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Pass the CHST
3 articles- CHST time management: how to use your 4 hoursA pacing plan for the CHST's 4-hour sitting: a first pass, a flag rule, a second pass and breaks, plus how to build the stamina before exam day.
- CHST practice questions: how many to do and how to reviewQuantity matters less than review. A simple routine for CHST practice questions by domain, how to log your misses and when a score means you are ready.
- How hard is the CHST exam, and what makes it hardWhat BCSP publishes about the CHST, and the three things that make it hard in practice: breadth, section numbers and answers that are both true.
Domain 3: safety programs
2 articles- Competent person vs qualified person under OSHA 1926Competent person vs qualified person in construction: one has authority to fix hazards, the other has credentials, and CHST questions test the gap.
- Leading vs lagging indicators in construction safetyLagging indicators count harm after it happens, leading indicators show what is working before it does. Examples, the rate math and how the CHST uses both.
Domain 2: emergencies and investigation
2 articles- Emergency action plans on construction sites for the CHSTWhat a construction emergency action plan has to cover, how it differs from a fire prevention plan, and how Domain 2 questions about emergencies are built.
- Incident investigation and root cause on a construction siteHow to investigate a construction incident from scene control to root cause, with the 5 whys on an invented example and how the CHST tests Domain 2.
Domain 1: hazards and controls
3 articles- The fatal four construction hazards and how to control eachOSHA's Focus Four construction hazards are falls, struck-by, caught-in or between, and electrocution. What each means and the controls the CHST expects.
- Hierarchy of controls examples for construction sitesFive construction hazards worked through the hierarchy of controls, from elimination to PPE, plus the trap that costs CHST candidates the most points.
- A job hazard analysis, step by step, with a worked exampleThe four steps of a job hazard analysis, an original pipe-laying example with a risk grid, and how the CHST tests it in the hazard and risk domain.