Certification
Exam Topics
Certified Staffing Professional™
The Certified Staffing Professional exam is a timed, two-hour online exam with 100 questions. CSP™ candidates prepare for the exam by reviewing study materials that cover key topics in labor and employment law.
Technical Services Certified™
The Technical Services Certified exam is a timed, two-hour online exam with 120 questions. TSC™ candidates prepare for the exam by reviewing study materials that cover legal, legislative, and regulatory requirements applicable to the technical services sector.
The CSP and TSC exams cover the following topics:
- Pre-employment
- Equal employment opportunity
- Candidate screening
- Immigration
- Substance abuse and drug testing
- Employment agreements, employee handbooks, and restrictive covenants
- Wage and hour laws
- Family and medical leave
- Workplace safety
- Wrongful discharge
- Measures to reduce the likelihood of employment-related claims
- Labor–management relations
- Employee benefits
- Workers’ compensation
- Co-employment issues
- Workplace discrimination
In addition to the topics reviewed in the CSP program, the TSC program also covers these areas:
- Per diem rules
- Worker classification
- H-1B visas
The subjects covered in the study materials and on the exam were identified by leading staffing professionals as some of the most important elements of labor and employment law pertinent to maintaining high standards within the staffing industry.
In addition to being familiar with the ASA Code of Ethics and Good Practices, CSP and TSC candidates should be familiar with the applicable chapters in the required texts: Employment Law for Staffing Professionals and Co-Employment: Employer Liability Issues in Third-Party Staffing Arrangements.
Additionally, candidates are encouraged to read Staffing Law, a digest of recent industry legal, legislative, and regulatory developments, which is mailed to member headquarters three times each year. Subscriptions are available for nonmembers.
Below is a sample of the type of question you can expect when taking the CSP or TSC exam.
Which of the following are covered by FLSA?
- Minimum wage
- Overtime
- Child labor protection
- Only a and b
- All of the above
Order online or download an order form (PDF 69 KB) to purchase study materials and access to the exams.
Contact
Karen Donald
Manager, Certification Programs
703-253-2020
csp.tsc@americanstaffing.net
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