Open Call: Standards Advisory Panel
Open Call: Standards Advisory Panel
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is seeking new members for the Standards Advisory Panel (SAP)!
Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of the SAP is to advise the AGF Board on standards issues and outline standards strategies that will allow AIHA to:
- Identify those consensus standards issues that are important to AIHA, its members and stakeholders
- Determine and manage the appropriate level of AIHA involvement in consensus standards of interest
- Help the AGF Board in the selection and appointment of AIHA Representatives and Alternate Representatives to various consensus standards developing bodies of interest to AIHA
- Track those activities on consensus standards development that have an impact on the OEHS profession
Standards Advisory Panel Composition
The SAP is comprised of 10 members representing a cross-section of the AIHA membership. Each member serves a three-year term. As a rule, terms are staggered so that as members rotate off, they are replaced with new members each year.
SAP Member Selection Process
The process of selecting new SAP members begins with this open call for applications from the AIHA membership. Applications are reviewed, and selections made by the SAP Chair and Vice-Chair with guidance from AIHA staff who then submit them to the AGF Board for approval. Selections are made with the aim that the Panel maintains as broad a diversity of representation as is reasonably possible.
Panel members must be current and active members of AIHA and are selected to provide a balanced representation of:
- Industry sectors (corporate, academia, consulting, government)
- Various levels of OEHS work experience
- History of involvement in various AIHA Volunteer Groups (VGs)
- Areas of professional practice and specialty
SAP Responsibilities
SAP Members are to:
- Keep abreast of the most recent information about consensus standards
- Attend in-person and virtual meetings, and participate in periodic conference calls throughout the year
- Participate in votes for relevancy of the consensus standards for the OEHS community and represent AIHA to the assigned consensus standards developing bodies
- Make presentations as requested to the various AIHA VGs toward promoting the policies and procedures of the SAP
Accountability
The SAP and its Members are:
- Accountable to the AGF Board of Directors
- Agree to uphold and abide by the AIHA Bylaws and Code of Conduct
General Time Commitment
SAP Members are expected to:
- Attend an annual meeting at AIHA Connect (if conducted in-person)
- Actively participate in 1-hr monthly conference calls
- Review and evaluate the relevance of consensus standards that impact the OEHS profession and determine the level of AIHA involvement in such standard(s)
- As necessary, hold ad-hoc conference calls with assigned AIHA Representatives and Alternate Representatives to standard developing groups to encourage and coordinate activities
If interested in SAP membership, please complete the self-nomination application form and send it to me by April 1, 2025.
Should you have any questions, please contact Michele Twilley