Council on Practices & Standards (CoPS) Leadership Conference 2007

1. Council on Practices & Standards (CoPS)Leadership Conference 2007 Jim Smith, CSP Vice President, CoPS

2. Presentation Objectives • Explain the Council’s roles and responsibilities • Discuss the Council’s structure • Discuss how the Council brings value to the membership • Bridge the gap between Councils, Regions, Chapters and Members

3. Council Responsibilities ASSE Strategic Plan – Goal 5: “Gather, encourage and participate in development of the Body of Knowledge to the profession” Primarily responsible for the development, maintenance and delivery of the Society’s technical knowledge and expertise

4. Bring value to the membership (products/services) • Network our technical expertise (industry-specific) by creating a knowledge exchange platform, which members can easily access • Harness technical knowledge for the Society’s benefit (membership and the SH&E profession) Council’s Focus “Key benefit of belonging to a Practice Specialty is accessto information/networking to assist you in performing your job!”

5. CoPS Membership 14,000 Individual Members 22,000 Total Memberships

6. Council Organization Practice Specialties - Branches Standards Development Committee Working Committees Common Interest Groups Staff

7. Academics Construction Consultants Engineering Environmental Healthcare Industrial Hygiene International Management Mining Public Sector Risk Management/Insurance Transportation Practice Specialties

8. Ergonomics • Fire Protection • Hospitality • Manufacturing • Oil & Gas • Training & Communications Branches

9. Working Committees Business of Safety Committee Body of Knowledge Committee

10. Common Interest Groups Safety Professionals & the Latino Workforce (SPALW) Woman in Safety Engineering (WISE)

11. ASSE participates in the development and maintenance of standards in three ways: • Secretariat for nine standards committees • ASSE representatives serve on over 40 other safety standards committees • Submit position comments to other standards committees/organizations that affect our profession Standards Development Committee

12. CoPS Value to Society Public Relations Support - Articles, News Releases Government Affairs Support - Regulatory & Legislative Comments Professional Development Support - PDC Sessions & Symposia Speakers Technical Publications

13. CoPS Value to Members Technical Publications/Articles Professional Safety Practice Specialty Technical Publications Best of the Best Articles Webinars Website Key Interviews Hot Topics Technical Articles Technical White Papers - Workplace Violence - Body of Knowledge

14. CoPS Value to Members Books Construction Safety Safety Management Technical Speakers (Speaker’s Bureau) Technical Q&A Bulletin Listserves Journal of SH&E Research Research Articles – Value of Safety Inter-Society Relations NAEM ACHMM IOSH

15. PRACTICE SPECIALTY Council Committees Administration Web Site PDC Speakers Technical Publications Products & Services Infrastructure of a Practice Specialty

16. CoPS “Bridging the Gap” Practice Specialty members provide technical knowledge and skills to Region ROCs/PDCs. Assistant Regional Vice Presidents for Practice Specialties (ARVPs) act as liaisons and facilitate interactions between respective Chapters/Sections and the Practice Specialties, Branches, Common Interest Groups and Standards Development Committee CoPS Chapter Chairs are appointed by each Chapter as a Chapter resource. They keep the Chapter informed of technical issues, standards development, Practice Specialty knowledge and CoPS news.

17. For More Info… CoPS Website Practice Specialty/Branch Websites Online Community Forums

18. Staff Contacts: Rennie Heath 847-768-3436 rheath@asse.org Tim Fisher 847-768-3411 tfisher@asse.org

19. Questions We want to put our technical knowledge and expertise to work for you!