International Board for Certification of Safety Managers (IBFCSM)

Certified Product Safety Manager (CPSM)

Credential: Certified Product Safety Manager (CPSM)
Credentialing Agency: International Board for Certification of Safety Managers (IBFCSM)

Renewal Period: 1 year

The International Board for Certification of Safety Managers (IBFCSM), Certified Product Safety Manager (CPSM) focuses on the importance that safety engineering, effective management practices, and system methods can improve the field of product safety. The CPSM stresses the importance of identifying, evaluating hazards, and reducing risks involving development, manufacture, distribution, and maintenance of products of all types during their total life cycle. Candidates can qualify for the CPSM certification on a professional or an associate level. Professional level candidates must have eight (8) years of education and experience combined with at least three (3) years of relevant experience; or the candidate must hold a Bachelor's or Graduate degree in a safety or related discipline and provide documentation for at least two (2) years of relevant experience. Associate level candidates must document four years of education and experience combined with at least one year of relevant experience. Candidates are required to take and pass a written examination.

More information can be found on the certifying agency's website.

Certified Product Safety Manager (CPSM)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

Eligibility Requirements (View Details)

  • Credential Prerequisite
  • Experience: 3 years recommended
  • Education
  • Training
  • Membership
  • Other
  • Fee

Note: This credential may have multiple options for becoming eligible. Listed are the minimum requirements based on the minimum degree required. To view other options, see the Eligibility tab.

Exam Requirements (View Details)

  • Exam
  • Written Exam
  • Oral Exam
  • Practical Exam
  • Performance Assessment

RECERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Renewal Period: 1 year

  • Continuing Education
  • Exam
  • Continuing Education OR Exam
  • Fee
  • Other

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

International Board for Certification of Safety Managers (IBFCSM)

173 Tucker Road
Suite 101
Helena, AL  35080

Phone: (205) 664-8412

Fax: (205) 663-9541
Email: Iinfo@ibfcsm.org

Education and/or Experience REQUIREMENTS

Professional Level:

  • Candidate must have any combination of relevant experience and college education to equal eight (8) years. Candidate must document at least three (3) years of relevant experience. Each 30 semester hours of college credit earned can be substituted for one year of experience for a maximum of three years.

OR

  • Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree or a Graduate degree in a safety or related discipline along with documentation of at least two (2) years of relevant experience.

Associate Level:

  • Candidate must have at least four (4) years of relevant experience and education combined with at least one (1) year of verifiable experience unless candidate has a Bachelor's or Graduate degree in a safety or related discipline.


Note: Associate level members may upgrade to the professional level when meeting published requirements. Associate level members are not required to re-take the examination to upgrade. Those desiring to upgrade must send written request to the Board and pay the current upgrade fee.

Written Exam

  • Product Safety Management Concepts (46%)
    • Accident costs
    • Centralized safety
    • Concept of strict liability
    • Consumer product certification
    • Consumer product hazard control
    • Consumer product negligence
    • Consumer product risk regulation
    • Defective product liability
    • Defective product litigation
    • Defend and indemnify liability cases
    • Disclaimers
    • Employee product safety training
    • Flammability risks
    • Food safety hazard control
    • Food safety risks
    • Hazard and danger warnings
    • Hazardous materials
    • History of product safety
    • Human behavior and motivational issues
    • Ignoring product safety procedures
    • Improving organizational stewardship
    • Independent safety reviews
    • Industrial accident generation
    • In Legal negligence
    • Management safety commitment
    • Management functions
    • Injury due to negligence
    • Negating a warranty
    • Preventing product adverse events
    • Potential product liability
    • Product instructional information
    • Product liability
    • Product liability claims
    • Product liability risks
    • Product liability coverage
    • Product safety literature
    • Product manufacturer liability
    • Product promotional campaigns
    • Product recall information
    • Product records and control
    • Product review processes
    • Product risk management
    • Product and safety audits
    • Product safety audits
    • Product safety information
    • Product safety intervention
    • Product safety legal theories
    • Product safety management functions
    • Product safety manager roles
    • Product safety management responsibilities
    • Product safety litigation
    • Product safety responsibilities
    • Reasonably safe products
    • Product warranty
    • Recall direct costs
    • Records documentation
    • Records retention
    • Safety behaviors
    • Safety committee
    • Safety hazard evaluation
    • Safety training
    • Strict liability injury claims
    • Voluntary recalls
    • Warranty statements
  • Product Development Systems and Methods (31%)
    • Assessing hazard severity
    • Audit and inspection process
    • Basic elements of product design
    • Benefit analysis
    • Compliant safety system
    • Conditional product related events
    • Consumer product analysis
    • Controlling production hazards
    • Cost effectiveness analysis
    • Ensuring design of safe products
    • Evaluating existing product hazards
    • Field disassembly or reassembly
    • Flowcharting benefits
    • Hazard Analysis
    • Hazard analysis of complex systems
    • Human factors
    • Human factors and ergonomics hazards
    • Medical product risks
    • Modifications to existing products
    • Potential user behaviors
    • Preventing hazardous products from reaching consumers
    • Product design
    • Product design review
    • Product failure assessment
    • Product field reports
    • Product hazard analysis
    • Product manufacturing processes
    • Product production sequence
    • Product quality control functions
    • Product safety assessment
    • Product safety evaluation method
    • Product safety hazard categories
    • Product sampling plan
    • Product specification limits
    • Product testing criteria
    • Risk and hazard severity assessments
    • Safe design objectives
    • Substantially equivalent definitions
    • System safety science
    • System safety applications
    • System safety methodologies
    • System safety precedence
    • System safety process analysis
  • Compliance Regulations and Standards (23%)
    • Code of federal regulations
    • Consumer product safety compliance
    • Consumer product safety standards
    • CPSC enforcement standards
    • Defective product reporting standards
    • Federal agency responsibilities
    • Federal compliance standards
    • Good reporting procedures
    • Import product safety
    • Laws related to sale of goods or products
    • Manufacturer duty to warn
    • Medical device regulations
    • Medical equipment regulation
    • Product complaint investigations
    • Product safety compliance
    • Product safety legislation
    • Product safety signs
    • Product safety warnings
    • Product warning label
    • Product warnings and cautions
    • Radiation compliance standards
    • Regulator jurisdiction
    • Regulatory responsibility
    • Reporting consumer product injuries
    • Safety and hazard warnings
    • Standards enforcement
    • System safety process risks
    • Voluntary agency standards
    • Voluntary product safety codes
    • Voluntary safety standards

Exam Preparation Resources

There are a number of resources available to help you prepare for the Certified Product Safety Manager (CPSM) examination:

Testing Information

Testing for this credential is handled by TesTrac. The test centers are located in the U.S.

To find out more, use the following links on the TesTrac website:

For more information on the International Board for Certification of Safety Managers (IBFCSM) testing process, visit the agency website.

RECERTIFICATION

Certified Product Safety Manager (CPSM)

Renewal Period: 1 year

The Certified Product Safety Manager (CPSM) credential has the following recertification information:

  • The CPSM certification is renewable every five years requiring completion and documentation of a total of 50 CEUs or 10 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) annually. Certification holders must also submit evidence of 1,500 hours of professional practice in the scope or field of certification annually, or 7,500 hours every five years. A recertification fee must also be paid. 

    Additional information on CPSM recertification may be found on the agency website.

In Demand

This certification is considered in demand

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Some

Credential is related to some tasks associated with the duties of the military occupation (at least one critical task but less than 80%)

Most

Credential is directly related to most of the major duties associated with the military occupation (at least 80%)

Other

Credential is related to this military occupation, but is more advanced or specialized and therefore will likely require additional education, training, or experience

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Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted E1 through E4

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E5 through E6

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E7 and Above

Early Career

1-3 years experience; Enlisted “A” School through E5

Mid Career

4-10 years experience; Enlisted E6 through E7

Late Career

10+ years experience; Enlisted E8 and Above

LaDR

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Low

May be difficult to attain: minimum education requirement is a Bachelor's degree, and/or minimum experience is 10 or more years.

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Medium

Moderate ease of attainment: minimum education requirement = Associate's and/or prerequisite and/or minimum experience = more than 2 years and less than 10 years of experience.

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High

Highly attainable: mimum education requirement = HS or less and/or minimum experience = 2 years or less experience and no additional requirements.

Note: In some cases “years of experience” refers to time actively on duty or while holding a certain occupation or prior certification and not always in consecutive calendar years. Additional years required for certain preliminary stages may not be included in this classification. For requirements measured in hours, 1080 hours was considered a year. For days, 365 days was considered a year. Please review all prerequisites and requirements for eligibility, and additional information for details.

MOS is Military Occupational Specialty
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Updated: October 16, 2019
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