Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) - September, 2005 Update

47% Performance Domain I- Industrial Hygiene Risk Assessment
1.1	Identify potential health hazards associated with processes, industries, and agents by observing tasks, processes, or sites and by accessing and reviewing appropriate literature, standards, and other resources (e.g., inventory of materials used, discussions with people who perform the process) in order to anticipate risk to people.
1.2	Determine the relationship between exposure and the potential adverse health effects of those exposures using toxicological and epidemiological principles, as well as other credible resources, in order to anticipate and recognize potential hazards.
1.3	Design the exposure assessment strategy using appropriate scientific principles in order to ensure the validity of the health hazard assessment.
1.4	Implement the exposure assessment strategy as designed in order to determine the extent and magnitude of exposure.
1.5	Draw reasonable conclusions based on the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data using standards, guidelines, and professional judgment in order to prioritize hazards for intervention, determine if further investigation is needed, and report findings as appropriate.
36% Performance Domain II- Industrial Hygiene Hazard Control
2.1	Evaluate control options using recognized guidelines and practices in order to identify or design appropriate methods.
2.2	Select the appropriate control considering all relevant information in order to eliminate the hazard or reduce exposure to within acceptable limits.
2.3	Implement the selected control by coordinating necessary resources in order to eliminate the hazard or reduce exposure to within acceptable limits.
2.4	Validate the effectiveness of the control using performance criteria in order to determine if the control functions as desired.
17% Performance Domain III- Industrial Hygiene Program Management
3.1	Develop programs using recognized risk assessment methods and appropriate hazard controls and other information (e.g., regulations, current standards of care) in order to ensure a healthful work and community environment.
3.2	Implement programs using project and process management tools and techniques, as well as effective communication strategies, in order to address identified needs and ensure program efficiency.
3.3	Evaluate programs by comparing them to regulations, current standards of care, and recognized effective practices in order to determine effectiveness.
3.4	Maintain programs using program evaluations, making modifications as required, and adhering to the professional codes of ethics in order to ensure programs' currency.