Code of Conduct
Code of Conduct expected of all professionals issued certification by Oxford Research Institute, Inc. As per the agreement for certification, you are required to meet certain professional standards, demonstrate continuing education and renew your certification annually by paying the renewal fee.
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Benefits derived from certification through the Oxford Research Institute
Your certification reflects the fact that have met a rigorous set of certification acceptance criteria and found competent to claim the CIE designation which was awarded by an independent, non-profit, certification and accrediting body, officially recognized by the US Government.
The renewal of your certification indicates that you continue to meet the CEU requirements and abide by the code of conduct established for a Certified Industrial Ergonomist. This designation assures your employer and the general public that you have been found competent in both knowledge and experience to identify, and solve ergonomic problems / issues which will significantly lower the risk of injury, reduce exposure to risk, facilitate or enhance performance efficiency and productivity of workers. Your renewed certification designation (CIE) assures the public and your clients that you are at the top of your field as an ergonomics practitioner.
Your certification reflects the fact that have met a rigorous set of certification acceptance criteria and found competent to claim the CIE designation which was awarded by an independent, non-profit, certification and accrediting body, officially recognized by the US Government.
The renewal of your certification indicates that you continue to meet the CEU requirements and abide by the code of conduct established for a Certified Industrial Ergonomist. This designation assures your employer and the general public that you have been found competent in both knowledge and experience to identify, and solve ergonomic problems / issues which will significantly lower the risk of injury, reduce exposure to risk, facilitate or enhance performance efficiency and productivity of workers. Your renewed certification designation (CIE) assures the public and your clients that you are at the top of your field as an ergonomics practitioner.
- Free assistance in job placement for CIE’s and CHFEP’s in the field of ergonomics or Human Factors Engineering
- Limited Free Research to answer your technical questions if the time spent is less than three hours.
- Free Research Reports as they are generated by the Institute.
- ORI will team with any certificate holder or “Preferred Provider of Ergonomic Services” to augment his/her technical capability in ergonomics, Human Factors engineering, statistics, materials science, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, mathematics, signal processing, IT and a host of other disciplines available through the Oxford Research Institute Inc.
- ORI offers an independent third party evaluation and award for Ergonomic service provider organizations if they meet certain measurable criteria: see web site at www.OxfordResearch.org.
- ORI will, refer business which contact them, to organizations which obtain the “Preferred Provider” designation or are awarded the Five Star Seal of Ergonomic Excellence for a specific product that ORI has tested and used.
- We will allow our CIE’s, CHFEP’s and other certificate holders to use our patent lawyers on a “cost basis”, to facilitate the process of obtaining a patent, patent search or patent application and required drawings for your invention. We believe that this service will save almost 50% of the fees and cost usually and typically associated with obtaining a patent.
- If you have a client that has developed a product, a tool or system that could benefit from an independent ergonomic assessment and is interested in “product differentiation”, they qualify for, and possible receive up to a “Five Star Seal for Ergonomic Excellence” in design. ORI will perform this assessment service at our cost if you recommend the product to us for testing.
