Professionnel certifié Sceau d’or (P.CSO)

Strive to get your enhanced professional status

By obtaining your Professional Gold Seal Certified (P.GSC) credential, you are making a statement of enhanced professional development and recognition, while letting your clients, co-workers and partners know that they are working with a capable professional that is committed to the job. Other P.GSC benefits include:

P.GSC success stories

Angela Lai, P.GSC, Estimator

Bob Lund, P.GSC, Construction Safety Practitioner

Zachary Ponto, P.GSC, Construction Safety Practitioner

To be eligible for the P.GSC, the applicant must:

• Be Gold Seal Certified (GSC);
• Gain one additional year of experience after receiving the GSC;
• Obtain 10 credits (one credit per hour) of construction-related training after receiving the GSC.

The P.GSC is renewable every two years. The requirements include:

1. Previous GSC credential
2. Proof of having worked for a general, specialty trade, electrical, mechanical, or civil infrastructure contractor for a minimum of 2,000 hours in the last two years, in the designation in which you were certified (1,000 hours per year)
3. Proof of having earned a minimum of 30 Gold Seal credits within the past two years:
   • Minimum 10 credits (1 credit per hour) from construction-related courses
   • Seminars, conferences, self-directed study or professional meetings (1 credit per 3 hours)
   • Involvement in community-based or charitable organizations, technical or professional associations, mentoring, etc. (1 credit per 3 hours)
   • Teaching including giving presentations, seminars and workshops (2 credits per hour of teaching)
   • Contributing to activities that improve the construction industry, such as committee work (1 credit per hour), submitting patents (10 credits per patent registered), publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals (5 credits per article), etc.

Note that the standards are monitored annually by the Gold Seal Certification Program. A percentage of applicants may be audited to ensure program integrity.

As P.GSC, you:

• Receive a P.GSC certificate;
• Receive a golden P.GSC hard hat in the first year of designation;
• Can use the abbreviation P.GSC after your name; and
• Are listed on our website.

Current P.GSCs

These charts are updated weekly. If you have any questions, contact [email protected].

To provide consent to be added to the P.GSC directory, or to be removed, please fill out this form.

CSP – Construction Safety Practitioner

OCM – Owner’s Construction Manager

PM – Project Manager

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Alberta

Colombie-Britannique

Manitoba

Nouveau-Brunswick

 Newfoundland and Labrador

Nouvelle-Écosse

Ontario

Québec

Saskatchewan

Yukon