by jbs042409b3 — April 27, 2009—The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) recently announced important new features they will offer during the 2009 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) in Toronto May 30-June 4, 2009. The co-sponsors of AIHce are offering an “unprecedented” five types of certification maintenance options and new electronic features for the majority of pre-conference professional development courses, they say.
New to AIHce 2009 are certification points awarded by both the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) and the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists (CRBOH). Incorporating these types of points not only enhances the value of AIHce but also embraces the 2009 theme of going “beyond borders,” serving the international community by working hand in hand with international certifying bodies, note the organizers.
AIHce has also been approved again for certification maintenance (CM) points by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Participants will be eligible to earn up to 6.5 CM points by choosing to attend professional development courses and technical sessions throughout the week.
Pre-conference courses held on May 29-June 1 will offer participants the opportunity to earn continuance of certification (COC) points in conjunction with the CSP certification from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) and continuing education units from AIHA, an approved provider for the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
New e-options have also been added to pre-conference courses via AIHA’s iWeb community. Downloadable pre-reads and electronic handouts along with online communities for collaborative learning are now available.
