AIHA + Colorado...Skills for Career Readiness Hard / Basic Skills (The Three Rs +) Soft / Life /...
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AIHA + Coloradostrength through alignment and engagement
Steven E. Lacey, PhD, CIH, CSP
AIHA President-Elect
September 2015
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• Introduce self
• AIHA leaders in CO
• Pike’s Peak NF
• Montana summer trip
• FSPH …if anyone needs a school of public health…; Undergrad & Grad; CEPH accred
• Product Stewardship Program
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1. AIHA is working to evolve its role
2. Align priorities & opportunities in Colorado
3. An opportunity to partner
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Priorities
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1. AIHA is working to evolve its role
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AIHA Envisioned Future
What will allow AIHA to fulfill its mission to
protect worker health while ensuring a
sustainable stream of resources for doing so?
Right-sized
AIHA is focused on:
• Cultivating a community of IH
professionals
• Intentionally translating/repackaging and exporting
IH knowledge to other allied professionals engaged
in protecting worker health
Focused Collaborations/Alliances
Creating a coalition of like-minded organizations
committed to protecting worker health in order to:
• Unify diverse specialized
associations
• Combine forces to achieve
better results
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Research Agenda
Program of Work
Content Development
Strategic Focus Areas
• Organization-driven content strategy
• Science collaborations to produce new content
• Convene scientific summit
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Organization-Driven Content Strategy
• Develop organization-wide program of work that
provides guidance in focusing volunteer, staff, and
financial resources
• Develop a research framework to inform the
program of work
• Future product and service development better
aligned with needs of profession
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Approved Content Priorities
Ranked High to Low
1. Exposure Banding/OEL Process
2. Sensor Technologies
3. Emerging Markets/Global IH Standard of Care
4. IH Value Strategy/Business Case Development
5. Changing Workforce Demographics/Environment
6. Big Data, Data Management and Interpretation
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Research Projects
• Sensor Technologies
• Changing Workforce
• Big Data
• Global IH/OH Standard of Care
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Strategic Focus Areas
• Organization-driven content strategy
• Science collaborations to produce new content
• Convene scientific summit
• Align resources to support career stages
• Local Section support system
• Create personalized premium member benefits14
Body of Knowledge (BoK)
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Currently, AIHA BoKs consists of the following, with more in
development:
Body of Knowledge (BoK)
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A Body of Knowledge (BoK) outlines the knowledge and skills a
competent person should possess and be able to demonstrate in
a specific topic or specialty.
Body of Knowledge (BoK)
Projects
• Exposure Banding/OEL Process
• Business Case Development
- Reworked/Rebranded IH Value Strategy
Beyond the BoK
• Education Mapping
• Partnerships
• Needs Assessment
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Opportunities
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Events and Education
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Events and Education
AIHceFall
Conference
Future Leaders Institute
Leadership Workshop
Body of Knowledge
(BoK)
China-U.S. Occupational
HealthSymposia
E-Learning
Road Courses
IOHA 2018
Face-to-Face Training
Advocacy and Influence
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Protect and Promote the Profession
Title Protection Laws
Professional Recognition Laws
Be a Player inOHS Issues
Keep the Profession at Forefront of OHS
Monitor State and Federal Issues
Comment on Issues
How and Why AIHA Influences Government
Advocacy and Influence
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Educate Policymakerson Issues
Be Proactive – Reactive when Necessary
Visit with Policymakers
Ask Member to “Get Involved”
Liaison with Like-MinedOrganizations
Increased Numbers Increases Power
Position AIHA as a Leader
Community Engagement
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Committees
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
Working Groups
Local Sections
Building the Next Generation
• American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF)
• Students and Early Career Professionals Committee
• Student Local Sections
• Mentoring
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2. Align priorities & opportunities in Colorado
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• Knowing the content priorities, what is most important…to you ?
• Knowing the volunteer opportunities, how might you engage as an individual ? As a Local Section ??
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3. An opportunity to partner
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Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Working Youth at Higher Risk
In the United States:
• In 2013, workers < 24 years old made up
13% of the workforce (18.1 million people)
• A young worker is injured on the job every
minute
• Youth age 15–24 years are injured at work
at twice the rate of adults
• Job injuries for youth (up to age 19) have
an annual cost of $5 billion
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Partnership to Protect Young Workers
Objective: Equip young people with the skills
and knowledge they need to participate in safe
and healthy work environments throughout
their working lives
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
OSH Competencies for
Young Workers• All workers can be hurt or killed on the job
• Work injuries are predictable and preventable
• Employers are responsible for, and workers have the right to, safe
and healthy work
• Youth need to know how to: identify hazards at work; prevent job
injury and illness; identify and address emergencies at work;
communicate with people in authority when feeling unsafe or
threatened
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
AIHA + NIOSH Partnership
What can AIHA members do?
• Bring the NIOSH Talking
Safety curriculum into local
school districts
• Volunteer to bring
AIHA/NIOSH Safety Matters
training to schools
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Safety Matters is…
• 1-hour module and presentation
for students in grades 7-12
• Available from the NIOSH
website (coming soon)
• For use by AIHA members to
teach students critical OSH
competencies
The I
mpact of W
ork
Inju
ries
Examples of Teen Work Injuries
� Why do you think this happened?
� What could have prevented Jack
from getting hurt?
� How might this injury impact Jack’s
daily life?
Job:Job:Job:Job: Fast food worker
Hazard:Hazard:Hazard:Hazard: Greasy, slippery floors
Injury:Injury:Injury:Injury: Injured tailbone
Jack’s StoryJack’s StoryJack’s StoryJack’s Story
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Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Skills for Career ReadinessHard / Basic Skills (The Three Rs +) Soft / Life / Applied Skills
Reading
Writing
Arithmetic
Government/Economics
Science
Humanities/Arts
Foreign Language
History/Geography
Critical thinking/problem solving
Oral and written communication
Teamwork / collaboration
Diversity
IT application
Leadership
Creativity / innovation
Lifelong learning /self direction
Professionalism / work ethic
Ethics / accountability/social
responsibility
Flexibility / adaptability
Appropriate health & wellness choices
→Skills/knowledge to contribute to a safe
and healthy workplace? Missing!
Sources: Conference Board; 21st Century Skills Framework
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AIHA + Coloradostrength through alignment and engagement
Steven E. Lacey, PhD, CIH, CSP
AIHA President-Elect
September 2015
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