The International Brotherhood of Safety Professionals.

The International Brotherhood of Safety Professionals (IBSP) began in 2011 as a professional development and certification alliance. The purpose of the IBSP is to assist in the development, mentoring and certification of Safety Professionals world wide.

The main goal of Occupational Health and Safety Professional is to foster a safe and healthy work environment. As secondary effects, they may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, suppliers, nearby communities, and other members of the public who are impacted by the workplace environment as well as reduce the need for medical care, sick leave and disability benefit costs. OHSP may involve interactions among many subject areas, including occupational medicine, occupational or industrial hygiene, public health, safety engineering / industrial engineering, chemistry, health physics, ergonomics and employee welfare.

The Occupational Health and Safety Professional work for privet companies, government agencies and organizations or offer specific professional services.

The main tasks undertaken by the Occupational Health and Safety Professional include:
  • Develop processes, procedures, criteria, requirements, and methods to attain the best possible management of the hazards and exposures that can cause injury to people, and damage property, or the environment;
  • Apply good business practices and economic principles for efficient use of resources to add to the importance of the safety processes;
  • Promote other members of the company to contribute by exchanging ideas and other different approaches to make sure that everyone in the corporation possess OHS knowledge and have functional roles in the development and execution of safety procedures;
  • Assess services, outcomes, methods, equipment, workstations, and procedures by using qualitative and quantitative methods to recognize the hazards and measure the related risks;
  • Examine all possibilities, effectiveness, reliability, and expenditure to attain the best results for the company concerned

Knowledge required by the OHS professional include:
  • Constitutional and case law controlling safety, health, and the environment
  • Operational procedures to plan/develop safe work practices
  • Safety, health and environmental sciences
  • Design of hazard control systems (i.e. fall protection, scaffoldings)
  • Design of record keeping systems that take collection into account, as well as storage, interpretation, and dissemination
  • Mathematics and statistics
  • Processes and systems for attaining safety through design
  • Understanding and relating to systems, policies and rules
  • Holding checks and having control methods for possible hazardous exposures
  • Mathematical and statistical analysis
  • Examining manufacturing hazards
  • Planning safe work practices for systems, facilities, and equipment
  • Understanding and using safety, health, and environmental science information for the improvement of procedures
  • Interpersonal communication skills

IBSP is setting a new standard:

The International Brotherhood of Safety Professionals understands the need for highly capable safety, health, and environmental professionals in order to further the quality of the profession and provide a superior professional. IBSP has established the process to evaluate a candidate’s background through education and/or training, experience, ability and examination. IBSP also fosters continuous professional growth by offering training programs developed to enhance skill, performance, ability and confidence.  IBSP prides itself on its ability to mentor success.    

IBSP Vision:
The International Brotherhood of Safety Professionals (IBSP) will be the premier certification body of choice recognized both domestically and internationally by professionals, organizations and government agencies.  They will be known for their dedication to the preservation of life, property and environment as well as providing and promoting the best solutions to all environmental, health and safety issues.

IBSP Mission Statement:
The International Brotherhood of Safety Professionals (IBSP) sees a strategic value in all safety professionals regardless of the level of education, experience or current skill sets. IBSP believes that a quality safety professional can be developed through mentoring and providing career path assistance and guidance. Although a college degree is a component of a successful career, it is not the only component and is not the most important.  We believe that desire, understanding, motivation and personal ability are the most important and most sought after qualities in a safety professional. Education and training can be obtained; desire, understanding, motivation and personal ability cannot!!

IBSP Compliance Requirements:
IBSP applicants, candidates and credential holders must abide by all IBSP Bylaws, policies, statutory requirements, Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct standards.

IBSP Non-Discrimination Policy:
IBSP evaluates all candidates seeking certification without regard to religion, ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation.