American National Standards Institute

ANSI, as it is widely known, is a non-profit organization that provides a forum under which standards developers such as ALI and ASME, along with many other organizations such as IEEE, SAE, ASTM, NFPA, NSF to name a few, can develop standards covering just about any type of equipment or subject matter. ANSI provides the guidelines for voluntary standards development through oversight of the development process, which ensures balance and consensus among materially affected parties and resolution of negative viewpoints.

Vice Chairman, Board of Standards Review
Chairman, Board of Standards Review
Member, Committee on Accreditation

ASME is a professional society comprised of mechanical engineers. Among the many services it offers to the engineering community is the development of standards governing a vast quantity of mechanical devices and equipment.

The Portable Automotive Lifting Devices committee on which Mr. Heath serves develops standards governing several pieces of automotive lifting equipment including: hydraulic hand jacks, transmission jacks, engine stands, vehicle support stands, mechanical screw jacks, mechanical bumper jacks, mechanical scissors jacks, mechanical frame jacks, upright type mobile lifts, service jacks, wheel dollies, shop cranes, swing type mobile lifts, scissors type mobile lifts, auxiliary stands, side lift jacks, high reach supplementary stands and automotive ramps. Mr. Heath also serves on two subcommittees of the ASME B30 committee governing cranes.

Member, Main Committee for Portable Lifting Devices
Member, Technical Committee for Portable Lifting Devices
Member, Redesign Committee
Member, Subcommittee B30.1, Jacks
Member, Subcommittee B30.20, Below the Hook Lifting Devices

American Society of Safety Engineers

ASSE is a professional society comprised of those persons active in or interested in the promotion of safety as a general premise. Programs include education and training of safety professionals. Mr. Heath is active in standards development within ASSE and serves on committees governing aerial lift safety, construction equipment safety and trucking.

Professional Member
Member Z15 Committee
Member A10.29 Committee
Member A10.41 Committee

AWS is a professional society whose membership comprises persons employed by or interested in industries utilizing cutting, welding, brazing, soldering or otherwise joining of metal components in the manufacturing process.

Member

APMHC is a professional association related closely to the Material Handling Institute and comprised of independent consultants to the material handling industry.

Member

ALI is a trade association comprised of the North American manufacturers of automotive service lifts. In addition to providing a number of services to the members of ALI, the Institute promotes the safe design, manufacture, installation and use of all automotive lifts through the development of Industry and American National Standards covering design, performance, quality, testing, certification, labeling, inspection, operation, installation and maintenance.

Chairman (5 years)
Chairman-Safety Committee (4 years)
Engineering Committee (17 years)

Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (now AEM)

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is a trade association comprised of manufacturers of off road type construction machinery. Its member services and concerns are directed toward the furtherance and improved safety of construction equipment.

Member

ETI is a trade association that serves as an intermediary or a forum for the major automobile manufacturers and the service tool providers. ETI promotes information interchange to allow the tool providers to understand the special requirements of new models of automobiles, and to allow the tool providers to respond in a timely manner to those special requirements.

Technical Chairman – Lifting Equipment Group

NATM is a trade association comprised of manufacturers, installers and suppliers of equipment related to the trailer industry. NATM promotes safety in the construction and use of trailers typically towed by passenger cars, vans and pickup trucks through ball and socket, drawbar or gooseneck type hitches.

Member

NMEDA is a trade association comprised of manufacturers, installers and suppliers related to the mobility industry. A primary goal of NMEDA is to promote the delivery of high quality mobility equipment to the physically challenged.

Professional Member

NSC is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of safety both in the workplace and in everyday life. NSC attempts to accomplish this goal through publication and distribution of safety instructional materials, production of training aids and courses and the collection of accident statistics.

Member, Automotive Tooling and Metal Working Section
Member, Utilities Division

STS is a related organization to the Society of Automotive Engineers and it comprises the automotive service technician family. This organization is concerned with the training, safety and job development of its members.

Member

SAE is a professional society representing the automobile and truck industry, the aircraft industry, suppliers to these industries, and the many ancillary industries surrounding them. The many activities of SAE include standards development, information dissemination, and cooperative exchange among its many member industries.

Sponsor, SAE Standard J 2184, Vehicle Lift Points for Service Garage Lifting
Chairman, SAE J 2184 Technical Committee
Chairman, SAE J 1884 Technical Committee, Vehicle Jack Requirements and Test Procedures
Member, Service Development Technical Committee
Member, Adaptive Devices Standards Committee
Member, Subcommittee for Wheelchair Lifts and Hoists

SES is a professional society whose mission is to promote the awareness, use and value of standards and stadardization, and provide opportunities for professional development through quality programs and services.

Member

UL is one of several OSHA Nationally Recognized Test Laboratories (NRTL). UL is also a standards developing organization and manages a host of standards directed toward product safety.

Member, Standards Technical Panel, UL 201-Garage Equipment
Member, Standards Technical Panel, UL 1323-Scaffold Hoists