Legislation, Regulation
These days, ASSE International has many different certifications. There are five different certifications related to cross-connection control alone. Sometimes certifications are voluntary – people obtain the certification to improve their knowledge or skill level,...
ASSE Is Backflow Prevention
ASSE has a long history of writing performance standards for backflow prevention products and granting listings to manufacturers with backflow prevention products approved as meeting these standards. Similarly, ASSE developed ASSE Series 5000, Cross-Connection...
Legionella: Complex and Difficult
In 1979, ASSE New York Chapter member Richard H. Toder, FASSE, wrote a report for the ASSE Legionnaires’ Disease Task Group explaining ASSE’s involvement with Legionnaires’ disease. Earlier that year, there was a Legionnaires’...
Improving Water Quality
In some way or another, everyone who works in the plumbing or piping industry deals with water on a regular basis. Everyone, no matter what their occupation, is exposed to water, and its vapor,...
Water-Based Fire Protection
ASSE 15000 Water-Based Fire Protection Certification will be the primary focus of this column. ASSE 15000 Certification applies to field technicians who provide inspection, testing, and maintenance for water-based fire protection systems. Before we...
Rainwater Catchment Systems Personnel
ASSE International’s professional qualifications certification programs have been very busy in the last few months. In addition to managing the nearly 18,000 current certifications in the ASSE system, we have launched three new certification...
Digital Tools
This column will be a regular feature in ASSE International’s new magazine, Working Pressure. We will be sharing news about ASSE professional qualifications standards, as well as information about ASSE certification programs – those...