The consumer product safety field's coveted designation as Certified Product Safety Professional™ is earned by professionals who meet the experience and education criteria for admittance into the program. The course content is built around five pillars of knowledge that constitute the product safety professional’s broad understanding of principles and processes that govern best product safety practices including: (1) organizational culture and ethics, (2) risk assessment and management, (3) regulatory compliance, (4) incident management and forensics, and (5) product recalls and returns.
Candidates must demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through three different assessment activities including 1) a multiple-choice examination, 2) a personal essay on the candidate’s career development, and 3) design and delivery of a case study and defending their case study foundation before a panel of product safety experts and university educators.
This year’s program will once again be offered in cooperation with our university partner Virginia Tech. The program runs over a two-month period including on site opening and closing workshops at Virginia Tech's Research Center in Arlington, VA, and an online webinar series that can be attended remotely.
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