Awards

• Evaluate award nominations submitted to the EPAC
• Prepare guide/schedule of annual award nominations
• Draft memoranda recognizing outgoing EPAC Members, EPAC Chairperson, and CPO upon the expiration of appointments
• Develop draft example award write-ups for engineers' supervisors to assist them in submitting award nominations

Career Development

• Develop resources to promote the professional development of Civil Service and PHS engineers and architects by addressing issues such as: CVs, Promotions, Performance Evaluations, Leadership Development, and Training
• Plan and organize career development seminars/webinars
• Manage the PHS Engineer and Architect Welcome Program.
• Enhance career and leadership development by promoting and increasing participation among junior and senior engineers in mentoring programs. 
• Host mentoring events as well as facilitate formal, informal, and situational mentoring requests.

Readiness

• Assist and promote the effective use of engineers in response to emergencies affecting public health
• Inform PHS engineers about and assist with emergency response training opportunities and deployment processes
• Coordinate the EPAC representation to the Commissioned Corps Readiness Force
• Promote coordination among related disciplines and Agencies to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to public health emergency response
• **New APFT Fitness Resources Website**

Information

• Manage the PHS Engineer website
• Develop and publish the EPAC newsletter
• Facilitate information exchange within the Engineer category
• Promote EPAC activities through information distribution

Public Health Engineering Practice (PHEP)

• Provide leadership for PHS engineers to identify and disseminate best public health engineering practice
• Present public health engineering practice issues, with analysis, information and possible solutions to the Engineer Professional Advisory Committee
• Please see the PHEP Fact Sheet for more information

Recruitment & Retention

• Assist Commissioned Corps applicants with job placement and commissioning
• Assist recruitment of COSTEPS
• Coordinate and support recruitment activities
• Identify recruitment documentation needs
• Support DCCPR in onboarding of engineer officers

Rules

• Review of EPAC member nominations and apportion of EPAC voting seats
• Update the Engineer Bylaws as necessary
• Conduct a tri-annual reevaluation of the EPAC Charter

Events

• Advise the EPAC on matters related to planning and implementing the Category Day Agenda
• Develop Category Day Agenda, including identifying appropriate speakers
• Develop and distribute publicity flyers to PHS engineers and the public Publish the Category Day program booklet
• Coordinate Category Day program with the COF Conference Planning Committee
• Manage Category Day activities during the symposium
• Complete all after-action items to ensure all presenters are properly recognized and honorariums or other expenses paid by COF