Professional Development

ASSE Is All About Backflow

Welcome to this year’s annual Backflow Prevention Issue of Working Pressure magazine. Aug. 16, 2022 was the second annual National Backflow Prevention Day. It was great to see a number of organizations...

Rainwater Catchment Systems

ASSE depends on the knowledge and expertise of working group members to help us develop comprehensive standards that establish minimum qualifications for people working in many plumbing, piping, and fire protection segments...

Water Treatment Equipment Personnel

Keeping in theme with this edition of Working Pressure, I want to cover the progress being made on the development of a new professional qualifications (PQ) standard — ASSE Draft Series 22000 for Water...

Safety of Buildings & Occupants

For 115 years, ASSE International has been bringing the industry together to improve the performance and reliability of products and professionals. By working together, we protect the health and safety of the public. ASSE’s...

ASSE Series 5000 Revision

Backflow prevention is the backbone of what ASSE International does. Therefore, we include some backflow articles or columns in each edition of Working Pressure magazine. Once each year we dedicate the entire magazine to...

ASSE and the Fire Protection Industry

This issue of Working Pressure magazine is focused on fire protection. ASSE International is getting more involved with the fire protection industry through the professional qualifications standards we develop and the personnel certification programs...

Changes to Infection Control Standards

It seems like only yesterday that ASSE International was announcing the completion of the revision to the ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000, Professional Qualification Standard for Infection Control Risk Assessment for All Building Systems. ASSE 12000-2018...

ASSE Series 5000 Revision

Each year I look forward to the annual backflow issue of Working Pressure magazine. Backflow prevention is what ASSE is best known for and it is what we do best. Whether it is ANSI-accredited...

Training, Legionella

Our world has changed so much in the last few months. It feels more like a decade than a matter of four months. Fortunately, ASSE has been able to adapt to our new circumstances...

Maintaining Health & Safety of the Public

This issue of Working Pressure magazine focuses on inspection and maintenance. Over the years, ASSE International has developed quite a few standards and certifications for professionals who do different types of inspections – you...