Meeting

June 5, 2009 on 1:49 pm | In Meetings, Uncategorized | No Comments
 
 
  Members and Non-Members Welcome
!

  
  1430 Northwestern US
  Region Meeting    Idaho Falls, ID
 
  May 28, 2009
    NCSL International                       May 18, 2009

 
  1430 Northwestern Region Meeting
 
 
 
  CLICK HERE!
 
   
  You are
  invited to attend!

 
 
  1430 Northwestern  Region Meeting
 
 
 

 
  May 28, 2009
  Hosted by:
 
  Idaho National Laboratory
 
 
  No Cost
  Location: 
 
  Ameritel Inn
  645 Lindsay Blvd.  Idaho Falls, Idaho


  
  The NCSLI spring 1430 Northwestern Region
  meeting will offer information dealing
  primarily in the areas of pressure and
  temperature.
  In the morning there will be hands-on
  pressure calibration demonstrations
  presented by Larry Renda from DHI and
  temperature calibration instrumentation
  demonstrations (SPRT and infrared) presented
  by Kurt Zabriskie from Hart Scientific.
  Lunch will not be provided, but there are
  some good restaurants within walking
  distance. The afternoon session will include
  presentations on SPRT drift, infrared
  temperature calibration, and an effort to
  streamline a work process for greater
  efficiency. The meeting is scheduled to end
  at 3:00 PM.


 
   

 

 
   
 
  1430 Northwestern US Region Meeting
 
 
  Thursday, May 28, 2009
 
 
 
 
   NCSL
  International
 
  2995 Wilderness Place

 
  Boulder, Colorado 80301

 
  (303) 440-3339

 
  ncsli.org

  
 

  
  

 

 
  NCSL International | 2995 Wilderness Place | Suite 107 | Boulder
  | CO | 80301

Return to Idaho Falls

August 6, 2008 on 6:37 am | In Suggestions | 2 Comments

How about another meeting in Idaho Falls?  Its been a long time and we had such a good time there.  We were shown some things there that we could see no where else including an ambulance for road kill animals!  - Del Knapp

Yakima

August 5, 2008 on 3:04 pm | In Meetings | 1 Comment

The meeting site suggested is the Perry Institute.Greetings from Orlando

Promoting the Northwest Region 1430 Blog

June 26, 2008 on 6:08 am | In Blog Promotion | No Comments

The 1430 blog will need promotion by routing the http address to the region email distribution (again and upon occasion). Ideally the 1430 community would bookmark it or add it their news feed reader of personnel preference. My preference is to pick up the feed in the free Google Reader. I currently use this reader to track 15 metrology blogs and web sites including “Metrologia” which offers articles free for the first month. I also track a lot of favorite subjects this way which ensures I always check the Google reader and discover the most recent 1430 blog entries. The reader highlights unread activity.

Hello Northwest Region

June 25, 2008 on 3:20 pm | In Meetings | 1 Comment

I know it is early but August will be here before we know it. Please start putting together a report for me by early August.  I hope everyone can make it to the conference.  Take care and please feel free to contact me at any time.

Jim Allred

208-526-2017

Upcoming Board meeting

June 25, 2008 on 3:08 pm | In Meetings | No Comments

Tammy, I want to thank you again for all your efforts.  I haven’t done much on blogs but I am learning.  I would like to get something like this set up for the whole Western US.  Let me know how you are doing so I can keep practicing.

NCSLI Press Release

May 29, 2008 on 8:14 am | In News Releases | No Comments

 
NCSL International
 
Press Release For Immediate Release

NCSL International Announces

 

A CALL TO ACTION

“The US Dept. of Labor rejects petition to recognize Metrology job descriptions in its proposed 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System”

We know that Metrology is the bedrock upon which all U.S. commerce and manufacturing is built and that persons engaged in metrology / calibration activities provide services vital to the U.S. economy and national defense. It is also widely known that in the United States there is a critical shortage of technical personnel posed to replace retiring baby-boomers. The U.S. Dept. of Labor’s SOC provides formal recognition of job descriptions which are the basis for its Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) used by educators and counselors to inform students about career opportunities. If the SOC does not include Metrology job descriptions neither will the OOH. The following is the reason given by an SOC administrator as to why Metrology job descriptions were rejected;

“The three occupations that you proposed, which I believe were Metrologist, calibration technician, and calibration engineer, were not accepted at the workgroup level, and the SOC Policy Committee accepted the workgroup’s decision. This was in part because of concerns that Census and BLS would not be able to collect and report data on those occupations.”

Proposed 2010 SOC changes may be found at:

www.bls.gov/soc/soc_structure_2010.pdf.

Note: The SOC is updated once every 10 years. The proposed changes to the 2010 SOC has a comment period of May 23 thru July 21, 2008. We need your help to convince the U.S. Dept. of Labor that Metrology job descriptions should be included in the 2010 SOC.

Please e-mail your comments to: soc@omb.eop.gov with the subject line: 2010 SOC

Your comments should include the logic and reasoning as to why the SOC should include Metrology job descriptions because this is the focus of SOC administrators when evaluating comments. Some compelling arguments for including Metrology job descriptions in the SOC are:

“There are no existing standard occupational classifications that describe what tasks Metrology / Calibration practitioners perform.”

“Searching the SOC for ‘Calibration’ and ‘Metrology’ finds no standard occupational classifications. Searching the SOC for ‘Calibrate’ finds two unrelated standard occupational classifications that erroneously use the word ‘calibrate’ to describe ‘alignments’ they perform.”

“Metrology / Calibration practitioners provide services critical to the U.S. economy and national defense.”

“There are thousands of people in the U.S. employed in Metrology / Calibration positions.”

You may also contact Katherine K. Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of Management and Budget, 10201 New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, telephone number: (202) 395-3093, fax number: (202) 395-7245.

It is critical that the SOC hears from you! Please send this e-mail to all interested parties and encourage both those in the metrology profession and those familiar with the profession to e-mail the SOC.

We can make a difference if we all get involved!

   
 
 
 
 

NCSL International | 2995 Wilderness Place | Suite 107 | Boulder | CO | 80301

Speakers Needed for the Fall 2008 NWRegion 1430 Meeting

May 20, 2008 on 9:58 am | In Meetings | No Comments

We are looking for speakers for the fall 2008 NW Region 1430 meeting. Please contact Tamara Branch (tamara.branch@swfpac.navy.mil) if you are interested.

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