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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS

    The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers has been Chartered since 1946 to serve the needs of the Safety Profession in the Los Angeles Area and to foster the Professional Development and Well-being of its Members. The American Society of Safety Engineers -- Protecting People, Property,and the Environment Since 1911.

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Contact the President Elect (Membership Chair) for membership information.

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Enrique G. Garcia

• You need not live in the Los Angeles area to be a Los Angeles Chapter Member.
• You may belong to more than one Chapter.

• Your membership will be in the chapter where you get your mail unless you designate the alternative on your ASSE Membership Application or other correspondence with national ASSE office.
• Chapter dues are currently $15.00 per year.

• ASSE Membership Maintains Your C.S.P.

By Jay W. Preston, CSP, PE

With the registration of safety engineers going or gone in California, Massachusetts, and some other states, the CSP designation is becoming more important than ever in establishing a recognizable degree of competence. With the granting of the CSP comes the obligation to maintain it by participating in the continuance of certification (COC) program. The same kind of program is now required of lawyers, doctors, teachers, and some other professionals by their boards or employers.

The CSP requires 25 continuance of certification (COC) points over each five year period of certification. Active membership in the ASSE is a good way to get a head start on nailing down the necessary points to keep that CSP and the prestige and recognition that it entails.

The BCSP awards up to two points each year for continued practice in the profession. That’s not too hard for most of us, but what about the rest of those necessary points? We can pick up a COC point for membership in professional organizations each year. We can pick up a COC point for a local office or two for a national office in a professional society each year. ASSE can certainly provide these opportunities.

For professional development classes and participation, ASSE can get us a COC point each year for the Professional Development Conference and a half COC point for each 4-hour program taken or taught.

An added bonus of ASSE membership is 1/4 COC point for each 3 hours of technical Chapter monthly meeting attended.

We all get the ten COC points for working. That’s a given.

So how can ASSE help us maintain our CSP? See how it works to get us the rest of the required fifteen COC points:

If we avail ourselves of just these ASSE opportunities for participation, we should finish the five year COC cycle with 32 ½ points. So, keep those records, and it’s a cinch. Thanks to the ASSE membership. Mix and match. Show up for meetings. Go to a PDC (Las Vegas in 2008). Take on an office. Take an ASSE one-day seminar or program. Active ASSE membership makes it easy to keep that CSP!

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