Health & Safety Committee

Members of the health and safety committee serve one four-year term with a possible renewal for a second term. The chair usually serves for two years, and the conservation student member serves for a single two-year term. The committee always includes one health professional.

Find out more about the work of the committee by going to Health & Safety Guides and Publications>>

The committee’s board-approved charge is to:

• Provide educational and technical information to the AIC membership to increase knowledge of safety hazards and general health issues related to the conservation profession
   
• Offer information through lectures, workshops, displays, AIC publications, AIC website, and other electronic and print media
   
• Address health and safety issues of concern to the AIC membership by maintaining current information through research, by collaboration with health and safety professionals and with other health and safety organizations, and, periodically, by statistically valid surveys, the results of which will facilitate establishing priorities.