Certification News and Updates

ASSE staff and technical committees are constantly reviewing ways to improve our certification exams. When you make a commitment to advance your career, becoming certified...

How Much Is Your Family Worth To You?

I am always saddened when a news story reports that someone has lost their life in a house fire. Many times the victim turns...

Why Being Certified Makes a Difference

Have you ever wondered, “Why am I doing this to myself? Why am I taking time away from family/friends to take these courses when...

Goodbye & Hello

Prevention Rather Than Cure” has been ASSE’s motto for as long as anyone can remember. It is a motto that we quote often and...

Better People Make Better Water

Potable plumbing and sewage infrastructure is the hallmark of a civilized society. Water has a pivotal influence on health, happiness, and wellbeing. Issues such...

Invisible No More

Infection control has become the new normal for building owners and managers who anticipate a reopening, and ultimately normalization, of building occupancy. The risk...

Factory-built Packaged Plumbing and Mechanical Systems

COVID’s impact on moving people out of buildings is influencing architects and contractors to plan how to bring people back in. There is a...

Medical Gas Resiliency

When the pandemic first hit in the United States in 2020, hospitals began to see an influx of patients requiring respiration assistance. As hospitals...

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,...

Infection Control & Backflow Quiz

According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...