council on practices & standards leadership conference 2006 jim smith, csp vice president

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

AcademicsConstructionConsultantsEngineeringEnvironmentalHealthcareIndustrial Hygiene

InternationalManagementMiningPublic SectorRisk Management InsuranceTransportation

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 Professionalsand 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

– 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

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AdministrationAdministration Products/& ServicesProducts/& ServicesNewslettersNewslettersPDC SpeakersPDC SpeakersWeb SiteWeb Site

Council Committees

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

Staff Contacts:

Rennie Heath847-768-3436 rheath@asse.org

Tim Fisher847-768-3411

tfisher@asse.org

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 !!!!