Comments on: Becoming Recession Proof http://greentie.naem.org/2008/12/08/becoming-recession-proof/ NAEM - The National Association for Environmental Management Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:44:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: V. Toast http://greentie.naem.org/2008/12/08/becoming-recession-proof/#comment-96 V. Toast Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:58:36 +0000 http://greentie.naem.org/?p=230#comment-96 For certifications, you might want to consider a QEP. Offered by the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice (of which NAEM is a participating organization), the QEP (Qualified Environmental Professional) certification offers exams in Policy, Water, Air, or Waste management. They also offer a beginning certification for those with less than five years of experience; the EPI (Environmental Professional Intern.) Check them out at www.ipep.org For certifications, you might want to consider a QEP. Offered by the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice (of which NAEM is a participating organization), the QEP (Qualified Environmental Professional) certification offers exams in Policy, Water, Air, or Waste management. They also offer a beginning certification for those with less than five years of experience; the EPI (Environmental Professional Intern.)

Check them out at http://www.ipep.org

]]> By: Scott Berna http://greentie.naem.org/2008/12/08/becoming-recession-proof/#comment-47 Scott Berna Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:46:04 +0000 http://greentie.naem.org/?p=230#comment-47 EHS is a great field and enjoyed by those involved. However, in this day and age with the way companies are always "right-sizing", the need to integrate an associated field is greatly needed. Take some Facilities and/or Security Management classes, both areas closely associated with EHS, and you do become more valuable. EHS is a great field and enjoyed by those involved. However, in this day and age with the way companies are always “right-sizing”, the need to integrate an associated field is greatly needed. Take some Facilities and/or Security Management classes, both areas closely associated with EHS, and you do become more valuable.

]]> By: David Williams http://greentie.naem.org/2008/12/08/becoming-recession-proof/#comment-46 David Williams Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:31:07 +0000 http://greentie.naem.org/?p=230#comment-46 Very good advice, especially from the perspective of the individual. Defintely should play to your strengths, build an external network and gain appropriate certifications. Something to not lose sight of is that the work anyone does, regardless of function within an organization, should provide a high level of value that supports the organization's objectives. In the role of EHS business partner for an operating division with 5 manufacturing sites we spent a lot of time integrating the EHS function into the operating unit's strategic plan. A big part of this was linking EHS with an Operational Excellence (Lean/Six Sigma) initiative and also aligning EHS with the Quality function. Once we did that we: 1)demonstrated how EHS contributes to achieving strategic objectives; 2) started using the same language (Lean/Six Sigma terminology) to remove the artifical "uniqueness" of EHS and focused on common interests (driving down errors, streamlining work and providing value to the customer); and 3)showed how "EHS" activities, such as critical task analysis and task observation, could be used for non-EHS areas such as quality. EHS was then viewed as an integral part of the operations, seen as contributing to the success of the organization and as recession-proof as any other aspect of running the business. Very good advice, especially from the perspective of the individual. Defintely should play to your strengths, build an external network and gain appropriate certifications.

Something to not lose sight of is that the work anyone does, regardless of function within an organization, should provide a high level of value that supports the organization’s objectives. In the role of EHS business partner for an operating division with 5 manufacturing sites we spent a lot of time integrating the EHS function into the operating unit’s strategic plan. A big part of this was linking EHS with an Operational Excellence (Lean/Six Sigma) initiative and also aligning EHS with the Quality function. Once we did that we: 1)demonstrated how EHS contributes to achieving strategic objectives; 2) started using the same language (Lean/Six Sigma terminology) to remove the artifical “uniqueness” of EHS and focused on common interests (driving down errors, streamlining work and providing value to the customer); and 3)showed how “EHS” activities, such as critical task analysis and task observation, could be used for non-EHS areas such as quality. EHS was then viewed as an integral part of the operations, seen as contributing to the success of the organization and as recession-proof as any other aspect of running the business.

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