The AIHA 2006-2010 Strategic Plan
Mission
AIHA promotes healthy and safe environments by advancing the science, principles, practice, and value of industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety.
Vision 2015
AIHA continues to be a catalyst in growing a global community of industrial hygienists and related occupational and environmental health and safety professionals improving the quality of life, resulting in the elimination of environmentally related illness and injuries.
Core Values
- Prevention of occupational illness and injury is the foundation of the industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety profession.
- Workers and communities have a right to a healthy and safe environment.
- Active collaboration among industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental safety and health professionals is essential for ensuring that safe and healthy environments are provided for all workers and communities.
- The ethical practice of industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety professionals is achieved through the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of hazards arising from the workplace and communities.
- AIHA will advocate for the profession and science-based public policy development.
- Good business and good industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety practices are strongly linked.
- AIHA’s Board of Directors, volunteers, members, and staff conduct the business of the Association with respect for diversity of opinion and encourage open communication.
- In conducting the business of the Association, the AIHA Board of Directors, members, and staff will strive to be considerate of the time commitments we request of our volunteers and work to ensure that such requests make the best use of our volunteers’ time.
Goals
AIHA will identify and pursue specific goals to achieve its mission. These goals will drive AIHA’s structure, governance, staffing and budgeting, and will serve as the basis for all evaluations of achievement and performance. The following broad goals and objectives are established for AIHA for 2006-2010 operating years:
Professional Community
AIHA is a growing, vibrant, global, multi-disciplinary community of increasingly knowledgeable professionals. An increasing number of students pursue industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety related careers.
Advocacy, Influence, and Value
AIHA is an increasingly influential contributor to domestic and international policy formulation and standard setting. Employers, employees, other industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety professionals, and the public increasingly recognize and value the contributions AIHA members make to enhancing health and safety.
Information, Learning, and Knowledge
As a repository and disseminator of knowledge, programs and services for the industrial hygiene and related occupational and environment health and safety community, AIHA provides or facilitates access to science-based information that individuals and organizations need to ensure that health and safety efforts have moved beyond corrective actions to prevention measures, with potential new health hazards being recognized, evaluated, eliminated or controlled before they are introduced into a workplace or community.
Operational Excellence
Members are increasingly satisfied with AIHA’s leadership and operations. Sound fiscal, organizational management, and governance principles and processes are implemented and continuously improved to ensure AIHA’s sustainability and vitality.
1. Professional Community Goal
AIHA is a growing, vibrant, global, multi-disciplinary community of increasingly knowledgeable professionals. An increasing number of students pursue industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety related careers.
1.1. Significantly increase the percentage of younger professionals joining and participating in AIHA.
1.2. Significantly increase the percentage of international members joining and participating in AIHA.
1.3. Increase affiliation of local section members and individuals from other disciplines.
1.4. Increase the number of students enrolling in Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Health and Safety undergraduate and graduate programs through aggressive promotion of Industrial Hygiene/Occupational Health to all levels of academia.
1.5. Increase the percentage of members possessing the Certified Industrial Hygiene (CIH) certification & other accredited certifications recognized by the profession.
1.6. Create robust online communities of practice that facilitate networking and the exchange of ideas and knowledge.
2. Advocacy, Influence, and Value Goal
AIHA is an increasingly influential contributor to domestic and international policy formulation and standard setting. Employers, employees, other industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety professionals, and the public increasingly recognize and value the contributions AIHA members make to enhancing health and safety.
2.1 Develop enhanced relationships with legislators, policymakers, and media to advance AIHA’s advocacy agenda and public policy that is based on sound science.
2.2 Ensure AIHA participates and provides appropriate leadership in the development of national and international guidelines and standards.
2.3 Expand awareness and recognition of the important and positive role AIHA and local section members’ play in enhancing industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety programs.
2.4 Strengthen AIHA’s collaborations with national and international industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety professional organizations to facilitate the protection of workers and communities and to strengthen and unify the voice and impact of the professional community.
3. Information, Learning, and Knowledge Goal
As a repository and disseminator of knowledge, programs and services for the industrial hygiene and related occupational and environment health and safety community, AIHA provides or facilitates access to science-based information that individuals and organizations need to ensure that health and safety efforts have moved beyond corrective actions to prevention measures, with potential new health hazards being recognized, evaluated, eliminated or controlled before they are introduced into a workplace or community.
3.1 Ensure members have timely access to the information, knowledge, and learning opportunities they need.
3.2 Offer programs and services that increase participation in AIHA-sponsored activities or use of AIHA resources and services by a broader audience.
3.3 Increase the number of AIHA accredited laboratories and Laboratory Quality Assurance Program participants and create opportunities for AIHA accredited laboratories to receive international recognition.
3.4 Provide, support, and stimulate research in industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety.
3.5 Create more products and services designed for students and early career professionals.
3.6 Create more products and services for the industrial hygiene and related occupational and environmental health and safety consultant community.
4. Operational Excellence Goal
Members are increasingly satisfied with AIHA’s leadership and operations. Sound fiscal, organizational management, and governance principles and processes are implemented and continuously improved to ensure AIHA’s sustainability and vitality.
4.1 Increase member/customer satisfaction for all aspects of AIHA operations each year.
4.2 Continue to strengthen policies and processes to ensure financial, staff, and volunteer resources are available to achieve operational excellence and meet the goals and objectives of AIHA’s strategic plan.
4.3 Ensure AIHA’s existing technology is being utilized for its full value and that new technology is acquired and implemented on a prioritized basis.
4.4 Enhance AIHA’s capacity to anticipate, identify, and respond to emerging domestic and international trends and issues.