PRODUCT SAFETY PROGRAM CALENDAR FOR 2024
What Are our programs?
Our programs are paid courses that we run each year, meant to educate professionals about different aspects of product safety and support their career development. One of these programs provides a certification upon completion.
Programs are developed by the Society of Product Safety Professionals in cooperation with: ADK Information Services, LLC
1. The Consumer Product Safety Professional Certification Program
Opening workshop – August 29 and 30, 2024
Webinar series – September 3 thru 24, 2024
Closing workshop – October 29 and 30, 2024
The consumer product safety field's coveted designation as Certified Product Safety Professional™ is earned by professionals who meet the experience and education criteria for admittance into the program. The course content is built around five pillars of knowledge that constitute the product safety professional’s broad understanding of principles and processes that govern best product safety practices including: (1) organizational culture and ethics, (2) risk assessment and management, (3) regulatory compliance, (4) incident management and forensics, and (5) product recalls and returns. Candidates must demonstrate their knowledge and understanding through three different assessment activities including a multiple-choice examination, design and delivery of a case study, and defending their case study foundation before a panel of product safety experts and university educators.
This year’s program will once again be offered in cooperation with our university partner Virgina Tech. The program runs over a two-month period including on site opening and closing workshops at Virginia Tech's Research Center in Arlington, VA, and an online webinar series that can be attended remotely. For more information, click here: https://www.productsafetyprofessionals.org/certification1
2. Fundamentals of Product Safety 2024 (Previously titled: Product Safety Leadership Fundamentals)
September 11- 13, 2024
The Fundamentals course is offered for a range of product safety experience - from those just entering the product safety career to those seeking to update their knowledge on best practices and trends in the field. The course is a “how to” course to enhance the skills and knowledge of product safety managers in such areas as product design, compliance programs, regulatory affairs, risk assessment and product safety assurance, incident management programs and investigations, and product recalls and returns. This year’s program covers over two and a half days of on-site classroom instruction. Instructors are all experienced product safety professionals who often become long-term resources to members of the class as they pursue their careers.
This year’s program will be hosted by Fisher-Price in East Aurora, NY. For more information click here:
https://www.productsafetyprofessionals.org/fundamentals-program
3. Product Safety Leadership in Practice: (Previously titled: Advanced Product Safety Management Program)
Planned for 2025
The Product Safety Leadership in Practice Course focuses on areas that will contribute to the product safety professional’s general knowledge of core areas of understanding, combined with management insight into basic business leadership principles, including culture, ethics, communications, and effective outcomes. The program is designed for individuals with responsibilities to protect their companies and its brands, as well as consumers in the area of product safety. Each program has a focus - related to areas of challenge in the product safety field. This course is designed for product safety professionals with a minimum of five years of experience in the field, or a graduate in a related field of study from an accredited university or professional development organization. The course is designed for product safety managers with backgrounds in product liability, risk management, product development, compliance, engineering, chemists and toxicologists, operations, product integrity, and quality assurance personnel. It is a leadership training program that emphasizes peer networking and relationship building. The program may be offered in cooperation with a partner university.