Practise Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) · CHST5 Examination Blueprint, V.2022.04.12, currently linked from BCSP's CHST credential page as of 2026-10-20. BCSP's examination change notice identifies August 1, 2024 as the implementation date for CHST5. The blueprint version date and examination implementation date are different. The workbook label matches the official credential; its Public Health & Epidemiology category is an organizational classification, while the examination concerns construction safety, health, and environmental practice.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- BCSP — Construction Health and Safety Technician
- BCSP — CHST5 Examination Blueprint
- BCSP — 2024 Current Changes Index
- NIOSH — Hierarchy of Controls
- OSHA — 1926.652 Requirements for protective systems
- OSHA — 1926.651 Specific Excavation Requirements
- OSHA — 1926.1153 Respirable crystalline silica
- OSHA — 1926.502 Fall protection systems criteria and practices
- OSHA — 1926.404 Wiring design and protection
- OSHA — 1926.1408 Power line safety
- OSHA — 1926.1204 Permit-required confined space program
- OSHA — 1926.352 Fire prevention
- OSHA — 1926.35 Employee emergency action plans
- OSHA — 1926.1211 Rescue and emergency services
- OSHA — 1910.120 Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
- OSHA — Incident Investigation
- OSHA — Hazard Identification and Assessment
- OSHA — Program Evaluation and Improvement
- OSHA — Education and Training
- OSHA — Worker Participation
- OSHA — Communication and Coordination for Host Employers, Contractors, and Staffing Agencies
- OSHA — 1904.7 General recording criteria
- BLS — How To Compute Your Firm's Incidence Rate for Safety Management
- OSHA — 1926.1053 Ladders
- OSHA — 1926.451 Scaffold general requirements
- OSHA — 1910.134 Respiratory protection
- OSHA — 1910.1200 Hazard Communication
- OSHA — Heat-Related Illnesses and First Aid
- OSHA — 1910.1030 Bloodborne pathogens
- OSHA — 1926.32 Definitions
- NIOSH — About the Total Worker Health Approach
- FEMA — ICS Review Document, March 2018
- OSHA — 1926.21 Safety training and education
Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST)
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