Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC) · CIH Exam Blueprint based on the 2021 Job Analysis, effective April 1, 2022. This is the official blueprint established for this guide as of October 19, 2026; no later effective blueprint was identified. The assigned workbook label matches BGC's Certified Industrial Hygienist credential.

This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.

• CIH Exam Blueprint
• Elements of the CIH Certification Scheme
• BGC Code of Ethics
• CIH Selected References
• 29 CFR 1910.1000 — Air contaminants
• OSHA Technical Manual — Personal Sampling for Air Contaminants
• NMAM Chapter SA — General Considerations for Sampling Airborne Contaminants
• NIOSH — Understand Noise Exposure
• CDC Principles of Epidemiology — Measures of Association
• CDC — Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• OSHA Technical Manual — Heat Stress
• NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report 2023-0028-3396
• OSHA Technical Manual — Occupational Skin Exposure
• NIOSH — Hierarchy of Controls
• OSHA Technical Manual — Ventilation Investigation
• 29 CFR 1910.134 — Respiratory protection
• OSHA Technical Manual — Chemical Protective Clothing
• CDC — Radiation Safety
• NIOSH — Implement Your Ergonomic Program
• OSHA — Program Evaluation and Improvement
• NIOSH Occupational Exposure Sampling Strategy Manual, 1977
• NIOSH Method 7400 — Asbestos and Other Fibers by PCM, Issue 3
• NIOSH — Mold, Testing, and Remediation
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards — Introduction
• NIOSH — Consideration of Sampler Wall Deposits
• OSHA Technical Manual — Noise
• NIOSH — Acclimatization
• OSHA — Permissible Exposure Limits, Annotated Tables
• OSHA — Hazard Identification and Assessment
• OSHA — Education and Training