Laura J. AyersSenior Industrial Hygiene TechnicianKey Qualifications 40-hour HAZWOPER Radiological Worker II UCOR General Instructor Training Active DOE L Clearance

EducationB.A English, (Emphasis on Technical Writing), University of Akron, Akron, OH, 1987A.S. Radiation Protection, Central Florida Community College, Ocala FL, 1988

Experience SummaryMs. Ayers has 16 years of experience performing industrial hygiene (IH) functions and 28 years of overall environment, safety, and health (ES&H) functions in accordance with federal and state regulatory requirements. She is currently supporting the Department of Energy’s environmental management contractor, UCOR, at sites and projects across the Oak Ridge Reservation.

Present PositionSenior IH Technician, Strata-G Staffing Services, LLC, Knoxville, TN, 08/2012 - Present

Implements the day-to-day programmatic and field aspects of the IH Program in accordance with 10 CFR Part 851, Worker Safety and Health Program, requirements.

Participates in the formulation of action plans in response to identified deficiencies. Supports IH sampling activities in compliance with written work plans, sampling

protocols, and procedures. Performs air and bulk sampling, noise surveys, temperature assessments, etc. Sampling

may include response to incident sampling events and may include chemical decontamination.

Inputs and generates employee sampling notification letters, reports, and other IH-related sampling data records in the Industrial Hygiene Analytical System (IHAS) database.

Assists Facility Management as directed with access control, posting and labeling in accordance with IH and/or safety-related posting needs (e.g., respirator area, asbestos-regulated area, etc.).

Professional History Various IH Positions, Safety and Ecology Corporation RadCon Alliance (SECRA), Knoxville, TN, 08/2000 – 07/2012

Senior IH Technician, 4/2011 – 07/2012 Performed quantitative respirator fit testing and training for main contractor and

multiple sub-contractors at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). Reduced the facility’s error rate from 14% to < 1 % since taking over this work.

Tested/sampled different areas for unsafe working conditions and performing air, soil, liquid, and noise surveys and recording the results at the ETTP site.

Senior Industrial Hygiene Technician, 04/2004 – 04/2011 Performed air monitoring, asbestos inspections, asbestos sampling and asbestos

monitoring, noise dosimetry, heat stress monitoring and confined space monitoring at the K-25 building prior to, and during demolition, as well as also at other buildings at the ETTP site and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Industrial Hygiene Specialist at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant at the X-747-H Scrapyard, Piketon, Ohio, 08/2000 – 04/2004 Purchased IH equipment, wrote instrument procedures, performed air monitoring, noise

dosimetry, heat stress monitoring, asbestos inspections, asbestos sampling and asbestos monitoring at a scrap metal disposal facility. Developed Project’s Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Hazardous Chemical Inventory.

Safety Coordinator/Health and Safety Technician, E. & I. Technologies, Etowah, TN, 08/1998 to 06/2000

Subcontracted to Carnegie Foundry during a Furnace Demolition and Rebuild at the Johns-Manville Fiberglas Plant in Etowah, TN, 11/1999 – 6/2000 Performed General Employee Training, site safety inspections, scaffold inspections,

issued hot work permits, purchased safety equipment, performed qualitative respirator fit testing at multi-contractor work site.

Subcontracted to Radian International at the Linde B Building Demolition (for the Army Corps of Engineers), in Tonawanda, NY 08/1998 – 10/1998 Performed air monitoring, General Employee Training, site safety inspections,

purchased equipment and supplies, respirator cleaning and maintenance at a multi-contractor work site.

Health Physics Technician/ Health and Safety Technician for Scientific Ecology Group, Oak Ridge, TN 03/1989 – 08/1996

Performed air monitoring, site safety inspections, maintained MSDS program, developed and performed general safety and health training, administered Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) reports.

Developed wet-bench chemistry analysis and bench-scale experiments for development of pilot plant for decontamination of radioactive metals, which resulted in four patents (listed below).

Taught Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, First Aid, and Back Injury Prevention to personnel. Wrote safety and health Procedures. Performed Ergonomic evaluations. Audited off-site projects.

Junior Health Physics Technician (Co-op position during D&D) at Uranium Extraction of Florida, Bartow, Florida, 08/1988 – 03/1989

Performed Radiation surveysStudent Assistant and Chemical Storekeeper I, University of Akron Department of Chemistry, Akron, Ohio, 06/1969 – 08/1987

Coordinated experiment schedule with Faculty. Purchased chemicals and supplies for Freshmen Chemistry labs; prepared chemical

solutions and unknowns for freshmen chemistry classes (maximum 1500 students per week).

Provided emergency response and first aid for students. Supervised a student staff.Publications:Decontamination of Radioactive Metals, Snyder, et. al. US Patent 5,156,722, October 20, 1992

Decontamination of Radioactive Metals, Snyder, et. al. US Patent 5,183,541, February 2, 1993Transition Metal Decontamination Process, Snyder, et. al. US Patent 5,217,585 June 8, 1993Decontamination of Radioactive Metals, Snyder, et. al. US Patent 5,262,019, Nov. 16, 1993