AIOH Honour Boards (Council)

Awards Committee

Chair: Simon Worland

Members:

Brett Young, Carman Naylor, Mitchel Thompson Melanie Windust , Sam Clarke, Aleks Todorovic (as current AIOH President).

Purpose: To advise Council on matters relating to awards and sponsorships; liaise with all sponsors, prepare agreements and ensure smooth running of activities between sponsors and AIOH; liaise with the Conference Committee to ensure consistency across sponsorship areas and agreements; liaise with AIOH Office to send out notifications of awards to members, acceptance of nominations; and process awards in a confidential and timely manner, review award applicants and make recommendations to Council.

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Certification Board

Board Chair: Adelle Liebenberg

Board members:  Jennifer Hines, Gavin Wellings, Naree Carton, Kerry McDougall and Linda Apthorpe.

Purpose of the board: To evaluate applications for Certification and assess conferences, seminars and other professional activities for certification maintenance points.  The Certification Board performs the following activities:

• Evaluates applications for Certification to determine whether a candidate will be accepted to sit the oral examination;
• Sets and runs the oral examination in accordance with the Oral examination procedure;
• Assesses conferences, seminars, and courses for certification maintenance (CM) points;
• Assesses other professional activities for certification maintenance points;
• Assesses certification maintenance activities in accordance with the guidelines in the document Categories for accruing certification maintenance points;
• Evaluates certification maintenance reports and recommends to Council whether certification status has been maintained;
• Audits a selection of certification maintenance reports; and
• Audits examination panels and submit the audit report to Council.

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Communications & Marketing Committee

Committee Chair:  Kelly Jaunzems

Committee members: Cecilia Mason, Hamish Rae, Andrea Holloway, Richard Jackson, Sarah Verry, Georgia Csorba & Alex Britton

Purpose of the committee / Mission statement:  To promote and support the Institute and members through the various communications media.

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Ethics Committee

Chair: Heidi Scott & Venessa Thelan

Committee Members: Jeremy Trotman, Elaine Lindars, Ruairi Ward, Adrian Paine and Mark Russell

Purpose: To provide advice and guidance to the AIOH Executive Committee and the AIOH membership on ethical matters that arise within or affecting the Institute.

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External Affairs Committee

Chair: Kate Cole

Committee Members:Tracey Bence, Deborah Glass, Sharann Johnson, Peter Knott, Dino Pisaniello, Shelley Rowett, Aleks Todorovic, Kelly Johnstone

Purpose: The role of the External Affairs Committee:

• Identify emerging issues of occupational health importance through maintaining the necessary networks of media, government, industry and organisational contacts.
• Identify opportunities for the AIOH to contribute to the development of guidelines, standards, information and legislation associated with occupational hazards and provide guidance to council on how to engage with these processes.
• Report back to council through the president, on issues or opportunities that have been identified and require action.
• Develop relevant information and communication strategies in response to external affairs issues that arise, to facilitate a rapid and coordinated response on behalf of the AIOH.
• In conjunction with the current AIOH president, assist in delivering targeted external communications as the need arises.

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Membership & Qualifications (M&Q) Committee

Committee Chair: Mitchell Thompson

Committee Members:  Michael Weller (NSW), Nathan Redfern (NSW), Peter Knott (NSW), Andy McCarthy (SA), Jwalit Parik (SA), Giovani Sessarego (WA), Alan Williams (TAS) , Noel Pinkerton (QLD)

**John Padgham (QLD), Melanie Cox (QLD) , - 2025 Council Members

Purpose of the Committee: Ensuring the review of Full Member and Provisional Member applications is consistently performed in accordance with the AIOH Rules and Statement of Purpose.

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Mentoring Committee

Chair: Jason Green

Committee Members: Samantha Forster (QLD), Luke Ripper (NT/SA/NZ), Shane Collins (VIC),   Milan Patel (VIC, TAS), and Dean Gleeson (NSW/ACT).

Purpose: Identify and match mentors and mentees within AIOH

Purpose: Track existing pairs and provide support and encouragement.  Agree on and document process for annual review for mentors. Prepare case studies for newsletters as publicity/encouragement. Prepare material for mentors to help with candidates with COH success.

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Professional Development & Education (PD&E) Committee

Chair: Sharann Johnson

Committee Members: Kelly Johnstone, Sue Reed, Ken Osakwe, Jane Whitelaw, Adelle Liebenberg, Rob Alcock, Luke Dunk

Purpose: To assist the AIOH Executive and Council in meeting the needs of its members and the broader community of occupational hygiene professionals for education and continuing professional development.

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RESP-FIT Board

Committee Chairs: Mark Reggers

Committee members: Melanie Cox, Michael Eva, Julia Norris, Peter McGarry, Julie Moore  Heidi Scott, Sebastian Rasche and Jane Whitelaw .

Purpose of the committee / Mission statement: The RESP-FIT Board will provide oversight and administration of the RESP-FIT program for the accreditation of respirator fit-testers and approval of courses, with assistance from a team of RESP-FIT examiners and assessors.

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Strategic Risk Advisory Committee

Chair: Treasurer, Dustin Bennett

Members: President-Elect Kelly Johnstone, Ruairi Ward, Fouad Rizk & Ross Di Corleto

Purpose: To provide independent, informed and expert recommendations to the Executive and Council on AIOH’s exposure to business risks.

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Workplace Exposure Assessment Committee

Committee Chair:Lee Cherry

Committee members: Ian Firth, Alan Rogers, Robert Golec, Geza Benke, Linda Apthorpe, Marcus Brooks, Nathan Aust, Greg O'Donnell, Zac Du Prez, Louise Burt, Stephen Turner, Tim White, Mark Desira, Bradley Geinitz

Purpose of the committee / Mission statement:  The Workplace Exposure Assessment Committee provides expert guidance and comment to the exposure standards setting process at a State and National level and internationally where appropriate, through development of AIOH Position Papers, AIOH guidance publications or comment on relevant Standards, Regulations and Codes of Practice.  The Committee's remit is to confirm that the revision of exposure standards, and other relevant Standards and Codes of Practice, are valid and based on good occupational hygiene and scientific principles. The Committee is also concerned with the integrity of the exposure assessment process whereby sampling results for airborne contaminants are compared against exposure standards.

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