ABIH Provides Path for Industrial Hygienists to Rise to the Highest Level

Industrial hygiene is the science of protecting and enhancing the health and safety of people. Health and safety hazards cover a wide range of chemical, physical, biological and ergonomic stressors. Those dedicated to anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling these hazards are known as Industrial Hygienists.  They are professionals dedicated to the well-being of people – at work, at home and in the community.
 
Anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of hazards have always been the prime goal for the industrial hygiene professional. Traditionally, the Industrial Hygienist became proficient by some combination of education, training, and experience. Ideally, this knowledge is used to anticipate when a hazardous condition may occur and then presumably, take corrective action. But not everything can be anticipated, so the Industrial Hygienist must be able to recognize conditions that could lead to adverse health effects to workers or a community population. Once anticipated or recognized, the hazard could then be evaluated and eventually controlled to eliminate or reduce the impact of the hazard.
 
Since the term Industrial Hygienist has not been restricted by law, anyone, regardless of knowledge and competency, can call themselves an “Industrial Hygienist”. “To aid employers and the public, a voluntary professional certification program was established in 1960,” reported Tracy Parsons, CIH, Administrative Program Manager at ABIH.  “The American Board of Industrial Hygiene was developed as an independent corporation with the sole purpose of providing a certification program that ensured a minimum level of knowledge and skills in industrial hygiene. The ABIH program has since become the world’s largest, premier certification for Industrial Hygienists. Today, CIHs are recognized as leaders in the industrial hygiene community and are highly sought after by industry, institutions and government agencies.”
 
ABIH has released a video about the benefits of the CIH program that can be viewed at:
http://www.ABIH.org
 
To learn more about the American Board of Industrial Hygiene or the CIH program, please email abih@ABIH.org , visit http://www.ABIH.org, or call (517) 321-2638.
 
About the American Board of Industrial Hygiene
Since 1960, ABIH, a not-for-profit corporation, has been the world’s largest, premier organization for certifying professionals in the practice of industrial hygiene. ABIH is responsible for ensuring high-quality certification including education, experience, examination, certification maintenance and ethics enforcement.

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