Rick Hauf, CSP
This is a one-principal practice, and the principal does the work. When you engage Arc Flash Certification you get the person whose name is on the report writing the report, walking the site, and standing in front of your electricians — not a coordinator, a subcontractor, or a template with your logo dropped into it.
The practice exists because most electrical safety documents in American workplaces are accurate and useless at the same time. They restate the standard correctly and tell nobody what to actually do on Tuesday morning. Interpretation is the product here: what the requirement means for your program, your roster, your records and your exposure.
What this practice does, and what it does not do
The boundary is stated up front, on every page of this site, because a consultant who is vague about scope costs you money later. There are firms that do the engineering side well. This is not one of them, and it does not pretend to be.
Thirty-five years, and a classroom that is still full
The Certified Safety Professional credential is administered by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and carries examination, degree, experience and continuing-education requirements. It is the qualification that separates a safety professional from a safety enthusiast, and it is maintained, not awarded once.
The teaching volume matters more than it looks. A consultant who only writes documents drifts away from the shop floor. Standing in front of electricians every week is what keeps the procedures we write executable by the people who have to execute them.
Organizations that have cleared us to say so
Five names, listed because those clients have cleared their use. There is no logo wall here and there are no unnamed silhouettes standing in for engagements that cannot be described. If a client is not on this list, we will not hint at them.
The mix is the useful part: hyperscale data center, refining and petrochemical, heavy process manufacturing, a public power utility, and food and beverage production. Different regulators, different equipment, the same underlying question about who is qualified to do what.
Interpretation, not restatement
Anyone can tell you what a standard says. The standard already says it, and it says it better. The question that earns a fee is what the requirement does to your organization — which document is now wrong, which role is now unstaffed, which record would not survive being asked for, and in what order to fix it.
Start with a conversation, not a proposal.
Tell us what you have — a program document, a study from three years ago, a training roster you are not sure about — and what is prompting the question. You will get a straight answer about whether this practice is the right one for it, including when it is not. Fixed scope, quoted up front.
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