ConsultSIG
 
The ConsultSIG is a special interest group that aims to help foster the professional growth of AIHA's consultant members. The group also provides the means of communication among consultants who are members of AIHA.

• Officers and Directors
• Business Plan 
• Sample Consulting Services Agreement 
• Professional Liability Insurance 
• AIHce 2007 Roundtable Presentations

Example Consulting Services Agreement

The AIHA ConsultSIG, in an effort spearheaded by Bruce P. Miller, CIH, drafted an example consulting services agreement for submission to the AIHA and use by the general membership. The purpose for preparing the document was to provide the AIHA membership with an example consulting services agreement that focused on the specific issues consulting industrial hygienists may encounter when working in the field of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and in particular, mold (fungi) related projects.  The example consulting services agreement is located in the Members only area of the AIHA website at http://www.aiha.org/membersonly/.

Results of the Consultants Survey

The ConsultSIG, in conjuction with AIHA's Marketing Department and McKinley Marketing, conducted a survey of AIHA Consultant members. The results of that survey  were presented at the ConsultSIG Annual Business Meeting at AIHce 2005.

Join the "consult-list" E-mail Discussion Group

The ConsultSIG hosts an e-mail discussion group that discusses work as consultants and the Consultant SIG. To sign up, send an e-mail to consult-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. You will recieve a confirmation message that you need to reply to. More information about e-mail discussion groups is located on the AIHA website.

Mission Statement

The mission of the ConsultSIG is to foster professional growth and career development of members of the American Industrial Hygiene Association who are engaged or potentially engaged in the business of health, safety, and environmental consulting. The ConsultSIG will provide a means of communication among consultants in AIHA. Furthermore, the ConsultSIG will promote the profession of health, safety, and environmental consulting to those outside of AIHA, including governmental, industrial, educational, and other professional bodies, as well as provide a mechanism for professional development of ConsultSIG members.

Activities of the ConsultSIG shall connect, overlap, or originate with the industrial hygiene skills and capabilities of its member consultants.

Meeting Minutes

• May 2008 
• March 2008 
• January 2008 
• December 2007 
• November 2007 
• October 2007 
• September 2007 
• August 2007 
• June 2007 

Synergist Articles of Interest

• Professional Liability Insurance, by David Governo
• Helping Hands, by Ellen Clas
• A Consultant as a Defendant, by Andrew Port
• Liability Insurance, by David Governo
• Targeted Marketing for Safety and Industrial Hygiene Consultants, by Carl Woychuk
• Consulting Opportunities - A New Approach, by Wade Sikora
• The Consultant: An Attorney's View, by Bruce A. Keyes
• A Consultant's Dilemma, by William P. Ringo
• Using Lawyers' Professional Services, by David S. Abrams

AIHce 2008 Roundtable Presentations

• RT 210
  Leveraging Technology and Computing to Your Advantage in IH and Safety Consulting
• RT 253
  Pursuing Excellence: Critical Points in Industrial Hygiene OEHS Consulting Management

AIHce 2007 Roundtable Presentations

• Insurance and Risk Management Top Ten Issues 
• Top Ten Marketing for Consultants 
• Managing The Business – Top Ten Financial Critical Elements 
• Critical Steps in Starting and Sustaining an Independent IH Consultancy 
• Contracts and Other Legal Issues in a Technical Consulting Firm