Jim Munro International Compliance Pty Limited

Jim Munro:

Jim Munro is Managing Director of Jim Munro International Compliance Pty Ltd. He is a professional engineer with over 35 years of experience. Major areas of expertise include: equipment for use in hazardous areas (also called hazardous locations or explosive atmospheres) and occupational health and safety (with particular reference to plant safety).

He has been actively involved in the field of explosion-protected equipment (Ex equipment) since 1979 at the national and international level. This includes the development of certification systems for Ex equipment in Australia (AUS Ex and ANZEx Schemes) and for the international IECEx Scheme. He holds a number of key positions at the international level.

In the past four years in his current role he has travelled and worked extensively overseas, carrying out work in over 20 countries. During this time he has established an agreement with TÜV SÜD PSB Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, to provide them with contract/mentor services as part of their operation as an ExCB in the IECEx Scheme. He has also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Supervision & Test Center of Ex-Products of China Chemical & Petroleum Industry (PCEC) in Tianjin, China.

He has recently become a founding member of the Sydney Business Consultants Group, see www.sydney-business.com.au.

Current international roles include:

• Chairman of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Committee TC 31, Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres
• Member of the IECEx Scheme Management Committee
• Chairman of the IECEx Scheme Panel of Assessors
• Member of IECEx Working Group 1, Revision of IECEx Scheme Rules and Procedures (IECEx 02) and several other working groups in the Scheme
• Lead assessor with the IECEx Scheme

Qualifications, recognitions and other key roles include:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree from Sydney University
• Graduate Diploma of Data Processing from University of Technology, Sydney
• Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia
• Chartered professional engineer (CPEng)
• On the National Professional Engineers Register (NPER)
• Registered as an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Engineer
• Assessor with the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA) for many years
• Qualified Quality Management System auditor, with particular emphasis on product certification
• Chairman of Engineers Australia, Sydney Division, Excellence Awards Panel for Welfare, Health, Safety, Education & Training

Other roles have included:

• Director of TestSafe Australia for six years up to early 2004
• Chairman of Standards Australia Committee EL/14, Electrical Equipment in Hazardous Areas, for twelve years
• Headed up hazardous area testing operations at the Londonderry Occupational Safety Centre (TestSafe Australia’s former name) for 11 years
• Chaired the National Occupational Safety and Health Commission’s working groups developing and implementing the Australian National Standard for Plant, which formed the basis of OHS plant legislation throughout Australia
• Manager Engineering Services at WorkCover NSW for eight years
• Acting Director of Standards at Worksafe Australia.

Jim Munro's biography appears in Marquis Who’s Who in the World, and Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering