In message <9d04b979323dcd428297dda95108893e0120c...@bb-corp-ex2.corp.cubic.cub>, dated Tue, 13 Jan 2009, "Price, Edward" <[email protected]> writes:
>In companies where there is a specifically designated Compliance >Engineer, what do you see as the trend in the depth of knowledge of >such an engineer? Does this person hold technical responsibility for >issues of safety, EMC, ROHS, etc, as you would expect of an engineer? Such an arrangement is very likely to lead to conflict over safety and EMC issues between the Compliance Engineer and the product design engineers. Safety and EMC should be *designed in*, and I think most here would agree, so the responsibility for compliance should rest with the designers. The Compliance Engineer manages the compliance testing and the training and updating of the design engineers as standards change (and maybe improve!). >Or is the scope so broad that the person acts more like a manager or >coordinator of other specialists (designers and possibly outside >vendors), more toward the lawyer end of the scale? With regard to RoHS and WEEE, yes, the Compliance Engineer has to ensure that designers, purchasers, quality managers and suppliers are aware of the requirements and to ensure that systems are in place to prevent violations. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
