CIWEM offers the widest range of charterships and technical membership grades of any professional institute in the water and environment sector, reflecting our engagement with the widest spectrum of environmental issues.
When you become a chartered member of CIWEM, providing you have a Masters degree, you also have the opportunity to register with three additional professional registrations, which can be done all in the same application.
Chartered Engineers (CEng) develop solutions to engineering problems using new or existing technologies, through innovation, creativity and change and/or they may have technical accountability for complex systems with significant levels of risk.
Why become a Chartered Engineer?
The benefits of professional registration as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) include:
Who can apply?
The CEng title is open to anyone who can demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment, as set out in the professional standard UK-SPEC. Individuals generally develop these through education and working experience.
The application process for CEng registration is more straightforward for those with exemplifying academic qualifications. For CEng this is one of the following:
Applicants may also apply through the individual route if one or both your degrees are not listed on the Engineering Council’s accredited course search and you are from an appropriate academic background (please contact membership@ciwem.org for details) then you can apply through the individual route.
To apply through the individual route for IEng or CEng, you will need to have your qualifications approved by the CIWEM Qualifications Panel before submitting your online application. To do so please send a copy of your CV and university transcripts (undergraduate and post graduate if applicable) to membership@ciwem.org. Once your qualifications have been approved, please save the document provided to you and submit this alongside your application. Failing to do so may result in the delayed processing of your application.
Engineering Technicians (EngTech) apply proven techniques and procedures to the solution of practical engineering problems.
Why become an Engineering Technician?
The benefits of professional registration as a Engineering Technician include:
Who can apply?
EngTech registration is open to anyone who can demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment.
Typically, applicants will have successfully completed an Advanced/Modern Apprenticeship or other work based learning programme approved by CIWEM. This can lead directly to Engineering Technician registration.
Or, alongside appropriate working experience, they will hold:
To check whether your academic qualification is approved for EngTech please click here.
Individuals without formal qualifications may also apply for EngTech registration by demonstrating they have acquired the necessary competence through substantial working experience.
UK-SPEC provides details of the competence required for EngTech registration
Incorporated Engineers (IEng) maintain and manage applications of current and developing technology, and may undertake engineering design, development, manufacture, construction and operation.
Why become an Incorporated Engineer?
Incorporated Engineers demonstrate they have shown:
Who can apply?
The IEng title is open to anyone who can demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment, as set out in the professional standard UK-SPEC. Individuals generally develop this through education and working experience.
The application process for IEng registration is more straightforward for those with exemplifying academic qualifications. For IEng this is one of the following:
Please note:
For environmental professionals independent of discipline, chartership reflects a high level of skill and experience, setting Chartered Environmentalists (CEnv) apart from others working in their field. It enhances career prospects through establishing proven expertise, experience and commitment to professional standards.
In the UK and across the world, Chartered Environmentalists utilise their specific expertise to lead departments, advise governments and work hands-on as practitioners.
Why become a Chartered Environmentalist?
As the prominence and reputation of Chartered Environmentalists continues to grow in the profession, chartered status is increasingly seen internationally as a highly desirable demonstration of an individual’s competence. Registration as a Chartered Environmentalist demonstrates that an individual has been judged by their peers to be working at the highest possible standards in the environmental profession. Chartered Environmentalists demonstrate:
Who can apply?
Registration as a CEnv is open to any who demonstrate the required professional competences and commitment, these can be view here. Individuals generally develop these through education and working experience.
The application process for becoming a Chartered Environmentalist requires achievement of a relevant master’s degree.
Please find The Chartered Environmentalist Practice Direction (CEnvPD) Edition 5.1 here.
Watch "The Pathway to Become a CEnv or REnvTech" webinar here.
Chartered Scientists (CSci) represent the best professional scientists working in the UK and abroad. They demonstrate effective leadership, using their specialist knowledge and broader scientific understanding to develop and improve the application of science and technology by scoping, planning and managing multifaceted projects.
Chartership as a scientist reflects the wide variety of sciences and their practice, recognising high levels of skill and experience, independent of discipline.
Why become a Chartered Scientist?
Professional registration as a Chartered Scientist provides independent recognition of your achieving and maintaining the exacting standards required to join the global community of professional scientists. Benefits include:
Who can apply?
The application process for becoming a Chartered Scientist requires master’s degree level thinking, demonstrated either through achievement of a relevant master’s degree or through the submission of written work deemed to be at an equivalent level by the registration assessors. Applicants need to demonstrate their competence across five areas by providing examples from your working life, usually within the last five years.
When you become a chartered member of CIWEM (C.WEM), providing you have the appropriate academic qualifications and experience you also have the opportunity to register for additional professional registrations, which can be done all in the same application.
Applications are made through MyCIWEM, during the application process you will asked which additional professional registrations you would like to apply for, once selected you will be asked to complete the relevant mandatory competencies for each registration. Please read the competencies for those registrations you wish to apply to make sure you meet the eligibility criteria for each registration. When you submit your application form you will need to pay a one off C.WEM application fee.
If you currently hold C.WEM and would like to apply for an additional registration you will be required to complete the appropriate mandatory competencies for the additional registrations during the online application process in MyCIWEM. You may be required to undertake a Profession Review Interview (PRI), our membership team can provide guidance, please contact membership@ciwem.org or call +44(0)207 831 3110 for more information.
We’re with you every step of your application, just call +44(0)207 831 3110 or email membership@ciwem.org if you have any questions about your application or which grade is right for you and someone will be
delighted to help.
SiLC is a high-quality unifying professional registration for the assessment of the condition and remediation of brownfield sites, which fulfils the needs of public and private sectors and society as a whole.
The SiLC Register brings together professionals from a broad range of backgrounds who advise on land condition matters. A registered SiLC has demonstrated a broad knowledge and understanding of land condition, and can give impartial and professional advice in his or her field of expertise.
SiLC has a wide role in improving quality and standards across the industry. SiLC is gaining recognition as a 'sign off' process for a range of applications, and government agencies and commercial organisations require or recommend using a SiLC for some work.
Registration is by examination and professional interview. SiLC includes a 'land condition skills development framework' to support recognition of competence and career development, and to encourage potential applicants.
The SiLC Register is run by the SiLC Professional and Technical Panel (PTP) which comprises representatives from eight professional bodies, including the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Visit the SiLC website for more information and how to apply for registration.
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