LSCP (CASRAI)

Laboratory Safety & Chemical Hygiene Certification — Professional

LevelProfessionalLSCLSCP (CASRAI)

90 h

Nominal

Self-paced study

Lessons

12 modules

Domains

Exam blueprint

Exam items

Per attempt

70%

Pass mark

Fixed, uncurved

Retake wait

Days

What you earn

The credential itself

Pass the examination and CASRAI issues this certificate and the post-nominal LSCP (CASRAI), signed by the Programme Director and verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.

CASRAI Certification

Certificate of Professional Competence

This is to certify that

Dr. Amelia R. Hartley

has completed the prescribed programme of study and passed the examination in

Laboratory Safety & Chemical Hygiene — Professional

and is admitted to the designationLSCP (CASRAI)

Verify atcasrai.org/verify/CASRAI-LSC-2026-5MBXCV

Specimen. Issued as a signed PDF and as a machine-readable Open Badge; the holder and code shown are illustrative.

How it appears on your CV

Certifications

LSCP (CASRAI) — Laboratory Safety & Chemical Hygiene, Professional

CASRAI·Issued Mar 2026·Credential ID CASRAI-LSC-2026-5MBXCV

casrai.org/verify/CASRAI-LSC-2026-5MBXCV

Every certificate is issued under the signature of Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director of CASRAI Certification, who sets the syllabus, blueprint and pass mark for this credential.

It certifies that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published on this page — and anyone can confirm it from the verification code, without an account and without contacting us.

About this credential

What it covers

Body of knowledge

Exam blueprint

The exam is assembled to these weights on every attempt. They are published before purchase because a blueprint you cannot see is not a blueprint.

Domains and weights8 domains · 40 scored items
Domain	Weight	Items
Regulatory framework for laboratory safety1	12%≈ 5 items	≈ 5
The Chemical Hygiene Plan and the Chemical Hygiene Officer role2	16%≈ 6 items	≈ 6
Hazard communication, GHS and chemical information3	12%≈ 5 items	≈ 5
Hazard assessment and control selection4	14%≈ 6 items	≈ 6
Engineering controls, ventilation and personal protective equipment5	14%≈ 6 items	≈ 6
Physical, radiological and specialised chemical hazards6	12%≈ 5 items	≈ 5
Waste, emergency response and incident investigation7	12%≈ 5 items	≈ 5
Inspection, assurance, safety culture and sustainability8	8%≈ 3 items	≈ 3
Total	100%	40

Item counts are approximate. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the weights above, so the exact number of items per domain varies between attempts.

Syllabus

12 modules, 12 lessons

Every lesson and every learning outcome is listed. The lesson bodies open on enrolment; nothing else about the course is withheld.

12 modules · 12 lessons · 90 h

Lesson material opens once you are enrolled. The full syllabus and every learning outcome are shown here so you can judge the coverage before you pay.

Module 1
P1
1 lesson · 7 h
1. Locked.The regulatory architecture and the institution’s position in it7 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Map every regulatory regime touching a described institution and name the responsible internal function for each.
  - Apply the Laboratory Standard's supersession rule, including its three exceptions.
  - Determine whether an activity is "laboratory use" and what follows if it is not.
  - Manage a regulatory inspection end to end.
  - Compare the US, UK, EU, Canadian and Australian frameworks structurally.
Module 2
P2
1 lesson · 12 h
1. Locked.Authoring and maintaining the Chemical Hygiene Plan12 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Author a Chemical Hygiene Plan containing every required element.
  - Design a CHP architecture appropriate to institutional scale.
  - Administer the annual review and evidence it.
  - Define the Chemical Hygiene Officer role, its authority, and its reporting line.
  - Administer the medical consultation provisions.
  - Design the training programme the CHP requires — and state precisely why no external credential discharges it.
Module 3
P3
1 lesson · 7 h
1. Locked.Hazard communication as an institutional system7 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Administer an SDS management system and evidence accessibility.
  - Administer the GHS Revision 7 transition across an institution.
  - Evaluate SDS quality and escalate a deficient one.
  - Administer labelling for laboratory-produced chemicals, including the downstream-supply case.
  - Use hazard information sources beyond the SDS.
  - Explain the relationship between PELs, RELs, TLVs and WELs and its consequences.
Module 4
P4
1 lesson · 11 h
1. Locked.Risk assessment, control banding and SOP design11 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Conduct a documented risk assessment meeting a "suitable and sufficient" standard.
  - Apply control banding where quantitative data are absent.
  - Design an SOP a competent researcher will follow.
  - Assess reactivity, incompatibility and runaway potential.
  - Determine when exposure monitoring is warranted and escalate correctly.
  - Assess scale-up and working-alone risk.
Module 5
P5
1 lesson · 5 h
1. Locked.Particularly hazardous substances and prior approval5 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Classify a substance as a select carcinogen, reproductive toxin or substance of high acute toxicity.
  - Design the additional protections required.
  - Design and administer a designated area regime.
  - Design a prior approval system that is used rather than routed around.
Module 6
P6
1 lesson · 10 h
1. Locked.Laboratory ventilation: specification, testing and assurance10 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Specify laboratory ventilation performance requirements.
  - Administer a fume hood testing and certification programme.
  - Interpret a ventilation test report and identify a deficient one.
  - Explain why face velocity is insufficient and specify containment testing where it matters.
  - Specify and verify other engineering controls.
  - Escalate to a ventilation engineer appropriately.
Module 7
P7
1 lesson · 6 h
1. Locked.PPE and respiratory protection programmes6 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Conduct a PPE hazard assessment and produce the written certification.
  - Specify eye, hand and body protection programmatically.
  - Administer a respiratory protection programme.
  - Administer emergency eyewash and shower equipment.
Module 8
P8
1 lesson · 9 h
1. Locked.Specialised hazards and the interfaces they create9 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Administer compressed gas and cryogen programmes including monitoring.
  - Administer pyrophoric, water-reactive and peroxide-former programmes.
  - Administer electrical safety and the energy-control interface.
  - Administer the laser safety interface with the LSO.
  - State the radiation safety framework and administer the interface with the RSO.
  - Design chemical storage segregation and quantity control.
  - Administer nanomaterial handling without settled exposure limits.
Module 9
P9
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Hazardous waste: generator status, Subpart K, and the academic case8 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Make a waste determination and document its basis.
  - Determine generator status and state its consequences.
  - Administer accumulation areas, containers, labelling and time limits.
  - Assess whether the institution should elect 40 CFR Part 262 Subpart K, and administer it if elected.
  - Administer disposal contracting and manifests.
Module 10
P10
1 lesson · 5 h
1. Locked.Emergency preparedness and the HAZWOPER boundary5 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Design a laboratory emergency response programme.
  - Determine whether a release is incidental or an emergency.
  - Determine whether HAZWOPER obligations are triggered and state what follows.
  - Specify emergency equipment and administer drills.
  - Determine external notification obligations.
Module 11
P11
1 lesson · 5 h
1. Locked.Incident investigation, root cause and reporting5 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Conduct an incident investigation producing a defensible record.
  - Analyse to root cause using an appropriate method.
  - Construct corrective and preventive action addressing the system.
  - Determine external reporting obligations and file them.
  - Design a near-miss reporting system that produces data.
Module 12
P12
1 lesson · 5 h
1. Locked.Inspection, assurance, safety culture and sustainability5 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Design and operate an inspection programme.
  - Classify findings and track corrective action to verified closure.
  - Design an escalation ladder with consequences that are applied.
  - Report safety performance to leadership usefully.
  - Assess and intervene on safety culture using evidence.
  - Administer a sustainability programme and its safety interface.

Assessment

How the exam works

The exam is closed-book and multiple choice. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the domain weights above, so no two attempts are the same paper and no answer key circulates. The pass mark is 70% and is fixed — there is no curve, no quota and no adjustment by cohort.

Scoring is immediate. You are shown your overall result and, for every item, the option you chose, the correct option and the reasoning behind it — whether you passed or not. A failed attempt may be retaken after 90 days. The wait exists so a retake is a second attempt at the material rather than a second attempt at remembering the paper.

Forms are assembled to the blueprint above or not at all: where a domain cannot yet be sampled to that standard, the exam declines to start rather than issue an unbalanced paper. Your material and progress are never affected, and there is no time limit on when you sit.

Passing candidates are issued a certificate with a verification code. Anyone can check that code on our public verification page without an account and without contacting us.

Certifying authority

Signed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD

CASRAI’s certification programme is academically and medically directed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director, who sets the syllabus and blueprint for this credential and signs every certificate issued under it.

CASRAI has maintained the terminology and reporting standards of research administration for over a decade. It assumed leadership of the CRediT contributor-roles taxonomy in 2014 and carried it through to adoption as ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, now in use by publishers, funders and institutions worldwide. This examination is drawn from that body of work.

What the credential certifies: that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published above — verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.

Before you buy

The syllabus, learning outcomes, exam blueprint, pass mark and retake policy on this page are the complete specification of this credential. Everything that determines whether you pass is published here before you pay.

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