Hazard + Risk Control
36-37%of exam
Emergency + Incident Response
19-20%of exam
Programs + Sustainment
22-23%of exam
Leadership + Training
21%of exam
Quick Facts
- Exam
- CHST
- Credential
- Construction Safety Technician
- Owner
- BCSP
- Questions
- 200 MCQ
- Time
- 4 hours
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE
- Eligibility
- 3 years construction SHE
- Duty Rule
- 35% technical SHE
- Scoring
- Criterion-referenced
- Beta
- Roughly 12%
Control Ladder
E-S-E-A-P: remove before protect
EliminateSubstituteEngineerAdminPPE
Elimination vs PPE
Elimination
- Remove hazard
- Most effective
- Design out
PPE
- Protect worker
- Least effective
- Last layer
Remove before protect
JHA Flow
- New task→Break steps
- Each step→Identify hazards
- Hazard found→Rate risk
- High risk→Eliminate first
- Cannot eliminate→Substitute/engineer
- Residual risk→Admin + PPE
- Controls set→Train crew
- Work changes→Revise JHA
Hazard Controls
- Elimination
- Remove hazard
- Substitution
- Safer alternative
- Engineering
- Isolate people
- Administrative
- Change work
- PPE
- Protect worker
- JHA
- Task hazard control
- Risk
- Severity x likelihood
- Corrective action
- Prioritized risk reduction
JHA vs Inspection
JHA
- Before task
- Step hazards
- Planned controls
Inspection
- During work
- Field conditions
- Correct deviations
Plan vs verify
Construction Hazards
- Hot work
- Fire watch
- Electrical
- Shock arc control
- Excavation
- Cave-in control
- Heights
- Fall prevention
- Confined space
- Entry controls
- Struck-by
- Line-of-fire
- Caught-between
- Crush points
- Rigging
- Load control
- Cranes
- Lift planning
- Concrete
- Formwork hazards
Scaffold vs General Fall
Scaffold
- 10 ft trigger
- Subpart L
- Platform rules
General fall
- 6 ft trigger
- Subpart M
- Walking surfaces
Read surface type
Health Hazards
- Asbestos
- Fiber exposure
- Lead
- Heavy metal
- Noise
- Dose control
- Silica
- Respirable dust
- Chemicals
- SDS + label
- GHS
- Hazard communication
- Heat
- Extreme climate
- Vibration
- Impact exposure
- Biological
- Pathogen controls
OSHA Numbers
- Construction falls
- 6 ft
- Scaffold falls
- 10 ft
- Excavation protection
- 5 ft
- Excavation design
- >20 ft RPE
- PFAS freefall
- 6 ft max
- Positioning freefall
- 2 ft max
- Scaffold capacity
- 4x intended load
- Wall opening
- 39 in trigger
Incident Loop
Stabilize, notify, investigate, correct, verify
StabilizeNotifyInvestigateCorrectVerify
ICS vs EAP
ICS
- Command system
- Active incident
- Responder coordination
EAP
- Site plan
- Before event
- Roles procedures
Command vs plan
Emergency Picker
- Before event→EAP(Plan roles)
- Fire risk→Prevention(Remove fuel)
- Active event→ICS(Command)
- Medical need→First aid(Immediate care)
- Blood exposure→Universal precautions
- External help→Emergency services
- Practice needed→Exercise(Evaluate)
- After control→Resume operations
Emergency Response
- EAP
- Site emergency plan
- Fire prevention
- Ignition fuel control
- ICS
- Command structure
- Crisis management
- Stabilize event
- Equipment
- Ready response tools
- First aid
- Immediate care
- Universal precautions
- Bloodborne protection
- Exercises
- Drill evaluate improve
Incident Response
- Mitigation
- Control consequences
- Notification
- Established communication
- Emergency services
- Call when required
- Coordination
- Align responders
- Stabilization
- Stop worsening
- Resumption
- Return operations
- Investigation
- Determine causation
- Follow-up
- Verify corrective actions
Blueprint Order
Hazards first; programs and leadership close
36.6 hazards19.9 emergency22.5 programs21 leadership
Inspection vs Audit
Inspection
- Worksite condition
- Immediate hazards
- Field correction
Audit
- Program system
- Conformance evidence
- Management review
Condition vs system
Program Picker
- Site starts→SSSP
- Regulatory question→Applicable standard
- Equipment question→Manufacturer manual
- Find conditions→Inspection
- Check system→Audit
- Incident occurs→Investigation
- Repeated losses→Trend analysis
- Action assigned→Track closure
Eligibility
- Work type
- Construction safety
- Experience
- 3 years minimum
- Duty share
- 35% SHE minimum
- Education
- No degree listed
- Application
- $140
- Exam
- $300
- Combo
- $426
- Renewal
- $145
Test Day
ID, rules, ethics, tutorial, exam
Photo IDRules agreementEthicsTI-30XS
Root Cause vs Blame
Root cause
- System weakness
- Fix process
- Prevent recurrence
Blame
- Person focus
- Stops learning
- Weak prevention
System before person
Exam Rules
- Format
- Four options
- Answer
- One best answer
- Clock
- 4 hours
- Calculator
- On-screen TI-30XS
- Formula sheet
- Not permitted
- Beta items
- Unscored, hidden
- Retake
- 6 weeks minimum
- Approval
- One-year window
Program Systems
- Standards
- Applicable requirements
- SSSP
- Site-specific plan
- Inspection
- Field condition check
- Audit
- System conformance check
- Authority
- Roles responsibilities
- Manuals
- Manufacturer directions
- Risk management
- Identify assess control
- Means methods
- Construction execution
Investigation + Records
- Data gathering
- Facts before conclusions
- Documentation
- Objective evidence
- Recordkeeping
- Required retention
- Causation
- Contributing factors
- Root cause
- System weakness
- Trend
- Repeated pattern
- Report
- Post-incident summary
- Closure
- Action verified
Coach vs Enforce
Coach
- Improve behavior
- Explain risk
- Build buy-in
Enforce
- Stop danger
- Apply rules
- Document action
Influence then intervene
Training Picker
- New hazard→Task training
- Short reminder→Toolbox talk
- Complex equipment→Manufacturer input
- Unknown condition→SME consult
- Unsafe behavior→Coaching
- Imminent danger→Stop work
- Sensitive data→Confidential handling
- Wellbeing concern→TWH approach
Leadership + Training
- Delivery
- Training method
- Materials
- Instructional aids
- Motivation
- Behavior influence
- Communication
- Audience message channel
- SME
- Consult expert
- Confidentiality
- Need-to-know
- At-risk behavior
- Unsafe action
- TWH
- Total Worker Health
Common Traps
Fixed percent trap
No public cut score ≠ Criterion-referenced scoring
Formula sheet trap
Calculator provided ≠ Formula sheet banned
Beta item trap
Beta hidden ≠ Answer every item
Scaffold height trap
Scaffold is 10 ft ≠ General construction 6 ft
Inspection trap
Inspection finds conditions ≠ Audit tests systems
PPE trap
PPE is last ≠ Eliminate first
Investigation trap
Find system causes ≠ Avoid blame focus
Last Minute
- 1.Weights: 36.6 / 19.9 / 22.5 / 21
- 2.Eligibility: 3 years, 35% SHE
- 3.200 questions, 4 hours
- 4.One best answer
- 5.TI-30XS; no formula sheet
- 6.Roughly 12% beta
- 7.Retake wait: 6 weeks
- 8.Controls: E/S/E/A/P
- 9.JHA before work; inspect during
- 10.Scaffold 10 ft; general 6 ft
- 11.EAP plans; ICS commands
- 12.Root cause beats blame
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