Practice Specialty Elections

ASSP practice specialty communities provide members an accessible, virtual network of peers focused on developing and sharing technical and professional content and applying it to solve common safety challenges to become better safety professionals.

Learn more and access the nomination forms by clicking on the position or positions you are interested in applying for.

Open Positions

Practice Specialty Assistant Administrator

Consultants Practice Specialty
Engineering Practice Specialty (immediate opening through June 30, 2025, then auto-succeed for an additional 2-year term as Administrator)
Fire Protection Practice Specialty
Manufacturing Practice Specialty
Oil, Gas, Mining and Mineral Resources Practice Specialty
Public Sector Practice Specialty (immediate opening through June 30, 2025, then auto-succeed for an additional 2- year term as Administrator)
Risk Management Practice Specialty
Training and Communications Practice Specialty (immediate opening through June 30, 2026, then auto-succeed for an additional 2-year term as Administrator)
Transportation Practice Specialty (immediate opening through June 30, 2026, then auto-succeed for an additional 2-year term as Administrator)
Utilities Practice Specialty

Terms

Unless otherwise noted, all terms will be a two-year term, July 1, 2025- June 30, 2027 and will then auto-succeed for an additional two year term as Administrator.

Requirements

The experiences, characteristics and qualifications in potential candidates for elected ASSP positions are outlined in SOG 6.8. These are in addition to any required qualifications specified in the ASSP bylaws or role descriptions.

To serve in this role, you must:

Be a member of ASSP (not including Emeritus and Student)
Be a member of the respective practice specialty

Nominations Process

Please submit the following materials

Assistant Administrator Practice Specialty nomination form
Brief biography (limited to 250 words). If selected for the ballot, this will be published on the ASSP election website and on the election ballot.
Platform statement addressing your vision for the position and the respective practice specialty (limited to 300 words). If selected for the ballot, this will be published on the ASSP election website and on the election ballot.
Completed conflict of interest statement. NOTE: ASSP reserves the right to limit volunteer participation of any member who serves in a volunteer or leader capacity with competitors in order to lessen conflict of interests and maintain confidentiality.
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