Senior Industrial Hygienist – Vicki Uchida

Vicki  Uchida is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI). She has over 15 years of experience in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene, safety and loss control. She adds expertise in industrial hygiene, occupational health and safety, management of environmental hazards, instrumentation technology, indoor air quality and risk management.

While working for Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers, Ms. Uchida was a risk management consultant contracted to the Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs (ASCIP) where she was assigned to several school districts and a community college to provide risk management and safety consulting. She provided service in property, liability, workers’ compensation, risk management, loss control, and environmental health and safety management.

While working for AIG Consultants, Inc. as a Senior Product Line Consultant, Vicki Uchida provided loss control services to insureds to minimize loss exposures. She worked with reducing employee exposure to workplace hazards and performed EHS audits/inspections including loss analysis, industrial hygiene and ergonomics. She also provided consulting services regarding change management, behavioral safety and organizational development.

Priot to AIG Consultants, Vicki Uchida was an industrial hygienist for Drucker Health & Safety Management, Inc. providing environmental health and safety consulting to insureds.

Vicki Uchida’s Resume

EDUCATION

• BS Environmental & Occupational Health – California State University Northridge
• MBA, Finance Concentration – Pepperdine University
• Certificate in Hazardous Waste Management – University of California Los Angeles

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Occupational Health and Safety Audits and compliance assistance
• Occupational Health and Safety Program Development and Implementation
• Monitoring Instrumentation
• Workers Compensation
• Experienced Trainer
• Indoor Air Quality Health Hazard Evaluations

PERSONAL SKILLS/BACKGROUND

• Public Speaking to Large Groups
• Technical Project Management U.S. Passport

AFFILIATIONS

• Member – American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
• Member – American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
• Member – American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Industrial Hygienist (#6306)
• Certified Safety Professional (#13060)
• Certified Playground Safety Inspector (#4985-1102)