Transcript 2004 Overview - American Society of Safety Engineers

Council on Practices & Standards
Leadership Conference 2006
Jim Smith, CSP
Vice President
Presentation Objective
• Explain the Council’s Roles and Responsibilities
• Discuss the Council’s Structure
• Discuss How the Council’s bring value to the
membership
• Bridge the Gap – Councils, Regions, Chapter,
Members
CoPs
Responsibilities
ASSE Strategic Plan – Goal 5:
“Gather, encourage and participate in
development of the body of knowledge to
the profession”
Primarily responsible for development,
maintenance and delivery of the society’s
technical knowledge and expertise
Council’s
Focus
• Bring Value to the Membership (Products and
Services)
• Network our technical expertise (industry specific)
by creating a knowledge exchange platform which
can be easily accessible by the members
• Harness the technical knowledge for the benefit of
the Society (Profession & Membership)
“Key benefit to belonging to a Practice Specialty
is access to the information/networking to assist
you in performing your job!”
COPS Membership
• 13,000+ Individual Members
• 20,400 Total Memberships
COPS
Organization
• Practice Specialties
- Branches
• Standards Development Committee
• Working Committees
• Common Interest Groups
• Staff
Practice Specialties
Academics
Construction
Consultants
Engineering
Environmental
Healthcare
Industrial Hygiene
International
Management
Mining
Public Sector
Risk Management
Insurance
Transportation
CoPS Branches
Existing:
• Hospitality
• Fire Protection
• Manufacturing
• Oil and Gas
• Education and Training
Working Committees
•Business of Safety Committee
•Body of Knowledge Committee
Common Interest Groups
Safety Professionals
and the Latino Workforce
Woman in Safety Engineering
The Standards Development
Committee
ASSE participates in the development and
maintenance of standards in three ways:
• by serving as the secretariat for nine standards
committees with almost eighty projects.
• by serving on 40 other safety standards
committees as an ASSE representative
• by submitting comments to other standards
committees/organizations which affect our
profession
CoPS Value to Society
•Public Relations Support
- Articles, News Releases
•Government Affairs Support
- Regulatory and Legislative Comments
•Professional Development Support
- PDC Sessions & Symposia Speakers
•Technical Publications
CoPS Value to Members
•Newsletters/Articles
– Professional Safety
– Practice Specialties
– Best of Best Articles
•Technical Audio Conference Calls
•Web Site
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Key Interviews
Hot Topic
Technical Articles
Links
• Technical White Papers
- Workplace Violence
- Body of Knowledge
CoPS Value to Members
•Editor Books
– Construction Safety
– Safety Management
•Technical Speakers (Speaker’s Bureau)
•Technical Q&A Bulletins
• List Server
• Research Journal of Safety Research
• Research Articles – Value of Safety
Infrastructure of Practice Specialty
PRACTICE SPECIALTY
Council Committees
Administration
Web Site
PDC Speakers
Newsletters
Products/& Services
CoPS
“Bridging the Gap”
• Practice Specialty members provide technical knowledge
and skills to Region ROCs /PDCs.
•Assistant Region Vice Presidents for Practice Specialties
(ARVP) act as liaisons facilitating interactions between
respective chapters/sections and the Practice Specialties,
Branches, Common Interest Groups and the Standards
Development Committee
• CoPS Chapter Chairs are appointed by each chapter as a
chapter resource, keeping the chapter up to date on
technical issues, standards development, practice specialty
knowledge and CoPS news.
For More Info…
CoPS Website
• Practice Specialty Websites
• Online Community
• Bulletin Boards
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Staff Contacts:
Rennie Heath
847-768-3436
[email protected]
Tim Fisher
847-768-3411
[email protected]
Questions
We want to put our Technical
Knowledge and Expertise to work
for you !!!!!!
Please don’t hesitate to contact us
if we can be of Assistance !!!!