement and maintain an OHS management system
  2. 02Apply recognized standards (CSA Z1000, ISO 45001, ANSI Z10)
  3. 03Establish performance measurement, leading and lagging indicators
  4. 04Plan and conduct audits and management review
  5. 05Manage documentation, records and continual improvement
C4Ethics, Legal, Professional Role and Function8–13%
  1. 01Apply the BCRSP Code of Ethics to professional practice
  2. 02Interpret Canadian OHS legislation, regulations and standards
  3. 03Apply due diligence and internal responsibility system principles
  4. 04Navigate workers' compensation and return-to-work obligations
  5. 05Define scope of practice and professional accountability
C5Technical, Human and Social Sciences8–13%
  1. 01Apply occupational hygiene principles, sampling and interpretation
  2. 02Apply ergonomics and MSD prevention principles
  3. 03Apply toxicology, chemistry and physics fundamentals
  4. 04Apply human factors, behaviour and psychosocial concepts
  5. 05Use statistics to interpret safety and health data
C6Organizational Management and Leadership12–17%
  1. 01Influence safety culture and organizational change
  2. 02Build business cases, budgets and cost/benefit analyses
  3. 03Lead, coach and communicate across all levels of an organization
  4. 04Manage projects, contractors and procurement
  5. 05Design training programs and competency frameworks

Readiness matrix

Rate yourself. See where the risk actually is.

Hazard and Risk: Identification and AssessmentC1 · 17–22% of paper
Hazard and Risk: Controls and MitigationC2 · 17–22% of paper
Safety Management SystemsC3 · 23–28% of paper
Ethics, Legal, Professional Role and FunctionC4 · 8–13% of paper
Technical, Human and Social SciencesC5 · 8–13% of paper
Organizational Management and LeadershipC6 · 12–17% of paper

Sit the CRSP prepared.

CA$169 CAD, one time, 12 months of access. Renew for CA$49 a year if your exam date moves.