Photo Credit: Board of Certified Safety Professionals- Code of Ethics
Hello Everyone!
I opted to come back and write something for my pals here in my blog today. How is your Friday afternoon working out for you!?? It's nice and cold here in New York City. I'm fighting a cold at the moment right when I should be doing my Christmas shopping….aaawww the timing is sooo perfect!! I'm going to try to go shopping tonight since I refuse to battle other people on the weekends. I know what you are going to say. Technically, tonight is the weekend. I prefer to food shop during the week night as well. Having a cold makes me feel like I'm in a fog and have the right to be lazy. I have been dedicating much of my free time to working on a top secret project. When I am ready to share what it is, I will let you know. I will even offer a roadmap as to exactly what I had to do to accomplish this amazing feat. I can say that I have gotten one approval. I am awaiting for approval for two other arenas. Once I get the green light with two open submissions, I will work on the ground work for approval number four. Once approved, this will be the biggest risk that I have ever taken on in my life. Now that my two sons are adults, I can take on the risk that I would have never considered when they were young. It is going to take some time before I complete the process and I'm able to share exactly what I'm working on.
Before I dive into the purpose of this blog post, let us review my "Leslie ad". I have to promote myself since no one else will...lol! Just in case you have not read any of my previous posts, Anchor.fm is no longer electronically converting this written blog to an audio MP3 form automatically. When this old lady finds the time, I will find the most cost effective way to convert my written blog into an MP3 format. In the past, a lot of my free time had been dedicated to creating my Construction Tales Safety Topic YouTube videos. The video format can be found on Verbally Disastrous channel on YouTube. Meanwhile, the audio version can be found on my Verbally Disastrous Spotify channel. These safety topic videos have been also loaded up to more than 20 podcast platforms- including Apple Podcasts. My current project, known as the "$ugar Momma Baddie" themed clothing and accessory collection, is available on both Spring and Shopify ecommerce platforms. Check out the two designs that you can choose from: 1) Feisty Lady Trio 2) Sugar Momma Bed. The "$ugar Momma Baddie" Shopify and Spring store links are down below in this blog post. I have to revisit the whole trademark task that I had started, got busy, and dropped the ball. While I am at it, the links for the paperback, e-book, and now audio version for my first children's book that's entitled, "Not All Girls Play With Dolls" are also down below in this blog post. Both my first children's book and my #ConstructionTales book are available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, and Audible. The audio versions of both of my books can be found in four Audible markets that include: France, Dutch, U.K., and the United States. Now that I've finished up my "Leslie's book and podcast ad", let's get into the whole purpose of this blog post.
Since I work as a site safety manager nowadays here in NYC, I figured I might as well share with you one task that I recently took on. This task involves completing the continuing education requirement for my Construction Health Safety Technician (CHST) credentials since it is due in the next six months. I earned my CHST safety credentials via the Board of Certified Safety Professionals. Additionally, I will have to also do continuing education for both my Associate Safety Professional (ASP) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP). My safety credentials last for five years before completing the recertification requirement. There is a recertification point requirement as per the type of credential that you carry. The STS and STSC credentials require only 3 recertification points. The CHST, OHST, and CIT credentials require 20 recertification points. Meanwhile, ASP, CSP, and CIT credentials require 25 recertification points. I did go on the recertPRO website, offered by BCSP, and I paid for the one year online recertification program. With this program, I have been able to earn between 8-9 points. You can earn these points at your own pace over the course of 365 days before the online portal expires. For each subsection, you have three chances to go through the quizzes and earn points or they disappear. Of course, I write down each response and the corrected response in order to make sure that I never lose the points. For the rest of the points, I have to create a spreadsheet and track the rest of my continuing education in the event of an audit. In this blog, I am going to offer the Board of Certified Safety Professionals recertification guide. If you are a safety professional, you can use my blog post as a reference. Be sure to share this with anyone that you know that needs guidance on exactly what to do in order to recertify their safety credentials. I intend on creating a YouTube video in order to help fellow safety professionals get the information that they need in order to keep the credentials valid. Of course, I'm open to making some edits if I am either missing valuable information or need to correct details for this process.
Now, as the holder of the safety credential, you need to recertify. What do you do?? I went on the Board of Certified Safety Professionals website and downloaded the guide that I am sharing with you here. In the fifth year of your safety credential, you have to work on completing and documenting the required continuing education. The paper trail on exactly how it was acquired is needed in the event of an audit. There are ten activity categories where you can earn recertification points. Here are the following ten categories: 1) Professional Safety Practice 2) Memberships in Safety Organizations 3) Organizational Service 4) Publications, Conference Presentations, and Patents 5) Service to BCSP and BCSP/BCSPF Professional Development Activities 6) Professional Development Conferences 7) Safety-Related Courses or Seminars, Other Educational Programs, Certificates, Readership Quiz Programs 8) College or University Courses 9) Advanced Degrees 10) Additional Certifications or Licenses. Here are the fine details for recertification points within the ten different categories:
As you can see in the above pictures of the guidelines, there are many different ways in order to keep up with the continuing education requirement. Remember that the key to successfully completing this task is to document each and every continuing education requirement. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals have policies in place for extensions and leaves of absence; review the guidelines to see if it benefits you and if you qualify. Obviously, they a have policy for professionals who get into criminal trouble or are guilty of unethical behavior. There is a spreadsheet that you can pull from the www.bcsp.org website that allows you to input all of your recertification points and exactly where you got them from. Hopefully, my re-certifying process will be smooth for all of my safety credentials. Let's review the maximum number of recertification points you can accumulate per category down below:
Category 1: 10 Points
Category 2: 5 Points
Category 3: 10 Points
Category 4: Unlimited Points
Category 5: Unlimited Points
Category 6: Unlimited Points
Category 7: Unlimited Points (unless otherwise noted)= Developer (3 Points), Ethics (Min 0.5 Points), CIT (Max 0.5 Points), Instructional Techniques (Min 2.8 Points)
Category 8: Student or Teacher (Unlimited Points), Developer (Max 3 Points)
Category 9: Unlimited Points
Category 10: Unlimited Points
Be sure to review the fine details in the above photos per category in order to make sure what type of continuing education recertification point you are trying to claim is legitimate. The cycle start date for the last year of your safety credential is July 1st. Meanwhile, the cycle end date is June 30th. The worksheet submission deadline is July 31st. The audited worksheet submission deadline is August 31st. Once you populate the online recertification worksheet, it will register online. One of the last steps would be to sign the validation/attestation form. I didn't see a fee attached with the recertification process. As always, we have to pay to renew the credentials by the end of the year. There is a fee for sitting for the exams. The fee is drastically reduced if you share your military discharge papers. I was able to take advantage of this reduction for each of my safety credentials. This is the extent of what I have on this blog topic. I have to finish my the other half of my recertification point process. If I run into any new pointers to add to this post, I shall include them. I hope this helps you if you are also on the same recertification journey.
I would greatly appreciate it you helped me out by subscribing to my Verbally Disastrous YouTube channel. Go ahead and share your YouTube channel down in the comment section so I can also show my support for your channel in return. Don't forget to follow me at leslie_m_jasper on Tik Tok or Verbally Disastrous on YouTube. Share your feedback on my content down in the comment section at the bottom of the blog post. If you appreciate listening to podcasts, I encourage you to review my last (8) podcast episodes that are listed down below from The Verbally Disastrous Podcast, via links for Spotify & YouTube down below. If you are into reading on a Kindle, check out my newest short story release that belongs to my Construction Tales-Told By A Woman Kindle Vella Library short story series on Amazon down below. My last short story #11 is entitled, "Juggling Motherhood & Working With The Tools". This short story covers my life as a widowed, single mother in the era when I juggled both motherhood and my career as a journeywoman electrician. The previous short story is #10 is entitled, "Early Life Lessons & Characters To Meet As An Apprentice". If anyone has read any of my other previous short stories, let me know your thoughts? Feel free to go ahead and check out the many links for my book #ConstructionTales down below. It is now time for us to temporarily part ways or continue reading more of my blog content or someone else's reading content. Don't forget to return to my blog very soon so that I can offer you more bathroom break distraction reading. :P Again, I wish you a great morning/afternoon/evening on your side of the globe and a restful or productive day!
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"$ugar Momma Baddie" Sugar Momma Bed Logo:
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Photo Credit: "$ugar Momma Baddie" Themed Collection On Spring & Shopify
Photo Credit: Safety First Training Academy Logo
Audio Credit: Not All Girls Play With Dolls-Now On Audible!!
Not All Girls Play With Dolls- Within The U.S. Market:
https://www.audible.com/pd/B0BHX7L5GQ/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-325164&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_325164_rh_us
Not All Girls Play With Dolls- Within The U.K. Market:
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BHX8WQ1C/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-325164&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_325164_rh_uk
Not All Girls Play With Dolls- Within The France Market:
https://www.audible.fr/pd/B0BHX86KS9/?source_code=FRAORWS022318903B-BK-ACX0-325164&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_325164_rh_fr
Not All Girls Play With Dolls- Within The Dutch Market:
https://www.audible.de/pd/B0BHX8BX6Q/?source_code=EKAORWS0223189009-BK-ACX0-325164&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_325164_rh_de
Link To Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman's Journey To Become An Electrician (Paperback & Kindle) On Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Tales-Womans-Journey-Electrician/dp/1467960160
Link To Construction Tales: A Young Person's Guide To Accomplish Anything In Life (Paperback & Kindle) On Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Tales-Persons-Accomplish-Anything/dp/1497593115
U.S.A.: Use This Link For The Audio Version Of My Book #ConstructionTales On Audible:
https://www.audible.com/pd/B07P5PNCS7/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-144253&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_144253_rh_us
United Kingdom: Use This Link For The Audio Version Of My Book #ConstructionTales On Audible:
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B07P5PP7RW/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-144253&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_144253_rh_uk
France, Belgium, Switzerland: Use This Link For The Audio Version Of My Book #ConstructionTales On Audible:
https://www.audible.fr/pd/B07P7RYP4G/?source_code=FRAORWS022318903B-BK-ACX0-144253&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_144253_rh_fr
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Use This Link For The Audio Version Of My Book #ConstructionTales On Audible:
https://www.audible.de/pd/B07P8W3MVY/?source_code=EKAORWS0223189009-BK-ACX0-144253&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_144253_rh_de
VERBALLY DISASTROUS PODCAST EPISODE LINKS:
Here is the link to the Verbally Disastrous Podcast on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2dFYgX4dUiHaMfJ4gigLY0?si=KcR-D8RyRnKGk1wuPOqa1Q&dl_branch=1
Verbally Disastrous! Season #1, Episode #43: Part A- Tramping In Cali! on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/6XzVL9ybKHA
Verbally Disastrous! Season #1, Episode #44: Part B- Tramping In Cali! on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/TFDLB5talUo
Verbally Disastrous! Season #1, Episode #45: Part C- Tramping In Cali! on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/nYRVJNya0lU
Verbally Disastrous! Season #2, Episode #46:Early Life Lessons & Characters To Meet As An Apprentice On YouTube:
https://youtu.be/IcQ4-uGankA
Verbally Disastrous Podcast! S#2, Ep. #47: Part A- Juggling Motherhood & Working With The Tools on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/qWhf4lGmcXo
Verbally Disastrous Podcast! S#2, Ep. #48: Part B- Juggling Motherhood & Working With The Tools on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/wO8nXSRw7sU
Verbally Disastrous Podcast- S#2, Episode #49: Just Released Not All Girls Play With Dolls!! on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/go1FdOI5eYY
Verbally Disastrous Podcast- S#2, Episode #50: My First 7 Weeks As A Site Safety Manager on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/_DKA-q72dNw
I shared my lasst short story release that has been loaded up to my Construction Tales-Told By A Woman Kindle Vella Library on Amazon. This is short story #11 entitled, "Juggling Motherhood & Working With The Tools". This short story covers my life as a widowed, single mother in the era when I juggled both motherhood and my career as a journeywoman electrician. I share the various challenges I faced and lessons learned along the way. The previous short story is entitled: #10: "Early Life Lessons & Characters To Meet As An Apprentice". I decided to write about some life lessons such as guarding your personal information, managing nasty rumors, combating sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and racism. Overall, the construction culture has improved dramatically over the past 25-years. Developing both a thick skin and a sharp tongue are key tools needed to survive various jobsite antics. I hope you learn something from this short story. There are more to come. These short stories are now also available as Verbally Disastrous podcast episodes.
Construction Tales- Told By A Woman: (11) Kindle Vella Short Stories On Amazon!!
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/product/B096N8NSGM
The Verbally Disastrous Store On Tee-Spring:
https://my-store-c1f946.creator-spring.com
Cheers!
Leslie M. Jasper
-Author And Host of the #VerballyDisastrous podcast now alive on many platforms that include: Acast, Amazon Music, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Breaker, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Listen Notes, Overcast, Pandora Podcasts, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Pod Bean, Podchaser, Podcast Addict, Podcast Gang, Radio Public, Reason, Soundcloud, Soundtrap, Spotify, Stitcher, Tune In, and YouTube.
-The Audio Blog: Verbally Disastrous Podcast And Construction Tales Blog. Now available on: Acast, Amazon Music, Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Breaker, Castbox, Deezer, Google Podcasts, I Heart Radio, Listen Notes, Overcast, Pandora Podcasts, Player FM, Pocket Casts, Pod Bean, Podchaser, Podcast Addict, Podcast Gang, Radio Public, Reason, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and Tune In.
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