By Maryann Gorman
Jul 26, 2016
In 2010, ASTM International, along with five other standards developing organizations and the American National Standards Institute, commissioned a study that would provide demographic information about today's codes and standards volunteers, including their work and committee experience, reasons for participating in standards development activities, employer support for their participation and their use of standards development technology. The survey will help ASTM and other participating organizations understand how to best serve their members' needs now and into the future.The result is a portrait of the busy but committed volunteers who make up the ranks of not only ASTM International, but major standards and code developing organizations based in the United States. Following are just a few statistics that show where you sit on the continuum of codes and standards professionals. For a copy of the full survey results, go to www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/Research/RFTomorrowsCodesStdsVolunteer.pdf.
Employer Benefit:
Personal Benefit:
In recent research conducted by ASTM International about its members, small and medium enterprises ranked high. More than half of the members participating in ASTM's standards developing technical committees are employed in enterprises with 250 or fewer employees.
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