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Allied Trades Committee
The Allied Trades Advisory Committee represents the interests of IAOM
associate members to the board of directors.
Education Committee
The primary purpose of the Education Committee is to provide educational
materials through the process of writing and updating the correspondence
course, technical handbooks, coordinating short courses and developing
training seminars. Also maintain open lines of communication with other
committees: Technical, Food Protection, Personnel Issues, and other
educational organizations; to identify common concerns and to work
towards solutions.
Employee Relations Committee
The Employee Relations Committee’s purpose is to compile and review
pertinent information and trends in the field of human resources and
employee relations. This information will be disseminated, as
appropriate, to the IAOM membership in a timely and effective manner.
To fulfill its mission, the Committee will concentrate its efforts in
the following areas:
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Government legislation and
court rulings affecting employee relations
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National Labor Relations Board
rulings and trends
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Management
programs affecting employee productivity, education and morale
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Arbitration rulings and other
employment related issues
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Wage and benefit surveys
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Substance abuse issues and
training
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Employee safety and health
issues
Food Protection Committee
To collect, evaluate, disseminate information on issues dealing with
Food Protection. This shall be accomplished by committee working groups
organized to address specific issues.
Activities for the Committee
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Establish subcommittee
structure to cover the following areas:
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Integrated Pest Management and
Product Protection.
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Encourage appropriate
government agencies, academic and industry involvement in the
research and implementation of food protection technologies.
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Monitor and, when necessary,
comment on the food protection regulatory research activities of
government agencies.
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Communicate structural
equipment design and installation needs to suppliers of equipment,
products and services.
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Identify speakers on food
protection for the annual technical conference and district
meetings.
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Provide food protection
articles for IAOM Bulletin.
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Review and, when necessary,
modify these sections of the IAOM.
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Respond to food protection
questions put forth by IAOM members.
Global Strategies Committee
Formed in 2003, the Global Strategies Committee was established to
develop a plan for improving services and investigating growth
opportunities for IAOM around the world.
Technical Committee
The Technical Committee is dedicated to reviewing cereal grain
processing and related industries and management concerns that are
common to those industries and to disseminating this information to the
membership. The committee specifically addresses itself to the areas of
process technology, plant management and governmental regulations
affecting plant operations, and promoting and encouraging technical
excellence in the milling industry.
The committee utilizes, but is not limited to, the following program of
implementation:
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Development of the “What’s
New” section of the Conference program.
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Substantial input into the
selection of technical “mainline” topics for the Conference program.
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Development of surveys that
express “common practice” in the industry regarding technological
events.
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Promoting topics of both basic
and specialized interests for development into Bulletin
presentation.
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Direct and advisory
participation in the presentation of the IAOM milling short courses.
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Providing guidance and advice
regarding the milling curriculums of the Department of Grain Science
& Industry, Kansas State University.
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Maintain communications with
equipment manufacturers regarding the design, operation and
development of new and existing equipment.
The committee requires of each member open and frank discussions of all
topics under consideration, while at the same time respecting company
confidentiality.
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