Latest Policy and Procedure Changes

Latest Policy & Procedure Changes

Changes to the certification scheme, eligibility criteria, policies, etc. will be posted here for your information.

Date Change Description
August 15, 2023 New CRST Examination Blueprint Published.  First examination administered with this blueprint will be March 2024.
July 24 2023 CRSP and CRST Reference Text lists updated
https://bcrsp.ca/prospective-certificants/bcrsp-examinations/reference-texts
July 1 2023 Effective with the March 2024 CRST Examination, a new CRST Examination Blueprint will be utilized. The new Blueprint will be released by September 2023.
February 3 2023 CRSP and CRST Reference Text lists updated
https://bcrsp.ca/prospective-certificants/bcrsp-examinations/reference-texts
May 2022 The IOSH Memorandum of Understanding has been put on hold to allow for a review and update of the MOU. Applications submitted under this MOU process will not be eligible to be processed until the review is completed and an updated agreement is in place. This has now been lifted and applications under the MOU are being accepted again (August 2022)
October 2021 Commencing in 2022, BCRSP examination score reports will be changing. Unsuccessful candidates will receive a performance report with a scaled score, and successful candidates will receive a pass notification only (no score). A scaled score is a representation of the total number of correct questions a candidate has answered (raw score) that has been converted to a consistent and standardized scale. More information will be provided on this change to examination candidates in 2022. 

February 2021

Examination Reference Text Lists Updated

January 2021 CRSP eligibility guidelines removed distinction between 3-year and 4-year Bachelor's degrees. Any Bachelor's degree from an accredited Canadian university or equivalent will be considered as meeting the base requirement for CRSP certification applications. 

August 2020

New CRSP Examination Blueprint Published. https://bcrsp.ca/newsroom/bcrsp-releases-2020-update-crsp%C2%AE-examination-blueprint 
First exam to new Blueprint date revised to JUNE 2021

May 7 2020

CRSP and CRST Reference Text lists updated
https://bcrsp.ca/prospective-certificants/bcrsp-examinations/reference-texts

March 1, 2020

CRSP and CRST Reference Text lists updated
https://bcrsp.ca/prospective-certificants/bcrsp-examinations/reference-texts

January 29, 2020

New CRSP Examination Blueprint Published. https://bcrsp.ca/newsroom/bcrsp-releases-2020-update-crsp%C2%AE-examination-blueprint 
First exam to new Blueprint February 2021 see August 2020 update

November 1, 2019

CRSP Reference Text List updated

September 4, 2019

As of January 1, 2020, the examination fee will be $175.00 (+ GST/HST as applicable).