Benefits of membership
Because of our geographical and disciplinary diversity, you have access to a network of surprisingly eclectic contacts and become part of a truly wide-ranging professional community.
Membership is equally beneficial to those who spend only a proportion of their time dealing with issues related to occupational health matters, as to those who are specialists.
For everyone, it provides an informal mechanism to meet and then keep in touch with others in the field and peers from related professions.
For those with a general interest, it can also be the specialist backbone you need in your own workplace. Students can get support and access to experience and information, and guidance regarding career options.
Joining us also provides the avenues through which you can more easily contribute to national debate, get your voice heard, and promote the profession. On a more personal level, and through the Faculty in particular, we provide the opportunity to widen knowledge, improve skills and demonstrate professional competence.
More tangible benefits of being a member include:
· A personal copy of the ‘Annals of Occupational Hygiene’ eight times per year, which would otherwise cost over £600 for an annual subscription; the Annals is the Society’s own world-class, international scientific peer-reviewed journal, established in 1958, and publishes research and development in the sciences underlying occupational hygiene;
· A regular high quality newsletter which aims to inform in a less scientific way;
· Access to the members’ only section of the website for:
o Members’ message board and discussion groups
o On-line subscription renewal
o Committee activities and reports
o Surveys
o Job search
o Comments on current consultative documents
o Current issue of the newsletter
o On-line membership directory
o And more
· Reduced rates at all our fee-paying events;
· A regularly updated membership directory;
· Technical publications, either printed or web-based.